Re: Fear of snakes

Posted by Mark - IN. on April 05, 2012 at 18:30:15 from (24.15.147.112):

In Reply to: Fear of snakes posted by JDB on April 05, 2012 at 15:08:58:

I didn't know until I caught one in Texas, that rattlesnakes dislocate their lower jaw and snout. So that stuff about grabbing one behind its head is garbage unless you either have its lower jaw pressed up hard into its snout, or have its snout hooked at its fangs and pulled back. I made the mistake of grabbing it around the neck at the base of its skull like in the movies. Then it not only dislocated its lower jaw, but appeared to dislocate its snout with fangs from the skull. One minute, I thought I was safe. Next minute its fangs were moving in on my fingers. Holy crap, thats what the good sized stick that you were using to tire him and his strikes out with before you thought you grabbed him safely, but didn't. He was a fatty about 3' to maybe 4' as I recall. Another time heard some thrashing around in some tall grass near me that got worse and worse, so I walked over to take a look, and it was a copperhead that made the mistake of slithering over a mound of fire ants. I watched those guys just gang attack it. One second there were a lot on him, and biting, and he was thrashing. Next second he was completely covered by millions of them. Few seconds later, they deskinned him, and a few seconds later he wasn't much more than spine. He was somewhere near 3', little less.

Caught a cotton mouth in some bushes in Georgia were the tent was setup to sleep. Scared the crap out of me, but glad I caught him before he caught me. I came out of the bushes with his snout pulled back, and sent everyone running. That baby had him a bite.

Not that I'm brave around poisonous snakes, just glad I caught them before they caught me first. One of us was going to get it, better them than me.

Here's something to try in the Texas outback so to speak. Find you a rotted out tree trunk that has been lying around and kick some bark off, then watch the scorpions run everywhere. Be glad that you didn't sit on that trunk first to take that break that you were about to, just before you kicked the bark off and said, "Oh crap".

Hey, makes life more exiting.

Good luck,

Mark

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