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09-30-2009, 12:57 PM
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 My Rank: MASTER SERGEANT Poster Rank:584 Male. Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,617 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)
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Re: Man Bitten by a Giant Rattlesnake
That's a woman.Check the hand/fingers. I used to catch rattlesnakes as a kid and was bitten a few times, but judging by the size of that bloody thing and the amount of venom it would release, I can see why the necrosis set in. Damn! |
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09-30-2009, 06:19 PM
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 Kelly's slave Poster Rank:691 Female Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,236 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 47 Post(s)
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Re: Man Bitten by a Giant Rattlesnake
if he left the snake alone he probably wont have been bitten. It aint the snakes fault...its natural to protect itself from from danger
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10-09-2009, 12:56 PM
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 Lefty Poster Rank:85 Female Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 18,251 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 23 Post(s)
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Re: Man Bitten by a Giant Rattlesnake
Because the venom can cause such extreme swelling and tissue damage that the skin literally splits, gets necrotic (rots) and must be debrided (cut off) and healed ever so slowly by trying to stretch and encourage new granulation and skin by suturing and skin grafting. Ew, huh? As a vet tech many years, I've seen the entire foreleg of a dog nearly rot off due to not recieving immediate anti-venin and hospitalization. Unless treated within several hours, usually the skin around a rattlesnake bite will end up becoming necrotic, blackened, and will slough off. Dogs are famous for getting bit right on the noses. You almost never see a cat bitten. People are most often bit on the lower leg/ankle area. This guy was either an idiot or was reaching for something in a dark area....like in a hayroom where the snake happened to be hunting mice. |
