Can anyone tell me if there is a difference between a social media star and an influencer, and, if so, what is the difference?
The Gainesville resident was searching for snakes …The snakes don’t want to be searched for. Leave them alone.
Who picks up the tab for this stupidity?
In the FL panhandle years back my dad killed an Eastern Diamondback, it was 72” without the head. We had tons of water moccasins around, but the rattle snakes were good at hiding, saw a few crossing the road but not out in the woods or fields.
My guess:
Star = has a lot of attention
Influencer = has a lot of attention AND disciples for something they offer or promote like fashion of lifestyle.
Also if not near a hospital, I hear milk thistle is a good remedy for snake bites!
anti-venom is really expensive. Why wasn’t he wearing snake proof waders?
I hate when that happens.
This is how FAFO originated
I know how big those Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes can get.
When I was in the USN back in the Seventies at Cecil Field in Northern Florida, they found one near the runway on the base, and they had a picture of it in the paper.
The guy was standing on the bed of a pickup truck, holding the snake by its neck straight out, and it was so big it was touching the ground and coiled up a bit where it touched it. The thick part of the body looked bigger than the fat end of a Louisville Slugger!
I had absolutely no idea those things could get that big!
We did a lot of stupid crap growing up in the 60’ and 70’s, but we never searched out Rattle Snakes for fun.
A slight difference. A social media star is someone who's videos you watch for education and amusement. An influencer is someone who is trying to sell you something.
Doctors gave him 88 vials of antivenom...
Why A Single Vial Of Antivenom Can Cost $14,000
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-single-vial-antivenom-can-cost-14000-180956564/
Shoot!
I would say an "influencer" is more in the business of selling products or pushing an ideology, while a successful YouTuber may just be an entertainer. Obviously, the line is blurry. Even, "Look, snakes are cool! Ooooops!" is an agenda of sorts.
Wow.
"Humphlett doesn’t blame the snake" -- and there goes all of his credibility and my sympathy.
I guess it was a good thing he wasn't down on the ground looking for a lost contact lens...
88 VIALS OF ANTI-SNAKE VENOM??
That is quite a bit
I grew up in the hills of Tennessee and I spent a lot of time in the woods and streams and saw many snakes. The thing is to look for them so you don’t step on them. The only dangerous snake is the one you don’t see.
He is lucky. It was a timber rattler.
If he had been hit with a Mohave, he would have been in even more serious danger.
Mohaves have a mix of hemo and neuro toxins. Then, they have whats called A and B toxins. Which means each snake can have a mix of more neuro or a mix of more Hemo toxins.
And they an attitude. I have had them come after me.
One thing he couldn’t do was wear a good pair of boots.
was searching for snakes
**CHOMP**
Found one !
My wife lived in Dixie County Florida for a year when she was a kid. You can’t get more redneck than there.