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Rattlesnake bites man who tried to pick it up with BBQ tongs near Corona [CA]: Officials
KTLA ^ | by: Tracy Bloom

Posted on 04/19/2021 8:54:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

New headline: Rattlesnake Bites Drunk Dumbaxx


41 posted on 04/20/2021 4:31:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: VTenigma

I should have been more precise...I intended that message be conveyed to native democrats migrating from blue states and bringing their filthy left wing politics with them. The ones coming north from Mexico and Central America are well aware of poisonous snakes!


42 posted on 04/20/2021 4:52:35 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ConservativeMind
Too bad he couldn’t shoot it.

It wasn’t a dog.
43 posted on 04/20/2021 5:00:44 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: BenLurkin

You don’t pick up a venomous snake or spray them away with a garden hose that are near your house. You kill them with a long stick or shoot them.


44 posted on 04/20/2021 5:11:06 AM PDT by odawg
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To: BenLurkin

“...and a humane storage bucket...”

He should’ve used a humane shovel to remove it’s head.


45 posted on 04/20/2021 6:30:07 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: BenLurkin

These are the people that got eaten by cave bears.


46 posted on 04/20/2021 6:49:02 AM PDT by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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To: BenLurkin

Did the rattlesnake die after biting him. Or at least get sick?


47 posted on 04/20/2021 7:05:24 AM PDT by sport
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To: COBOL2Java

Thank you for that reference. I was not aware of that firm and now I want to look at two of their guns.


48 posted on 04/20/2021 7:28:01 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Archie Bunker on steroids
A neighbor chopped off the head of a small pacific rattler ...then reached down to grab what he thought was a harmless dead snake head. The head pulled a 180 and latched onto his wrist...

I kind of sympathize with the snake; he had good reason to be p!ssed off.

On a more serious note, I saw a tv show about a doc who treated snakebites out west, and he repeatedly remarked on how nasty those west coast rattlers are. They run smaller than diamondbacks and carry a more toxic and complex venom, often neurotoxic. They are more dangerous than people realize. It seems nobody bitten by any kind of rattlesnake avoids a severe penalty; they all wind up with considerably less than they started out with.

I can imagine myself thinking the same thing this guy was thinking: "well I better toss this little bastard out and away from the kids..." It's good to be reminded.

49 posted on 04/20/2021 7:39:26 AM PDT by tsomer
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To: BenLurkin

Biden: shoot him in the leg


50 posted on 04/20/2021 8:18:47 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: TigersEye
Sorry your gas prices are so high but the quote didn’t mention gas prices.

It's a lot easier for a rattlesnake to get a ride out of town if gas is cheaper, though.
51 posted on 04/20/2021 9:05:45 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: BenLurkin

But when it comes to dealing with rattlesnakes or other dangerous reptiles, Animal Services Commander Chris Mayer warned the public against using items such as cooking utensils to remove them.


Thank you Commander!


52 posted on 04/20/2021 9:09:37 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: BenLurkin; Salamander

53 posted on 04/20/2021 9:13:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: BenLurkin

A hold my join moment


54 posted on 04/20/2021 10:01:31 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Back in the ‘60s my kids came in yelling there was a “rattler” coiled up in the bushes (new-development in CA). Dad grabs his Ruger Single Six, finds the snake - it IS a rattler - and at five feet takes careful aim at the head - and misses. Emptied the revolver and only wounded it. Finally got a shovel and chopped the head off.

What really impressed me is that when I picked up the squirming body, it felt like I held a living wire cable. That sucker was TOUGH.


55 posted on 04/20/2021 10:33:53 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: BenLurkin

The real danger of a rattlesnake bite is the anti-venom...costs like 50K, not covered by insurance.


56 posted on 04/20/2021 10:52:29 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: BenLurkin
About STUPID....What part of STUPID do they don't know...!!

One of the reasons I left CA

57 posted on 04/20/2021 10:55:35 AM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: Daffynition

Whoa! Was that for YOU? I knew the anti-venom was insanely expensive, but that bill is higher than I ever imagined...


58 posted on 04/20/2021 10:55:56 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: dfwgator
You know what they call a horse that comes in first in Tijuana?

It's a WEENER!!!

59 posted on 04/20/2021 10:58:31 AM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: Oatka

It’s odd the snake stayed there for you to get the shovel Strange.

This reminds me that I had fried rattlesnake as a six-year old, and I loved it.


60 posted on 04/20/2021 11:22:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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