Better yet
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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“Run over it. ”
That’s exactly what I do, and slam on the brakes to slide over it. That always kills them, and partially skins them as well.
Have zero use for rattlesnakes.
Ind ed
Must have been a real tall snake.
First shot is for the snake. The rest of the magazine is for my "friends." LOL
Get me down to the infirmary. LOL
hit the brakes when going over
You must be from Texas like me! Read my post further down!
Don’t tase me, Bro! I mean it this time. ;-)
I wonder if he isone of those guys who grabs it by the tail. I never could do that. Stick or foot within an inch of the head ONLY, then you can pick it up, only with a firm grip directly behind the head, that tail grabbing thing creeps me out, if you dunk it in the ice chest its pretty much limp as a hot dog. Some rattlers like the mojave green or a sidewinder are really fast though, so gotta be extra careful most diamond backs are pretty slow
While I am not afraid of rattlers it never even crossed my mind to try to pick one up. That’s what snake shot is for....
Diamondbacks are not slow.
They used to have a rattlesnake rodeo in Freeport, Florida.
Army Rangers from Camp Rudder on Eglin would come and demonstrate how fast they were. They would hold a balloon filled with warm air withing a couple of feet of the rattler and you could not even see the strike it was so fast.
They would also kill, skin, and clean them then batter fry in a deep kettle. The meat was white and clean looking but I just couldn’t bring myself to eat any. Others said it was very good. All you wanted for free.
You need at least 30V to penetrate your skin resistance, and that’s moist skin, I’ve seen 70 V handled with dry skin with no effect. Standard car batteries are 12 V, spark plugs and stun guns are both going to be MUCH higher voltage, around
25,000 V to 50,000 V, there will be usually very low amperages(current) with these voltages.
I believe stun guns were supposed to have some effect at breaking down venom (very complex protein chains) and making it lose it’s effectiveness.
The main hazard of the 12 V car system is there are usually really high currents available, your skin is OK, but if you have a ring or watch get between power and ground it will get red hot in a couple seconds, this can effectively amputate a hand or finger. That’s why experienced mechanics remove watches and rings.
You need at least 30V to penetrate your skin resistance, and that’s moist skin, I’ve seen 70 V handled with dry skin with no effect. Standard car batteries are 12 V, spark plugs and stun guns are both going to be MUCH higher voltage, around
25,000 V to 50,000 V, there will be usually very low amperages(current) with these voltages.
I believe stun guns were supposed to have some effect at breaking down venom (very complex protein chains) and making it lose it’s effectiveness.
The main hazard of the 12 V car system is there are usually really high currents available, your skin is OK, but if you have a ring or watch get between power and ground it will get red hot in a couple seconds, this can effectively amputate a hand or finger. That’s why experienced mechanics remove watches and rings.
Fact: There is absolutely no scientifically sound evidence that electric shock or the use of any stun gun on a snakebite, either in man or animal, is effective in preventing the effects of venomous snakebite. In victims with serious snakebite who used the device they still had symptoms of snakebite and required standardized medical treatment including antivenom. They may have had some relief from pain and swelling as a result of the shock but that is all.
Fact: Application of electric shock with a stun gun is intended to immobilize a target, making it go down. It is risky and dangerous to apply this sort of insult to a person who may already be severely compromised by a venomous snakebite. The shock itself can be painful and damage to local tissues can exacerbate local tissue necrosis and infection.
Fact: In spite of anecodtal and non-scientific testimonial reports to the contrary, unless or until the beneficial effects of this treatment can be duplicated in animal experiments in the laboratory, the use of a stun gun on electro shock can be dangerous as well as a useless, time wasting exercise and time would be better spent applying more conventional means of first aid and arranging transport to the nearest medical facility.
Fact: The use of electric shock as reported by Guderian in 1986 is nothing new. It was widely used at the turn of the century under similar promise supported by unscientific, testimonial or anecodtal reports. It fell out of favor when people who used it did not achieve relief....some no doubt died and the idea of electric shock for snakebite was swiftly relegated to the trash heap. It is particularly frustrating, therefore, that in 1998 the scientific and medical communities are again faced with an unsubstantiated treatment for a disorder that can have grave consequences if improperly treated.
I saw a large rattlesnake stretched out on a dirt road a few years ago. What did I do? I zoomed right past it.
That’s the thing to do when you see a snake on the road.
“Ow. OW!!”
Like your style.
Yes, snakes will be roadkill if I am driving.
Snakes kill people, pets, children, along with rats, etc.
Even alligators and other large prey.
And there are so many of them a few flat ones on the roadway, etc. is not even going to make a dent in their population.
Got my vote! I didn’t know that part to use the brakes for better effect. Will certainly try to remember that part!
“Unfortunately, I didn’t really communicate, in that sentence, what I meant.”
Yes. I took it as a suggestion to anally and orally shock myself. Now I see what you intended. Not quite as bad as the typo I saw on this forum the other day in which the person posting said “I” rather than “it” and, in so doing, confessed to a murder (which he did not commit).
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