[at-l] Snake Anti-venom Availability

[bluetrail at aol.com]

Although most people (especially the ones not inebriated) will try to avoid snakes, accidents do happen.  One friend traveled to North Carolina on his honeymoon.  He arrived at a trailhead in his car, put his bare foot out of the car, and was bitten by a copperhead.  Spent part of his honeymoon in the hospital.
 
Other friends had a cottonmouth drop out of a tree and into their canoe as they were paddling down a stream.  They managed to use a paddle to flip it out of the canoe.
 
Then there's just plain stupid:
One of the stupidest things I ever did one very cold (about 40 degrees at 2:00 p.m. is very cold in Florida) afternoon on the trail was to pick up a little, nearly comatose snake with a very short stick.  After I had it up in the air and close enough to examine, I realized it was a pygmy rattler.  It was so cold that the snake didn't even move when I placed it back on the ground.  Something about God watches out for fools......
 
Joan
bluetrail at aol.com
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: hikingvagabond at cox.net
To: at-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Snake Anti-venom Availability


You are exactly right. It was reported that this guy was either trying to 
kill or catch the snake and from his appearance it could very well have been 
alcohol related. I have personally walked right by snakes a number of times 
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