Quote Originally Posted by fadingdaylight View Post
True, one person can't move and the other won't stop bleeding, but this is the kind of info that the average outdoorsman need to be aware of. If I were going out there, I would want to be well aware of which variety was going to be in my vicinity.


And the other one, 10x more likely to die, just one county over, that is terrifying. People need to be aware of this kind of thing, thank you for posting it.
I've known for many years that the venom varies in different populations of any given species of rattlesnakes, but I DIDN'T know the difference could be THIS profound.
I'd imagine other areas with large differences in terrain (like New Mexico, for example) might also see this...but now I wonder about all the other areas too...maybe it's
about more than just the landscape/elevation/etc. It's so amazing what natural selection can do. And I just want to add that even though their venom is dangerous, I've
known many rattlesnakes & adore them. Many things in our world are dangerous...it's not paying attention that gets us in trouble. Please don't blame or hate rattlesnakes
for having the means to capture & kill their food...it's not us they want.