Snake Bite

[WarriorPrincess90]

Just out of curiousity. I have been looking around Youtube and saw a few guys who got bit and the snake latched on as if it was trying to eat them. One guy finally got the snake off by dunking him under water. The other guy finally shut off his camera so I have no idea how he got the snake to let go. So my question is this. IF a snake did this what are some ways to get them to let go? They were getting constricted pretty tight too it looked like. However rare it may be I would like to be able to have a few ideas ahead of time just in case. I can just see myself being munched on while I type a one handed post on here, looking for help and waiting for a reply.

According to an episode of SnakeBytes TV on youtube (Brian is awesome), you can use a little capful of Listerine. He shows the difference between a defensive strike and feeding response bite (what you described), and explains the best way to get them to let go. I would consider looking that up. It was a good video.

Sometimes the water thing works, I think it just depends on the snake. But according to Brian, Listerine works every time. lol.