Snake bite poll

doh! :shock: i bet that wasn't all too pleasant for him. :bandaid:

My buddy had them really tame and handleable. Which I think is really foolish. He uses them for educational deals @ schools and places like that. Well the dumbass got tagged, right on his thumb. It turned black then pink again. still swollen 2 1/2 weeks later. It was his fault of course and he knows it.....ever see NBK when the indian tells the story of the woman who rescued the frozen snake? The woman said I helped you, fed you, cared for you and you bit me.......the snake said......yeah, but I am still a snake! was funny in the movie..

I've been bitten by a cali king before, but it wasn't a strike. I was handling him and he was being nosey and moving around through my hand and such and he put his nose up to my finger and just calmly placed his mouth over it and bit down lol, I could feel him trying to start swallowing, it felt weird.

Never been tagged before, Roo made a lunge at me just once but it was a stress/cold thing. The Anaconda at the New England Aquarium made a mini-lunge at me once when I was in her tank cleaning out poo, and it scared me so much I almost made a poo of my own. :shock: I'm not counting myself as special, though, just lucky. I know I *will* get bit one of these days, hopefully not by a hot patient though.

Unfourtunately, it comes with the territory. More often then not though, the vet poses more danger to you. I was working as a Vet. Assistant in an animal hospital and the vet missed the dog and came severly close to giving me the rabies shot :shock: The needle went into my thumb, but he didn't push the syringe in (thank god)!

Oh man! I've been hit in the face with a light fixture, stepped on, accidentally had one of my fingers clipped with a pair of cat clippers, and tons of other injuries working in the clinic. Not to mention all the chaos involved with giving shots. But hey, at least you didn't get rabies! ;)