[urbanpovertylawcenter]

25% of venomous snake bites are dry bites, snake holds back on releasing the poison since people are generally not on the menu. I did date a mousy woman once in college, but even she was too large to consume.

Most recommend 6 hr observation of bite victim before the all clear is given. Some delayed reactions occur.

THe Snake Doctor

I treated 5 snake bites the summer after the TN flood in a two month period. We usually only see about one every other year.

[miele man]

Thanks. I knew some bites are characterized as “dry” but not as high as a quarter of them. Talk about “bite roulette”.

I watched all of the episodes on the Animal Planet of the Snake Doctor in Loma Linda, California. It was a very informative series. Glad to know that there are “specialists” like this. Are you an ER doc?

Yes, here in Alabama, the snakes come out, or are washed out, in heavy rain periods. I’m amazed there are so few bites when they are out in high numbers. Local TV news just showed a package last week about the high number of rattlers already slithering around in high numbers.