Effing snek!

But their venom is neurotoxic, the only neurotoxic snake in the US. So if they DO bite, it's no bueno. I am not sure what hospital in NC, if any, has antivenom. Mine doesn't.

But you are right in that they have to bite and chew to be effective, they are rare, they are shy, and they like to hide. I have never seen one in the wild, the only person I know who has seen them in the wild wrote "the" book about snakes in NC, and I certainly haven't heard of anyone being bit.

Doesn't the Mojave rattlesnake have a neurotoxic -hemotoxic venom?

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Doesn't the Mojave rattlesnake have a neurotoxic -hemotoxic venom?

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"The two families of viperines, the true vipers (e.g., puff adder, Russell's viper, and common European adder the only venomous snake in the UK) and the pit vipers (e.g., rattlesnakes, copperhead, and fer-de-lance). Viperine snakes have long, hinged, hollow fangs (Solenoglyph); they strike, inject venom (a voluntary action), and withdraw. Many bites by vipers reportedly do not result in injection of substantial quantities of venom. Viperine venom is typically haemotoxic (blood toxins), necrotising (death of tissue), and anticoagulant (preventing the blood from clotting), although a neurotoxic component is present in the venom of some species, e.g., the Mojave rattlesnake"

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/types.htm
 
I'll bet some fish got a surprise.
 
Back in the day a pair of scarlet kings were worth a lot of cash!
Yep, I used to do the same trip to the sandhills trying to find them. Found Scarlet (not -king) snakes, and some really nice pine snakes, but no corals and no scarlet kings.
 
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This thread was just risen from the grave like Jesus.
 
This thread was just risen from the grave like Jesus.
I know! I've never even seen it before!

I'm still freaking out at the pic of the copper head on the steering wheel of the kid's powerwheels on the first page. That's crazy!
 
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