Rattlesnake Bite Fatality in Arizona

zman308

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A 63 year old women died one day later after being bit on the foot by a Mojave Green Ratlesnake.
http://www.kpho.com/news/14300378/detail.html
 
Mojave's are nasty. I saw a show on the National Geographic Channel called Venon ER and they showed the effects of the different rattlesnakes in California and Arizona. If I remember right, the Mojave Green caused the person to have non-stop tremors all over their body. It seemed to be the snake the expert, Dr. Sean Bush (the leading snakebite doctor in the US) was most worried about.
 
zman308 said:
A 63 year old women died one day later after being bit on the foot by a Mojave Green Ratlesnake.
http://www.kpho.com/news/14300378/detail.html
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Mojave rattlesnakes are noted for having the most toxic venom of any rattlesnake in the U.S. The venom toxicity varies throughout its range with the most potent venom coming from populations in Cochise Co., (southeastern) AZ. where there have been a number of fatalities in recent years. The EMS response to this bite was reportedly extremely prompt but the victim was unconscious upon arrival of paramedics, according to the information I have seen.

This is the time of year, at least in the west, when snakes prepare for hibernation. The warm mornings and afternoons will see high rattlesnake activity until fall when the days become too cold for basking for most species.

GB
 
yikes...:eek: what a bummer... you really have to be careful in snake country... we have a lot of rattlesnakes around here.....:grumpy:
 
We don't have too many rattlesnakes in central Texas, but once you get into south Texas they are absolutely everywhere. I think the ones down there are mainly Western Diamondbacks, but I am not 100 percent sure of that. We did see one while we were dove hunting this year outside of Waco, TX (in Central Texas for you non-Texans) but they are much less frequent. The one we saw then had to be killed since he had taken up residence in one of our barns and that just wasn't going to do. He didn't go to waste though, as he was nearly four feet long and he fried up great.
 
Rattlers are serious bad news. This story (with gruesome pictures) gives me the willies much more than the mythical bear or mountain lion attack. Especially considering how often I've come across rattlers in the So CA deserts.
 
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