western diamondback bite wound

That is out of control! Great threaad.:gj:

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Originally Posted by PigsnPythons

gross. Why did they have to open his arm??

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to relieve the pressure of the the venom. it reproduces within the body. and it builds up it then eats a way at surrounding tissue. if you watch snakes on a plane they show you that sort of thing. lol. this kid gets bitten and they cut open his hand. all this gooy stuff comes out. kind of cool. but that looks like it hurt really bad! i read this on a website. i forget which website though. i didnt get my info from snakes on a plane.

Woh... that was intense. That poor guy...

I don't get sick looking at stuff like that, but now my arms are both tingling and don't want to move... :)

Man am I glad I moved out of west Texas. :D

From the time I was about twelve or thirteen, not sure about the exact age, I used to collect hots. I was always careful not to get bit. I was so mad when the last one I caught, my uncle and my dad took it out in the yard and killed it. When I look back at that I wonder, "What the hell was I doing?":O
It's amazing how more sensible age makes you. I wouldn't want to try now, I've gotten to be such a klutz that I dropped the spatula while cooking.
I know that poor guy had to go thru hell.

Not the most plesant thing to look at however very interesting. Thankfully only 1 hot up here. :D

What kind of hot do you have perry?

I meant wild. :P I wouldn't even consider keeping a hot at this point in my life.

Wow, that's insane.

All of that for a rattlesnake bite? I wonder what the after-effects look like of a bite from a much more venomous snake...

if you're gonna keep hots why wouldn't you keep the anti venom close by. and could a rattler bite really get that bad in 12 minutes:confused:???? i've seen bad bites before but wow that was the worse. i plan to work with hots in the future and after that any hot that i'm about to come in contact with in any way i will have a syringe filled with the anti venom right next to the tank:D.

Wow mans thats unreal.

I hear people rant and rave about the power and toxicity of some exotics hots like cobras and gabbies but I'm telling you a good ole' homegrown Atrox packs one mean punch.

Glad to see he survived and looks to be doing well.