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Note that a majority of bites were provoked by the bitee....probably some Einstein trying to pick up the snake by the tail or tease it. When such people succumb to their various idiotic adventures I call it thinning the herd.
In the other thread, you are telling us to catch and relocate the snakes. Make up your mind. If we relocate it and get bit, then we are idiotic. You can't have it both ways.
My family comes way before any damn venomous snake.
I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know whether it would have been practicable to hook the snake and take it somewhere else. It was probably best just to shoot it. However, it isn't like the snakes go out on people hunts. The snakes usually attack people as a defensive action when someone's foot comes down in the weeds next to them. But you certainly have a right to protect your property, whether they were there first or not (and at least in a general sense, they were).
Im glad you killed that snake, I dont know why people would not want you too, its just a damn snake, and I would skin it and eat it too if I were you.
I think its stupid trying to bag it and take a chance at getting bit, then go waste your time and gas and relocate it, tease it then kill it. I use to.
Yeah, it's great when Mudda Natecha and man can coexist without danger to
either, but if I found a poisonous snake heading for my chickens, that'd be it.
Finding one on a remote trail, I'd leave it alone and wish it well, but not in my yard.
Hey there HW. can't blame you one bit. Last year had a copperhead damn near up on my front porch. Had to be 3 foot long. My nephew cought it and put it in a trash can and when I told him to take it to the pond and release it. NO instead he cut its head off and threw it down the road. I was pissed at that for that was wrong. But again, if it creating a problem then rid of the problem.
They say that the green mohave rattler is worse than the dbr. All I know is that I don't want to meet up with any of them. It was bad enough to have a copperhead on the front porch.
Drunk drivers and people who can make phone calls or text while driving can be dangerous and kill people. They are far more prevalent in all parts of the state than rattlesnakes.
In the other thread, you are telling us to catch and relocate the snakes. Make up your mind. If we relocate it and get bit, then we are idiotic. You can't have it both ways.
My family comes way before any damn venomous snake.
I seriously doubt that the Einsteins that are provoking the snake are trying to "relocate" it. More likely tease it or the classic "Hey, watch this!" that usually preceeds some stupid self-induced injury.
Snakes don't move fast, are easy to maneuver into a cardboard box or bag with a long stick or similar tool. A rake works great, you can usually pick them right up and drop em in a container. I've done it plenty of times, have never come even close to being bitten.
As you can see by the stats. I posted previously, you're putting your family in far greater danger every time you get behind the wheel of a car to take junior and sis to the Dairy Queen. So I hope your family also comes before motorized transportation, the REAL danger in our lives, not the imaginary one.
However, 50 to 70% of all snake bites reported were provoked by the person who was bitten.
The reference really says:
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Leave snakes alone: 50-70% of reptile bites managed by the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center were provoked by the person who was bitten—the person was harassing or trying to kill or capture the snake.
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Originally Posted by tecpatl
I seriously doubt that the Einsteins that are provoking the snake are trying to "relocate" it. More likely tease it or the classic "Hey, watch this!" that usually preceeds some stupid self-induced injury.
I seriously believe that is just your guess.
Rich
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