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What to do if you are bitten by a snake… (booze involved in getting bitten)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ^
| December 1, 2010
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Posted on 12/01/2010 5:07:57 PM PST by decimon
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To: M Kehoe
OK, I'll bite, [sorry] why do you carry a cat everywhere you go in snake country?
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:25:55 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 679 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: ladyjane
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:26:23 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama treats terrorists with kid gloves, American Citizens with rubber gloves)
To: decimon
I hike quite a lot here in FL. I have a minor fear of being bitten while on the trail. It is generally too hot to wear snake boots (if I owned a pair). Most places are far enough out that my chances of walking out on a bitten leg/ankle are poor and remote enough that cell phone coverage is nil. Rattle Snakes (and others) often lie on the trail in the sun. If I were to inadvertantly step on one, I’d be in a bad way. I’m thinking about geting a “Spot” emergency satellite messager for “just-in-case”.
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:29:03 PM PST
by
Damifino
(The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
To: decimon
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:35:30 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(V for Vendetta.)
To: null and void
I live on a cypress swamp. My lanai backs up to it. Moccasins and Pygmy rattlers are abundant. They have a tendency to make it up under the door to the lanai. In the last five years it has happened maybe fifteen, twenty times.
Most of the time I don't notice them until...the cats get to them. Two cats to be exact.
I sit and watch the festivities with a cold brew and cigar. Most entertaining.
On a serious note, the cats have prevented me from being bitten, probably five to seven times.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:35:39 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Ronin
women...are smart enough to leave the damn thing alone Yep, I do that now ever since one bit me once. Luckily it was just a garter snake. It was totally my fault for playing with it... :(
but if I see one in the wild, I dont mess with it.
Me neither. Unless it is a green grass snake. Those are cute and fun to hold.
To: decimon
playing with snakes in the wild).
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:40:17 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: M Kehoe
Ah. I thought you meant:
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:41:12 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 679 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: decimon
I was born in the Florida panhandle and have a lot of snake stories. I have killed a lot of rattlers, mostly in the 5 foot category but one huge 7 footer.
My Sister stepped on a large rattlesnake when she was a two year old toddler. She was extremely lucky in that it did not strike. Have also killed a large number of cottonmouths and all of them have been just about the same size.
Withing the last two months I have killed two copperheads. They were the first ones I have seen since around 1960. They were identical and both in the same spot several days apart.
I have had several friends bitten, all by cottonmouths and all while fishing.
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:41:54 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Borax Queen; Lakeshark
It’s that tail shake thing the snakely ones do.
‘Tis wonderously hypnotizing I hear.
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:50:02 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
To: null and void
Take two on the graphic...
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:51:38 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 679 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: yarddog
I have had several friends bitten, all by cottonmouths and all while fishing.Did they get very sick?
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:54:40 PM PST
by
decimon
To: null and void
To: ItsForTheChildren
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posted on
12/01/2010 5:57:50 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 679 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: decimon
They all had to go to the hospital but none of them were near death. One was a 280 pound guy who played tackle on our high school football team.
He was bitten fairly far into the woods and his friend carried him out. I have no idea how big his friend was but it is still amazing that someone that big got carried a mile or so.
Another was our coach. He was bitten on the thigh when one dropped into his boat from a branch.
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:01:47 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: ladyjane
Then there is the old joke about...The doctor says youre going to die. Poor fellows name was Johnson wasn't it? :)
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:02:04 PM PST
by
IamConservative
(Our collective common sense; the only thing a 1.5GPF toilet ever flushed on the first pull.)
To: decimon
Snake bite kit
1. Bottle of Jim Beam
1. snake
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:07:56 PM PST
by
Foolsgold
(L I B Lacking in Brains)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
When I was on a Boy Scout camping trip, one guy got bit by some kind of harmless snake, forget which one, and every member of the troop had their snakebite kits out and were practically fighting to be the one to “treat” him.
Those little lancets scared him worse than the snake.
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:08:17 PM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: Foolsgold
Snake bite kit 1. Bottle of Jim Beam
1. snake
That seems to be the formula.
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:11:41 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
That seems to be the formula.
Tonto: "Doc say Kemosabe gonna die."
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posted on
12/01/2010 6:12:52 PM PST
by
aruanan
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