Oh, don't EVEN get me started on Bob Barr.
Sure, but they usually have an idea of what running for ANY political seat is like. Even for the lowliest elected position, people can be brutal. Been there, done that, NEVER again. Never again.
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Well, I did have it by the tail. Mojave green, just a baby. It was GORGEOUS. Wanna see a picture?
It can. The finger where I got nailed has never been right. I had to switch to those floss harp thingies because I couldn't hold the floss right. I also lost my sense of smell for a little over 6 months.
Naw. It actually didn't hurt that much, not even as bad as when I stick myself sewing. Of course, that was before the venom hit. Mojave greens use different types of venoms than most other rattlers, so it fucks you up differently. Still most painful snake bite I've ever experienced was from a rosy boa. FUCK that hurt, it ached so bad, I needed help to get it off my hand (wild caught, sick snake, very cranky).
I find myself too fascinated to resist.
So, now people will understand why I LOVE this avatar so much. My name actually means mermaid, or "of the sea" (it also means boat dock ), and having been through what I have, the snake tail just felt so right. And here the artist who made it had no idea.
Do you have a daughter with similar interests? I love animals, the outdoors, scuba diving, traveling, snakes and just good old adventures!Well, I did have it by the tail. Mojave green, just a baby. It was GORGEOUS. Wanna see a picture?
I have also been; Bitten by a small moray eel (Hawaiian species), nipped by a ray, stung by a lionfish, stung by a wasp-fish, bitten by triggerfishes, last time I was chumming off the back of the dive boat in Puerto Rico and got doinked on my leg, kicked in that same leg by a horse (still dented, happened when I was 17), and... honestly, I've probably forgotten a lot of my encounters. Wanna know which snakes have the most painful bite? Large constricors. I've been zapped so often I actually like the tingling feeling, too.
............. I'm just having a hard time finding a girl that is cool like you, SM....
It seems that you must have gotten a venomless bite, or one of little venom. Mojave greens have the more lethal venom of all rattlers. Sometimes a snake will choose to not inject a full dose or none at all. This may have been the case with your bite:
Its name, Mojave green, is absolutely not a misnomer. There are also Mojave reds, which I have not yet seen.
I have spent many of day and night in the central Az. desert, seen plenty of rattlers, no greens, mostly orange and black. I always kept my distance. While under the influence of Peyote, you can tell when a rattlesnake is within about 50 ft from you, they have a chilling vibe. I could walk right up to them, but I always respected them and never tried handling them. While hiking under the peyote influence, I would get the vibe and stop, look around and spot the critter, then advance. When you are 20 miles from the nearest town and on foot, it would almost certainly be a death sentence to get bit by one. Peyote gives you exceptional insight and energy, even some paranormal activities. while resting in a thicket in Sycamore Canyon In the middle of the night, I had a bobcat snatch a bird out of a nest right above my head.It was not without venom, it was a baby (it only had its very first rattle bud, which may have been part of why I didn't feel that the animal was very distressed), but neither did it pump me full. I was definitely envenomed, though. Did you know that, apparently, they're known to chase people? The nurses kept asking me if I was drunk, I was not. It was an amazingly beautiful green snake in the middle of the desert, and having handled rattlers since I was in high school, I felt it was calm enough to handle. And, it was. Then I got too relaxed, let his tail down just a little (just enough!) and he said LEMMEGONOW! and I said OK OH SHIT.
It was a truly gorgeous little snake.
Obviously you didn't. Have you ever heard of "let sleeping dogs lie", well unless you're a herpetologist, I'd assume the same could be said of snakes. I respect them and would never hurt one unless it was necessary to protect my loved ones, or some circumstance I couldn't avoid. IE running over one on the highway. I hope you're not going to tell me now you're a herpetologist.I was far more than 20 miles from town (even farther from the hospital), it was better than two hours before I got my first dose of Cro-Fab.
Yet, here I am.
Rattlers can be handled, but you have to know what you're doing and you have to know how to read the snakes.
