More idiots with Hots make it hard for me to keep Boas
Look, I know that there are people out there who keeps "hot" herps that aren't idiots, but the vast majority I have met in my life are one sandwich short of a picnic basket.
I know that responsible, sane, sober people can get bit by their cobra too, and I applaud those trained, well-equipped keepers of venomous snakes who are doing it for a reason, such as venom research, or running reptile-house at a zoo or something. The problem I have with irresponsible lay-people who keep hots is that they make all of the rest of look like crazed maniacs who are a menace to the public health. In fact, irresponsibility with gas Bar-B-Q's causes many more deaths and injuries than irresponsibility with venomous snakes does, but the number of humans interactiing with gas Bar-B-Q's is much larger than with Rhinocerous vipers.
For all of you "Hot" heads our there Here's a clue: Keep hots that your local hospital has antivenom for!
I bet that there is not generally a lot of call for Bitis antivenom in Ohio, so the hospital is not going to have it.
If your local hospital doens't have the antivenom you want, find out who does, and have the information at the ready for your health care provider, so that they don't spend hours wondering where they are going to get Dendroaspis antivenom. In fact, it might be a good idea to contact your hospital, tell them what you're doing, and provide them with information on how to save your ass, such as, "Do not perform a fasciotomy, you morons."
The snake in this story, a Rhinoceros Viper (Bitis nasicornis) is boldly proclaimed to be one of the world's deadliest, without a shred of evidence to support such a claim. By "one of" the world's deadliest, maybe they mean: "Top 50" species, I don't know.
I know that responsible, sane, sober people can get bit by their cobra too, and I applaud those trained, well-equipped keepers of venomous snakes who are doing it for a reason, such as venom research, or running reptile-house at a zoo or something. The problem I have with irresponsible lay-people who keep hots is that they make all of the rest of look like crazed maniacs who are a menace to the public health. In fact, irresponsibility with gas Bar-B-Q's causes many more deaths and injuries than irresponsibility with venomous snakes does, but the number of humans interactiing with gas Bar-B-Q's is much larger than with Rhinocerous vipers.
For all of you "Hot" heads our there Here's a clue: Keep hots that your local hospital has antivenom for!
I bet that there is not generally a lot of call for Bitis antivenom in Ohio, so the hospital is not going to have it.
If your local hospital doens't have the antivenom you want, find out who does, and have the information at the ready for your health care provider, so that they don't spend hours wondering where they are going to get Dendroaspis antivenom. In fact, it might be a good idea to contact your hospital, tell them what you're doing, and provide them with information on how to save your ass, such as, "Do not perform a fasciotomy, you morons."
The snake in this story, a Rhinoceros Viper (Bitis nasicornis) is boldly proclaimed to be one of the world's deadliest, without a shred of evidence to support such a claim. By "one of" the world's deadliest, maybe they mean: "Top 50" species, I don't know.
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