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Cincinnati Zoo Employee Bitten by Most Venomous Rattlesnake in North America
New York Post ^ | Oct. 21, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 10/24/2023 9:42:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden employee was hospitalized Thursday after she was bitten by a highly venomous rattlesnake.

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake snapped at the employee around 4 p.m. in a “behind the scenes area” not open to guests, the zoo’s communications director Michelle Curley told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

The unnamed staffer — who works in the reptile house — was taken to the hospital in stable condition. She had only received a partial bite and did not require antivenom, Curley said, adding her prognosis is good.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cincinnati; diamondback; rattlesnake; snake; wildlife; zoo
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To: nickcarraway

In the ER we found that most snake bite cases involved ALCOHOL in some way.

Hold my beer....


21 posted on 10/25/2023 1:17:13 AM PDT by Bobalu (The political prosecution of Donald Trump marks the official end of US democracy.)
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To: nickcarraway

Shot a timber rattlesnake this summer off the side of the driveway. Son in law spotted while we were sitting on the deck. We gutted it, tanned the hide and the hide is in a glass framed case on the deck... Good conversation piece.


22 posted on 10/25/2023 4:04:39 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: nickcarraway

He say you die, Kimosabe.


23 posted on 10/25/2023 4:34:07 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Did they shoot the snake?
Like the ape?


24 posted on 10/25/2023 4:40:11 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie; DesertRhino

Absolutely correct. The Mojave Green is the most poisonous. They are one of the only two I think in the world that has a unique “dual” venom.

“The Mojave Green Rattlesnake’s venom can be either hemotoxic (toxins that attack the blood) or neurotoxic (toxins that target the nervous system) making treatment challenging.”

https://www.ndow.org/species/mojave-green-rattlesnake/

Our family used to own a ranch in the Mojave. I have lost 2 horses to Mojave Green bites. They were gone in less than 20 minutes. It shut down their respiratory system and they suffocated. Figure an estimated 10 minutes for a human.

Fortunately they tend to be fairly docile. You really have to step on them or make them pretty mad before they will strike. They try to get away as best they can first.


25 posted on 10/25/2023 4:44:56 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Bobalu
In the ER we found that most snake bite cases involved ALCOHOL in some way.

That's well known in West Texas. Apparently a lot of the bites appear in the fork of the right hand caused by the drunken idiot prodding the snake with too short of a stick.

26 posted on 10/25/2023 4:52:11 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: DesertRhino; Governor Dinwiddie

Here is one for you, they are so bad and disliked that even the environmentalists have not put them on the endangered species list. They sure were endangered when they came in our yard though. lol


27 posted on 10/25/2023 5:00:24 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nickcarraway

My dad killed an Eastern Diamondback in the 70s, it measured 75” long. This was in NW FL up in the sandhills.


28 posted on 10/25/2023 5:21:39 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: nickcarraway
My wife and I encountered an eastern diamondback rattlesnake while hiking on the Georgia Coast. It was enormous. Maybe it was pregnant or maybe it had just eaten a large animal, but that thing was a foot in diameter.

Fortunately, we were a long way from it and heard it rattling.

I saw it again while riding my bicycle in the same area. I came within about 20 feet of it and got a good look.

It's a monster.

29 posted on 10/25/2023 5:53:45 AM PDT by Savage Beast (TRUTH is a terrifying thing to behold when trapped in a web of delusion.)
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To: nickcarraway
Eastern diamondback isn't the most venomous. Pacific and Green mojaves, and one newly discovered subspecies on some island off costa rica are more dangerous. HOWEVER those are almost rarely encountered.

That being said, its like arguing if is better to be hit by a train, 18 wheeler, or race car at high speeds.

30 posted on 10/25/2023 7:03:01 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Right Brother
She received a partial bite and required no antivenom. Why is this a story?

Almost 1/3 of venemous snake bites are "dry bites" or warnings. Venom takes ALOT of metabolism to make so they save it as that is their primary hunting/digestion tool. It too precious to waste.

A VAST majority of major envenomation are people that are drunk messing with snakes. Piss them off enough and you're going to get a "hot shot" or "full load".

The next largest segment of envenomizations are landscapers/yardscapers/loggers who step on/ride over and injure snakes.

31 posted on 10/25/2023 7:06:23 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Right Brother

Sounds like a dry bite.


32 posted on 10/25/2023 7:34:52 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Right Brother

Cincinatti Zoo.


33 posted on 10/25/2023 8:12:43 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (NATO is a terrorist organization.)
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To: Equine1952

Sorry, I don’t believe animals should be confined in a cage and gawked at by people.


34 posted on 10/25/2023 10:19:20 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I agree. And when the animals are loose people approach them and get gored, mauled or bitten. Maybe the people ought to be in cages and the animals can visit them.


35 posted on 10/25/2023 11:13:31 AM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Openurmind

Wow. Did not realize that. Usually with rattlers you hear all that about what a beautiful animal they are etc.


36 posted on 10/25/2023 12:03:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino

Yep, everything else in our desert is protected, even insects. But the last time I checked they were still not on the endangered species list.

And they really are not endangered, they are like an invasive species and pushing all the other endangered species out.


37 posted on 10/25/2023 12:12:38 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I’m in favor of free animals too. Heartbreaking to see them in cages.
I won’t even go to local Petco because they sell lizards and goldfish. Lizards are adorable, had one outside my house in Florida who apparently liked me. Friend said he was flirting,


38 posted on 10/25/2023 12:19:33 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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