western diamondback bite wound

[771subliminal]

very interesting for sure

[Karma]

wow... that was, ya. interesting

[Elvyra's Keeper]

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

They opened the arm to allow swelling. Without openning it, it would plit opne it'self and be harder to heal. (I'm not positive, but I know they do that for a lot of things)

[MPenn]

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

This is a common practice when the swelling becomes to great and the possibility of compartment syndrome is evident.

Compartment syndrome is a painful condition that results when pressure within the muscles builds to dangerous levels. This prevents nourishment and oxygen from reaching nerve and muscle cells and can cause irreparable damage.

[veerman73]

thats crazy...all that from a snake bite

[OhClueless1]

Dang.... I thought for sure during the middle of all those shot that any second the next pic would show just a stub of what was left of the arm.

I will never keep Hots... that guy is lucky he still has a hand and the sheer amount of time it took to heal.

Btw... some of those pics are gross! Ick. lol

[Hack the Maniac]

I'm still keeping my Atrox.

[tweets_4611]

That was awesome.....not that he got bit, or that it got that far, but the healing process and whatnot was amazing to see. I'll never keep hots, but I knew that before I saw that. Thanks for posting it!! I don't feel quite so bad knowing that he got back almost complete use of his are, but it is amazing to see what the body can handle! And how primitive modern medicine really is sometimes...

[MelissaFlipski]

I should add that its extremely graphic

Uh... I looked before I saw your warning. I closed it once I saw the slices on both sides of the arm. Yikes!

[Patrick Long]

thats absolutely crazy. im shocked at what damamage was incoured there. unbelievable