No sympathy for fools. R.I.P.

As a Dr I'm glad you survived it. Many have been bitten walking in their own yard at night well within city limits and many bites hit above shoe height and would penetrate even through fabric shoes. Forgive the dumbasses who ridicule you. The world is full of them. That's how we got the Bidet.

@@johnjepsen4243 Neither Jennifer or the guy in the news were fools. Unfortunately some people step on snek accidentally.

I was bitten by a timber rattler picking blackberries in South Carolina,was in the hospital for a month.

Did seeing your hospital bill for your 10 days in ICU put you back in for Sudden Cardiac arrest?

You live and you learn. I am glad he came out of it alright. I live in the Tucson basin out on the edge of the Santa Rita Experimental Range and the density of all snakes has been extremely high. A lot of it is my fault because I keep a drip water system for all takers...and there are many of those. I watch myself constantly when out on my property.

@@randmayfield5695 I had 7 different species of Rattlesnakes in my personal collection which I kept on display in my home (didn’t handle them without tubes and hooks). Most of those were road-saves taken before somebody came and ran them over. Also had indigenous colubrids: Desert Kings, Sonoran Gopher, Glossy, Lyre, and some others which my kids and I would handle. Also had a couple of adult Gila Monsters and a young Monster (about 12 inches) which I could and would often freely handle. Before leaving Arizona, after living in and around Tucson for 20 years, I took them all out into the desert and released them. The only snakes I’ve ever been bit by are Gophers (which had been previously injured, Rat Snakes, and Coachwhips. Oh, and my Checkered Garter Snake I nearly forgot. It bit me when I tried to feed it with the smell of a frog on my hand.

@@iDONTdoFacebook Thanks for the comment. I am moving rattlers off the roads all the time. My place is a reserve for pretty much everything as there's nothing between my lot and Madera Canyon except 25 miles of desert. I live with a constant 'snake and venomous creature' awareness. Two days ago I was cleaning up and found a beautiful Mojave neatly piled into a small depression under a prickly pear pad. Even though uncovered, it stuck to its first line of defense, its camouflage and pretended not to be there. No rattling whatsoever. I put the pad back on it and went to work at another spot. Lots of Gila monsters, coral, snakes, a rare timber rattler, plus everything else. I love where I live but I do have to be careful. If you haven't seen the tube of the guy who picked up the head of a diamondback that he had just decapitated and it bit him. An amazing thing to see as the head turned back on itself to nail him. Instant KARMA I'd say. Check it out. Take care and stay safe.

@@randmayfield5695 Yessir, only a day or two before your comment to me, I saw the video of the decapitated head PURPOSELY TURN and bite the guy who had just cut it off, causing that snake a slow agonizing death. I also feel the guy got exactly what he deserved -and asked for. Two times that I can clearly recollect while I’d been hiking up a thick grassy desert canyon by a creek (both times in the entrance to Wild Burro Canyon in the Tortolitas east of Marana) I unknowingly put my foot down within an inch or two of a Black-tailed Rattlesnake (what you call a Timber Rattler) and was warned by a very brief quick buzz that I had gotten too close. I was wearing shorts and tennis shoes and both snakes could have EASILY bitten me, but I had not actually tread on them and they only felt to warn me with the briefest buzz to let me know they were there. Of course I saw them after their warning and simply stepped away with no further intimidation or defensives by those Black-tailed’s. The same thing happened on my own back porch out on Tangerine Road one evening at dusk early one October when the snakes are looking for good hibernation dens. I had several empty boxes on my back porch and had gone out to select one for use. As I moved boxes apart and stepped in between some of them I heard the familiar rattle, looked down and saw a coiled Western Diamondback or Mojave about 4 inches from my bare foot, ankle, and calf (I had no shoes on). I heeded the warning and backed slowly away, then used one of the boxes to put it in so I could bring it in the house and let it hibernate safely thru the winter in one of the locking terrariums with some of the snakes in my collection. In each of those instances of ACCIDENTAL encroachment, the snakes PREFERRED to warn me first and allow me the space to retreat (which I was glad they did). Snakes are the most misunderstood critters of all. On another note I’ve lived in the wilds of Sahurita (in the upper elevations above the mines). I’ve camped near Aracaca Juction / Sopori Wash out past Amado, and have driven up into Madera Canyon during the autumntime. Each of those are enchanted placed that have their own beauty and mystique. I miss my visits to them.

Wow , what a bad situation ...I hope all turned out ok .

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There's only Prairie Rattlsnakes in the front range. The guy was an idiot. Everyone saw the snake sitting on the trail that day.

@@thesmartoneification how warmhearted of you. I think your the biggest idiot of all!!

You get it. I was frustrated with shark attack statistics for the same reason. Six billion people aren't swimming in the ocean at any given time. Same with the cliche statistic about getting hit by lightning. I always get indoors during a thunderstorm, and I figure that's what everyone else does, too.

I agree

that was the dumbest thing I've heard...start the odds counter AFTER you get bit not BEFORE lol number of bites divided by number of deaths is the correct answer.

What happen if you get bite in an artery by a RS ?

Figures don't lie,,,,, but liars figure!

I agree - very undetailed, superficial, slipshod reporting.

True, never leave home without one. I live in Cairns and we share our backyard with all kinds of snakes, particular the costal Taipan....😉 But we don't have vipers, their venom somehow travels differently through our system and is not that fast acting. Cheers

Could you elaborate? What purpose would a splint serve in treating a venomous snake bite? I assume the compression bandaging is to reduce swelling or slow the spread of the venom?

It's common knowledge for anyone that lives in areas with rattle snakes. You're taught it as a child.

Cottonmouth venom is deadly. Worse than a rattle snakes. And those SOB will actually chase you to attack and bite you.

Refusing to go to the hospital, or refusing to take anti-venin, is just an arrogant stubbornness that is asking for trouble. Even if he had survived, the venom in his legs probably would've gone systemic causing some form of long-term, or permanent, damage.

There have been a few people that have pulled it off without medical treatment. Dean Ripa got tagged 7 times by a Bushmaster and survived. As a life long keeper you really need to have love and respect for the animals. I myself have been bitten 14-15 times. Respect is everything when dealing with any snake

The best tool for a snake bite is a cellphone.

@@daveweber9737 Truth.

@@daveweber9737 Yes and the best tool for a venomous snake is a shovel.

@@vonarg Or my .45. A .410 will work just as well. Then bury the head so some dummy doesn't come along and try to play with it. If the snake is big enough, they make great hatbands.

I honestly don't understand this. Most Americans can't afford a medical bill that large. So I can't imagine them actually going to a hospital for treatment. And that makes me wonder how dangerous a venomous bite is to a human if they don't get the treatment.

I know the Myakka River and I know Florida rattlesnakes. They're BIG!!! (Which means LOTS of venom.) You're a lucky man!!! The friggin' cottonmouths are the bad ones out in those parts. They'll actually come and hunt you. We always stayed out of the palmettos during "dog days" when the snakes were shedding their skins. They were already pissed off and they'd strike at anything during that time.

@@MichaelGiordano777 The last (and biggest) rattlesnake I killed was in Port Charlotte, Florida around 1979. Developers had sectioned off and built roads to numerous subdivision lots for sale and in the mornings, the snakes would be all over those roads, sucking up the heat that was left in the macadam. It was not unusual to see several big rattlers on any trip through those areas. The "big" rattler I killed was amazing. I was wearing sandals and the guy I was with was just wearing regular shoes and all we had was a shovel and a push broom. We weren't planning a snake hunt, but when we saw the size of this snake we just had to go for it. I was trying to whack the snake just behind the head so I'd be able to save as much skin as possible, and the other guy thought I wasn't getting close enough to whack the snake, so he shoved the whole pile of snake toward me with the push broom and the push was so hard that it would have crashed the snake into my legs. I jumped in the air as the snake went by under me, trying to strike at anything and everything. He didn't get me, so I got him first, whacking him in the head and then and then severing it with the shovel blade. I was amazed at how BIG this thing's head was. It was about half the size of my fist and I have big workman's hands. Overall, the snake was just over 6-foot long, and when I skinned him, the skin from the fattest part of his body actually overlapped both sides of the 1X12" board (11-1/2 inches) I pinned the skin to for scraping and drying. The bad news is that I ended up ruining the skin, which would have made a great belt if I'd backed it with leather. That place had a fair number of Coral Snakes, too. As I recall, sometime in the 1990s, someone in the Miami area actually found a cobra in their yard. Nowdays, you could probably get eaten by somebody's python.

Adult rattlesnakes are usually conservative with their venom and will dry bite. It can take days or weeks for snakes to create more venom, normally reserved for prey. Young snakes are much more deadly, as they will often dump all their venom as defense.

Ouch. That's a lot of money. I usually cure preemptively, with a .45 bullet at about a buck and a half these days.

Here in Australia snakes are far more venomous the treatment more extensive and the cost to the victim ,FREE.

@@ghomsey5372 sorry I meant to say here in Australia. Was half asleep with no glasses on🤣

My 75 lb pit got rattlesnake bit 2 years ago in California. He required a couple rounds and an overnight stay at the vet. $1,300 and no insurance involved. I don't imagine the antivenin being too different for humans, just more price markup.

@@DeathAngelHRA as an Australian citizen I find it incomprehensible how your country works. Our snakes are far more venemous and far more dangerous. An eastern brown snake will chase you in its territory with the intention of biting you and is considered the second most deadly snake on earth due to toxicity and aggression and it's tendance to live around humans. However we hardly ever have a human fatality due to our extensive anti venom program that is free to all Aussies including many people here on a work permit. Even a lot of visitors to our country would get free hospital treatment for Allsorts of emergency care with out insurance (not all). Our animals however cost to be treated for snake bite. How is it that your government priorities animals over human beings.

Correct. Isn't the venom unless the person doesn't seek help or there isn't proper antivenin available because the snake is not indigenous to the area.

Think with the black mamba it doesn't matter about being allergic to venom or not as that's why it's most deadly snake in africa

That guy that was bitten by the black mamba was a dead man either way. So, does it really matter?

@@MichaelGiordano777 Granted, it’s a helluva toxin. The guy I mentioned could’ve been saved if he hadn’t been allergic to the venom, because antivenom was available within the timeframe it has to be given.

Lonesome Dove

I got so excited reading this! I know this one! 😂

Venom not poison. Venom is injected by a bite from a snake or whatever creature that has Venom. Poison is injected by a needle or ingested. 2 huge differences.

Poor fellow didn't even want to cross the river in the first place.

Sometimes they don't rattle!!

Also young, smaller snakes are more venomous than bigger older ones

@@houstonbrown3450 they'll probably rattle if you come across them in the open. But most rattle snake bites happen when people are moving brush, lumber, etc and the snake is using it as shelter. So

Nice garbled run-on sentence!

We have only one species of rattlesnake here that makes me nervous, the Mojave rattler. This snake is dangerous because of the neurotoxin venom. It isn't as bad as your taipan, but, that snake means business!

Pressure bandaging helps.

@@existenceful It's the number one first aid in Australia, and it works and has saved numerous lives. However, I've read that in the US most, if nor all venomous snakes are Vipers, and their venom enters the human system somehow differently, hence the use of pressure bandaging is not widely recommended or even known. Any ideas on that? Cheers, from Cairns, the home of the always, if untreated, deathly costal taipan.😡 PS Most snake bite deaths in Australia, 2-3 per year, are caused by our common brown snake. A very agile, nervous but shy snake, that prefers to get away....but cornered or surprised will stand it's ground, and can be found right in suburbia in most places around Oz.

Everything's deadly in Australia including your government

I'm pretty sure rattlesnake bites are always fatal if not treated (exceptions are dry bites).

Because hospitals aren't the only ones keeping a count.

Liberals love being one with nature

Not smart. No common sense? Why would anyone pick up a rattlesnake? Still, this coverage is sorely lacking in details.

Rabbits indeed. I've heard the frightful tales of the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh.

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Exactly

Depends on how much venom is injected. Can be 6-48 hours. Not something yo play around with

Black mamba enters chat...."excuse me?"

Thanks for the advice...!

LoL.

Agreed .

The Mojave green just happens to be a very common rattle snake where i live. I live on the base of the san Bernardino mountains and in the mojave desert. I've seen 4 so far this year and I rarely go out. Imagine if I went out daily? Probably would see many.

Yeah really I think if I was far away from getting to a hospital.. I'd wrap the area with a shoe string or something to buy me time before it gets to the heart!

Well maybe not that quick..? but to keep it from spreading more and more!

Pablo, amigo, we all have to go one day. Let's just try and follow Jesus as close as we can.

There aren't nearly enough details. Did he seek treatment? If yes, how long after the bite?

One less.

I wondered what species was around his neck

How long ago? That was recommended decades ago, but isn't anymore.

We're always on their home. Or some other wildlife's home

Okay, humans are part of this world, what's our home?

That's when most people are bitten. Messing with it, laughing at it, trying to kill it 🙄

I know almost nothing about snakes but the head was not the large prominent triangle head that most venomous snakes have (like the Rattler). The markings are stunning with some similarity to a Cotton Mouth which is venomous but a different color palette I think. I'd guess that snakes is some kind of constrictor / python that has a painful bite but no venom.

@@timhardman4764 I hope it’s just some kind of constrictor.

Yes, it is very rare. 5 out of 8000 is rare. People die more often from falling out of bed.

Snakes are gross

@@justinbushman277 I don't like snakes and would never"own" one, but I still think some of them are pretty...from a distance

@@SusanKay- Danger noodle?

I was watching this video some guy had timber rattlesnakes for pets for 15 years those snakes were around his neck he handle them even kiss them just crazy.they bite one time he survived

@@SusanKay- "He still kept the rattler, btw." I could argue he is a total fool then.

It’s a Dumeril's boa. Similar pattern.

Duh

And if the snake venom doesn't kill you the heart attack you'll have after seeing the Emergency room bill will. Anti-venom treatments in the hospitals can exceed 100k. It's well documented.

@@MichaelGiordano777 And that is why I want to know what the real stats are for treated vs untreated. There is no way most Americans would go to emergency if they knew it would definitely cost $40k-$100k+

HUH FOOL

Dumeril's Boa

WHAT???

​@MH-zg5yw Epi pen, for anaphylaxis. Like bee venom allergic reaction, most fast deaths from snakes is from allergic reaction.

Really?

No, just no.

Awwww! I disagree. He provided good information.

@@michelleeaton6602 my point is. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A SNAKE FOR A PET????? WHAT DO THEY DO??

And I got bit by a pygmy, dry bite, but still hurt like hell!!

@@coophandluke3697 😳☹️😬

What snake does that kid have on his neck? Venomous or non venomous? Sorry I'm a newbie.