Posted on 05/02/2018 4:09:38 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
A 57-year-old man in Oklahoma is dead after being bitten by a rattlesnake, his wife said. Barry Lester was driving in Osage County on Sunday when he saw the snake in the middle of the road and decided to stop and move it out of the way, the Tulsa World reported. But during the attempt the rattler bit him — twice. “It bit his left hand, and then he put it in his right and it bit that hand too,” Lester's wife, Roberta, told the newspaper. The couple was traveling to Keystone Lake when the incident occured. “We were just going to walk and have a day outside enjoying the lake. It was his birthday,” she said. After realizing he was bit, Barry told his wife they needed to go to the hospital. The couple rushed to meet the ambulance at their Turley home, which would then take Lester to a hospital in nearby Tulsa. But then Lester's head suddenly dropped — and "that was it," Roberta said. Emergency officials tried to revive the 57-year-old but it was too late. Barry died from a “combination of the rattlesnake bite and an existing heart condition," according to the Tulsa World. Barry had wrangled snakes before, Roberta told the Tulsa World, which is why he was confident he would be able to remove the rattler from the road. But now his wife has a warning for others: "Don’t mess with snakes. If you hear it rattling, you leave it alone.”
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Don't know about Eastern poisonous snakes, but I heard that this is true of rattlers. Normally, they use their venom for killing prey. It wouldn't be good to waste it, as it takes time to produce and they might need it again sooner than expected. So in an "offensive situation" they judge the weight of the prey and inject enough to kill it, but no more.
But in a "defensive situation" when they are confronted by a dangerous predator - including humans, their bite is a quick "fight or flight" reflex - perhaps even a panicky one, rather than a carefully planned attack. As such, they don't have either the time or the wits or both, to calculate how much venom to inject. So on the one hand, you might get a bite with no venom at all. Or on the other hand, you might get the entire sac of venom injected into you. Flip a coin.
I’ve seen TV shows where they say snakes under, AND IN, cars is common in Australia.
his major pre existing condition was stupidity , both him and his wife.
It’s called “No good deed goes unpunished.”
The hoe I would use would move a different kind of snake.
And I wouldn't use a hoe that costs only $20!
Yeeeeeech!
Well... maybe they would if you shoved one of them up your rectum and the other down your throat.
“Speckled rattlesnakes”?
The friendly hippies of the snake family.
After killing the snake, did you cook it up for a snake treat?
They pay for that in San Francisco.
Maybe you could demonstrate on yourself, but you might not be able to talk out of your rear end for a while. Wait that’s a plus.
I was out one the mesa on sunset, admiring the rattlers from the comfort of my car (they like the last bit of sun)
I pulled up real close to watch, and the bugger went right into the wheelhub of the car!
Holy jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Where’s he going?
I punched it.
SLoop! he goes in like a string on a yo yo!
Lord what do I do now? I have visions of him in the engine compartment, coming into the cab through the ventilation system LOL
I get home and need to investigate, I make a bunch of noise expecting him to rattle.
I’m beating on the wheel with the tire iron...
Silence...
Cautiously I removed the wheel..
Snake burger LOL
Dat’s what happens
You will never get a shock from a car battery. I have changed many batteries with my bare hand touching the positive terminal with a wrench and the other hand touching the negative ground. Not even a tingle. If you really want to get a shock, disconnect a spark plug wire and let it spark onto a finger while touching a metal part of the car. Watch out for your head. It may hit the car hood as you jump.
It’s not purely anecdotal. Studies were done. And too many cases of people being helped to just brush aside.
It’s provided as ‘room service’ at the Standard Hotel.
If you see a poisonous snake in the middle of the road, keep driving and run over it.
I killed an Eastern diamondback around 20 years ago which was just under 7 feet long. I posted the photo here on FR. Not a record but not too far off either.
Probably killed 30 or more venomous snakes in my life. They are not as numerous as sidewinders in some Western states but they are the largest.
Actually they are the largest by weight of any native North American snake.
However, studies at thr U of VA concluded that a moccasin will not bite even if stepped on. They just want to get away. I won’t test it.
It was too small...I have eaten Rattlesnake..It is great!!!!
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