We have pygmy rattlers in FL. They all have Napoleon complexes—dang little things will attack anything. They generally aren’t deadly, but they will mess up your day.
Other parts of FL they get 6'.
Depends on where you're bit, how close to a hospital. The old days they had no anti venom. In a vein, you 're dead.
Met a guy, his whole leg was just scarred skin and bones.
They inject an enzyme that breaks down protein, muscle tissue.
I was standing on a road in Withlacootchee State Forest a few years back. Just standing there looking.
I sense something, looked down and saw one of those going between my feet as it crossed the path.
Yep. pygmy rattlers are nasty little things.