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For decades those who ventured outdoors were admonished to bring along a snakebite kit. As has advanced we’ve come to learn not only are these kits useless in treating venomous snakebites, but they can do more harm than good. The usual contents of a snake bite kit include:
Suction cup(s) – Intended to suck out the [...]
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If yesterdays story of a man being bitten by a rattlesnake wasn’t enough we have this story out of the Florida Everglades where another man has been bitten by a rattlesnake. At this point no details have been made public.
Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t be worthy of mention but due to the location it piqued [...]
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A baby Pygmy rattlesnake bit a 27 year old man on his hand while he was shopping at the Wal-Mart garden center in St. Augustine Florida. According to the report the snake was approximately 7 inches long. The man went to pick up a bottle that had rolled under some shelves when he was bit. [...]
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How snakes see is often misunderstood. For instance it is a misconception that snakes are almost blind. While their vision isn’t as acute as a persons they have other tools that work in harmony with sight to give them a very robust image of the world around them. Their hearing, despite a lack of external [...]
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Knowing how to properly hold a snake will make a great deal of difference in its temperament when it comes time to pick it up.