Another Death By Snake Bite

[Feathers and Fins]

OTF, Its like the Jaw syndrome when something gets vilified people will kill it. Jaw came out and everyone started killing sharks.. no different the bible vilified the serpent and they have suffered since then. Now sharks are getting so much positive press through Osearch and other groups they are starting to shed their villains status. If people knew the truth behind how beneficial snakes were they would probably be more than happy to have them around.

[jdmidwest]

Nothing rare happened here. There was a copperhead in a campground that sits out in the woods. HE PICKED IT UP. It bit him in self defense. He did not seek medical help. He died.

The article I read in the local paper stated that deaths are rare from copperheads, because most people can easily recognize them. And if they get bit, they realize they need medical attention quickly to save their lives. He failed one and two and became number 3. Well, technically, they state he did recognize that it was a copperhead.

Any poison snake is a hazard not to be taken lightly. Leave them alone. Seek medical attention if bit by any snake if you don't know what kind it is. Surely get medical attention if there is any swelling, pain, or problems.

[ozark trout fisher]

OTF, Its like the Jaw syndrome when something gets vilified people will kill it. Jaw came out and everyone started killing sharks.. no different the bible vilified the serpent and they have suffered since then. Now sharks are getting so much positive press through Osearch and other groups they are starting to shed their villains status. If people knew the truth behind how beneficial snakes were they would probably be more than happy to have them around.

Yep. Their benefits defintely outweigh the minute danger they pose to humans. It's on us to do the little bit that's necessary to keep ourselves safe- which often just entails not pissing them off on purpose.

[Blazerman]

Yeah I have no problem with snakes and I am always amazed how people freak out over them. I had a large black snake that lived at my place under the wood pile at the river and he was around so much that I started thinking of him as a pet. I caught and handled him so much that he got to where he got used to it and whenever we had people down and he showed himself I would pick him up and show him off. Even when I would pick him up from the middle of his body, he never tried to bite. I would let kids touch him and if they were older they would hold him.

I know I never had any mice all the years he was there so I was happy to have him around. But there were a few times he scared the bejeezes out of me by showing up where I never expected him. Like over the top of the door one time as I walked in and another time in a bedroom. My daughter wasn’t too thrilled with him right then.

But sadly I have not seen him in a few years so I guess he has moved on.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I had a similar experience when i was young Blazerman. We lived within rock distance of a chicken farm and there was Pilot blacksnake that was 5 or 6' long who had free run of the place. he was so used to people that you could pick him up, gently, and he wouldn't try to escape. They were very protective of him because he had two important jobs, rodents and the occasional unwanted eggs. I was in my early teens and he fascinated me, I couldn't pass him by without handling him.

[ozark trout fisher]

Honestly, snakes do scare me. I've got a borderline-phobia of the things, especially when I'm wading in a river and I can't see what's around me. But I still know their benefits and I can respect their existence.

I don't have to like them, but I know they need to be there.

[Hog Wally]

I have a special needs daughter that will pick up anything. Therefore any and all possible harms to her are dispatched on sight. From put bulls to yellow jackets. Red death to em all.

[Ham]

Lots of easy to find studies on the internet looking back retrospectively at deaths from snakebite in the US. For decades, the average number of deaths from snakebite has been around 10 per year. The deaths from bee or wasp sting is around 100 a year.

IF you get envemonated by a copperhead, cottonmouth, or rattlesnake, it's gonna suck. It's going to take weeks to fully recover. You need to seek medical attention, but in all but a handful of cases a year, you will survive.

[Hog Wally]

My biologist teacher always said a black snakes mouth is more poisonous than a copperhead ? Botulinum Lock jaw blood poison Not sure about all that but he was quite the nature guy. Maybe I google the answer to that.

[Feathers and Fins]

Hog he would have been wrong for just using the word poisonous when talking about a snakes bite. I would expect a biology teacher to know better. As to more "Venomous" absolutely not but their musk is worse than a copperheads for certain.