Re: Fire Ants Got Me.

Posted by Mark - IN. on October 17, 2017 at 19:12:38 from (24.15.148.55):

In Reply to: Fire Ants Got Me. posted by Hobo,NC on October 16, 2017 at 18:18:46:

The first time that I ever encountered them was when I was stationed at Ft. Gordon, GA. That's also where I caught my first rattle snake and my first cotton mouth. I didn't know that a rattle snake could dislocate it's snout and lower jaw until I had one around the throat at the back of the head and it dislocated both the upper and lower and the fangs were right at my fingers so I tossed it. Cotton mouth? That is just one mean snake. As far as fire ants go though, I first witnessed what they could do in the brush at Ft. Hood, TX when I heard some rustling around and walked over to see a copper head that made the mistake of crossing over a nest of them and they came out and went right to it. It was thrashing around and within a couple of minutes there was almost nothing left of it. They stripped it clean. Down there I had been bitten by a few. It was impossible not to. What surprised me is that they have fire ants in Germany too. I was stationed in Mannheim and we were out in the woods on maneuvers and we were taking a class on BIO/Chemical and dressed for it in chem suits. We were standing around and I was standing on a small hill that was mushy as I moved around. I got bit by something on my hands and looked down. My chem suit was coated with them. That little mushy hill was a nest. I ran a few steps, hit the ground rolling to get them off. Some of the other fellas came to my rescue and were scraping them off of me. I survived. I haven't seen any in Indiana so I assume they aren't that far north yet.

Go get yourself checked out just the same. Next Tuesday I am as well.

Mark

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