When I was just a young girl, my dad got bit by a rattlesnake. At the time my dad didn't know it was a rattlesnake; he mistook it for a bull snake. By the time he realized it was a rattlesnake it was too late, he already got bit.
Had my dad know how to recognize a rattlesnake he may have avoided getting bit, but in his defense, the snake was just a baby, which made it difficult to identify.
Generally speaking, knowing how to tell snakes apart is challenging, but with enough study and color recognition, knowing how to pinpoint a type of poisonous snake in nature could save your life.
It's important to know that many snakes are not venomous. However if you're not careful, you could become a poisonous snake's next victim. So how do you prevent that from happening? Know your snakes, and know them well.
Next learn about dangerous snakes starting with the copperhead snake, which if you're not careful can bite you in nature. They blend in with their surroundings, which makes it all the more important to learn how to pinpoint one.
Find out how to pinpoint which snakes you're dealing with in your area and save yourself a severe snakebite — and potentially a dangerous infection as well.
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Yep
Cut the head off and cook.
Snake = food come hell or high water, duh
I would know what it was, dead snake cooking
It’s a snake kill it
I’m knowledgeable on all 3 indigenous species of my area. Timber rattlesnake, Massasauga rattlesnake & Copperhead.
Yes, I live in Bama, we got them all….
I’d think I’d just avoid tempting fate by avoiding any and all snakes as best I can.
Don’t need to….kill them all
Snakes are not poisonous… There venomous
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang… Identification complete. DEAD.
Every snake should be considered venomous. Until identified. All are good for fishing bate or all that are poisonous are good white meat to eat!
wouldn’t matter, they all die
Statistically, 85 to 90 percent of snakebites in America are inflicted on people deliberately attempting to kill or otherwise engage the snake. Alcohol is involved in about half of all cases. Snakebite in the United States is ranked as the number one *most preventable* serious injury. You do not have to be bitten. Leave them alone.
I think snakes have more of a right to live than most people. You dont see them killing for pleasure, or screwing each other over for a percentage. They exist as they have for millions of years. In balance. Give us humans 200 years and we can fkin kill everything on this planet. I can tell quite a bit by the igorant/fearful comments.
Does it really matter ? Do you know which caliber bullet was just fired at you ? And does that matter ? Kill it if you have to go straight through – go around it if possible and save energy and the risk of being bitten – kill it and cook it if you need it.
Yes I can pinpoint with a laser sight and hey, tastes like chicken!
Has the Coral snake suffered extinction or something? Find them in the mid west, right?
Drunk males 25 and younger
if i were in the process of bugging out , ANY snake i came across would go in the soup pot.
I would be able to peck its head off and skin and eat it….I don’t care much for snakes anyway….so will eat any of them if I’m really hungry
*sigh*
No need to kill it unless you want to eat it.