She's a good 3 foot long.
She's fat, 3" dia.
But, she's ma frin. Cause she no bite me. And, I also no hurt her.
My hand was just inches from her scared us both.
I was shown the best way to kill a snake is a green stick, maybe 3' long. Whip them breaks their vertebrae so they can't strike.
This one I think was a timber rattler. They are pretty non aggressive. Still scared me good.
And, she did escape.
Nate
Timber rattlers tend to be fatter than most snakes.
Years ago I rushed an employee to the ER with a snake bite on his hand. The doctor asked his obligatory question, "what kind of snake was it?".
The patient's reply: It was brown and fast.
I mentioned I was pretty sure it was a corn snake given our location but couldn't be sure.
Outside of earshot from my employee I told the doctor if a person got a good enough look at a snake to ID it, they probably would have avoided it altogether. I felt like his question was similar to asking someone that had just been in a car wreck are you OK? He sheepishly agreed.
My rodman was on his way after some observation and a tetanus.
A worker for the rural water district for which I serve as a board member was bitten on the thumb by a very healthy prairie rattler. Fortunately, a coworker was present and both of them were extremely familiar with rattlers. They also knew where the nearest source of anti-venom would be available. He survived but the insurance spent nearly $400,000 for his treatment. How many new jobs you would need to pay for that snake bite?
Nate. Close call buddy. Last year i had bailed hay and come back to the house to cool down and drink some sweet tea. Across the road a friend had been doing the same thing as me. But he had a bunch of help so he was bailing and stacking all at once behind the bailer. One fellow grabbed a square bale and was hit by a copperhead. It hardly broke the skin just one fang the other hit bone on his thumb. He thought he was fine until 30 minutes later he was rushed to ER by ambulance. He ended up being in the hospital for a couple days. After that i walk through the field and look at every bail before my girls start helping now. My 8 year old she is like a wild cat running through the field helping the best way she can. She drags a bale from one row to another so i can load from one side.
