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Rattle Snake Bites
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by clownroy on September 25, 2006
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Today playing golf in the smallest complete range of mountains in the world, "The Buttes" Located 45 miles north of Sacramento one of the golfers I was playing with said that getting bit by a baby rattle snake was more dangerous than getting bit by an adult one! I found that hard to beleive but he said the reason was that a little one dumps all their venom while an adult controls theirs. Is this true? I would like to know because The Buttes are just loaded with the little critters and I golf out there almost every day. I would appreciate an e-mail if possible for the answer and would really appreciate knowing and would post the answer in the pro shop. My e-mail address is roy_collins2000@yahoo.com. Thank you, Roy Collins.
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by agkistrodude on September 26, 2006
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Hi Roy, I wouldn't post that in your Pro Shop as fact.While an adult may well have better control over their venom yeild,no 2 bites are the same.An adult can produce a "dry bite" or inject a full load, or anywhere in between.This past July I was bitten by a neonate rattlesnake (baby,2 days old)and suffered just a little swelling and some discoloration of my thumb for 2 days.Very little envenomation.I was lucky,it could have been worse.While I knew that the species that bit me wasn't real dangerous,I still went to the E.R.to be safe.ANY rattlesnake bite should be considered life threatening and the victim should be taken imediately to the hospital.As Dr Bush says,"Time is tissue." Marty
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by natedog08 on September 26, 2006
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im not sure if this is the same with snakes, but with squirpians, the littler ones need more venom to protect themselves. Enemys will think since they are smaller, it will be an easy kill. But then they unleash a devistating attack. The big ones dont need a lot of venom because most animals see him and be afraid of him because his size.
Hope this is helps
~JuST BeCaUSe Im YouNg DoeSNt MeAN I doNt KnOw AnyThINg~
Nathan Nagle
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by snakeguy101 on September 27, 2006
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i heard something like this on animal planet, they can dump all of their venom, but they have no controll over how much they dump so it's just as likely that they don't dump any at all. hope that you don't plan on getting bit one soon,
chris hartmann
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by Chris_Harper on September 29, 2006
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This was covered by Dr. William K. Hayes at the Biology of the Rattlesnake Symposium in Jan. 2005 at Loma Linda Univ Hosp. Check out the abstract at this URL: http://www.roblee.com/rattlesnakes/Tentative%20Speakers/Abstracts/Abstract%20Hayes.htm
~CH
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by thedude on October 2, 2006
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Another good source for info
http://www.llu.edu/llu/grad/natsci/hayes/research-a-snake-venom.html
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