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Anonymous
Dear /an/

I was bitten by one of these this morning. Is it poisonous?u
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
Yah, looks like a rattler. In case you're not just a troll, there is some good news: about half of all venomous snake bites in the US are "dry bites" in which no venom is injected. Though you should still probably see a doctor just to be safe.
>> Anonymous
Alright, I will visit a doctor. Thanks /an/
>> Anonymous
god damn it, how did cuddles get out of his cage again?
>> Anonymous
25% are dry bites, not 50%
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>108533
Too bad SOME RATTLERS ARE ENDANGERED OR THREATENED (though most idiots don't give a shit).
>> Anonymous
I got bit by a small rattler once here in TX.

got to the hospital in like 15 mins so i only had some swelling at the bite spot.. which was on my upper thigh about 3 inches away from my scrotum
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>108539
So it wasn't to serious or anything? I love snakes, I just wish people would actually do some research about them before mindlessly killing them. Isn't it funny that the only animal that kills without a point are humans?
>> Anonymous
if are still alive,that is not poisonous
>> Anonymous
>>108541

It was not serious. I also don't like killing snakes. I am just damn unlucky when it comes to them. Usually i can spot them from far away but when i got bit i dropped my phone and bent down to pick it up i could hear the rattler but i thought it was my ring tone or something.
>> Anonymous
>>108284
you're fucked sir, lol
>> Anonymous
>>108568
I lol'd hard... I don't know why. Good show anonymous
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>108568
FUN FACT: Out of the around 7000 people bitten a year by venomous snakes in the US, only about 12 of those die. You have a better chance of being struck by lightning or dying from a bee sting than snakebite in the US of A. If I recall correctly, you actually have a 399 in 400 chance of surviving snakebite here. tl;dr, bitten by a snake in the US = you'll survive unless you are very unlucky.
>> Anonymous
>>108577
> you'll survive unless you are very unlucky.
...or stupid enough to ask the internet instead of just going to the ER.
>> Anonymous
Rattlesnakes don't have classical poison "OMG need serum!!"... the venom MELTS YOU.
If you get bit your going to scar, and if you don't get treatment will kill you or horribly scar you.


A giant fucking devil rattler nearly bit me a few weeks ago at a nature preserve...

Kill them all with fire
>> Anonymous
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsnake.html
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>108660
Enjoy your hantavirus and bubonic plague.
>> Anonymous
Yeah, snakes can be dangerous, but I'm pretty sure more people go to the emergency room for dog attacks and bee stings than snakebite.
>> Anonymous
>>108669

That's what cats are fucking for. They aren't venomous and take care of rodent infestations all year round.
>> Anonymous
>>108752
What if it was a horse that hurt you instead of a snake? Would you feel that same way about that? After all, both animals are reacting to defend themselves.
>> Anonymous
>>108797

First of all, horses hurt people who are fucking with them. Rattlesnakes can hurt people who just happen to walking by. I've never had a fucking horse randomly bite me and inject me with venom just for ambling by his hiding spot.

Also, in case you are confused, I am not the same person as>>108660. I have never personally been bitten by a rattler. I was simply making the statement that just because you don't fucking like venomous snakes on your property and kill them every chance you get DOES NOT mean that you will suddenly contract plague or hanta virus from a rodent. Christ, that's dumb. Rodents are the fucking McNuggets of the animal kingdom. Everything eats them.
>> Anonymous
>>108828
most people get bitten because they *were* fucking with the snakes.
>> Anonymous
I have so many snakes wrapped around park benches and picnic table legs... ugh

I had to grab a pair of kids that were running toward a table... the mom thought I was a pedobear until she saw the rattler snoozing under the table
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>108845
You don't know how envious I am of that. I would love to be able to see rattlers around here (just to take pics, mind you), but the idiots killed them all :( I think I've see copperheads a couple times in my life living around here, but no rattlers or cottonmouths. As far as kids go, kids are easy to train. If I had kids, I'd just tell them not to pick up any wild snakes, period. Could be venomous, and the snake most definitely doesn't want to be picked up by what it thinks is a big monster either.
>> Anonymous
>>108937

Seeing the random snake does help to put the fear and watchfulness into you.

I've always been cool when it comes to rattlesnakes, but my recent encounter was just too much. I was being careful and watchful, but a dark, nearly black rattle snake was hidden beside a trail among some branches. Before I knew it the rattle went off and it came alvie to strike- I could actually hear the body of the thing snapping and popping as it stiffened and tightened itself to strike. When they go into striking position it is like a water hose being turned on- it whips into life. It struck at me once then was moving in closer as it missed the first time- they can strike about 1/2 of their overal length.

I bolted laterally and over some bushes then away down the trail to my Honda and had a good old fashioned freak out.
>> Anonymous
>>108828
I'm sorry, but I can't stop laughing at the first half of your post, and the mental imagery that goes with it.
Well played.
>> Anonymous
I always identify a snake before determining if I shoot it. Non poisonous snakes get left alone, or maybe even handled. I can identify all venomous snakes native to my area, though, and not many other people can.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109022
Why shoot the venomous ones in the first place? Leave them alone. Besides, some species of rattlers are endangered because of the idiots and their prejudices. The only reason they're not more protected is because no one gives a fuck (which is fucking wrong if you ask me). Plus I've looked up some things and dogs are more dangerous in this country than snakes are, but do we go around shooting every dog we see? No. Because it's OMGZ CUTE AND FUZZY. Honestly, the save only cute and fuzzy animals mentality makes me fucking sick.
>> Anonymous
>>109246
Go back to /m/, A.r.
>> Anonymous
>>109246

Why does that bother you? Lots of things in life are based on appearances. Since this is 4chan, I will make the base assumption that you are a heterosexual guy who likes to have sex with women on occasion. Does that mean you would sleep with a 400 lb. bald chick with four teeth? More than likely, no, because your genetic makeup should tell you that it's not okay to bone a bitch that looks like that. Similarly, small cute animals do not set off your instinctual "Oh shit, kill it!" alarms like a venomous snake will.

So cry moar, snakefag.
>> Anonymous
>>109246

It is probably because only one species (in New Mexico) is federally listed as endangered or threatened by the ESA, and none of them are listed according to CITES. A few states may list them as "endangered" in their state, but, as populations overall are healthy, this is not a federal designation. Therefor, there is not going to be as much federal funding toward preserving a fairly healthy population as there will be toward the more critically endangered species such as condors and red wolves.

Also, I don't know where the fuck you live, but most of the folks I know who kill rattlers in their property would have no problems popping a dog, too. People who are concerned enough about their family, property, and livestock to actively kill rattlers know how dangerous dogs can be, too.
>> Anonymous
You're all snakefags. Kill every one you see and eat them.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109554
That's only an official listing. Doesn't mean their populations aren't dwindling. Problem is, humans have ridiculous prejudices and usually don't give a fuck if it's not cute and cuddly, so the government is slow to react to anything that doesn't have fur/feathers.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109555
If it's to big to swallow whole, a snake's not interested. And as I have said, most people get bitten because they were messing with the snake. And some horses will fucking kick you if you so much as go behind it.
>>109555
They have fur. That automatically makes the likable to most humans.
>> Anonymous
>>109551

Godwin's Law: YOU LOSE.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109564
lol wut? I think you lose. I think the human race fucking looses, especially with their stupid "we don't like the way it looks, let's kill it!" mentality. Most of the shit we do is to help our own greedy selves. We have the power to help other others (human and animal alike), but most of the time do we do it? NO! That's why there's genocide in Darfur. That's why we're in the middle of the biggest mass extinction the Earth has seen yet. That's why there's global warming, because humans are to fucking selfish and worthless to be bothered to help anyone but ourselves. We need to get off out little high horse and grow the fuck up soon, or else we'll probably all be extinct within the next 200 years.
>> Anonymous
>>109565
STFU HIPPIE
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109567
You only say that because you have nothing else to say and want to keep up the facade of Internet Tough Guy.
>> Anonymous
>>109576
I say that because i dont care, i dont care if people, children and animals are dieing all over the plannet. who really gives a shit apart from pussy vegetarian hippie fags

GTFO TRIPFAG
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109580
Enjoy your extinction.
>> Anonymous
>>109585
Im going to survive so i can rape your corpse and piss in your mouth
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109586
Again, you just say that so you can be Internet Tough Guy (TM) to hide the fact that you have nothing else to say. And BTW, that comment doesn't shock me in the least. I've had way worse thrown at me, both on the internet and real life.
>> Anonymous
nobody wants to help Darfur because it's a religious / ethnic genocide

if western powers help, they will just use it as more propaganda and make things even worse

In fact, I'm not even sure if the government has given any consent for help yet. The last time I checked they flat out denied it.
>> Anonymous
>>108541

WHAT A DUMBFUCK.

Many, MANY animals kill for no reason. Were the FUCK did you get the idea that they didn't?

Hell, it is even common for animals to murder each other for fun; Cats, Dogs, Monkeys, Snakes, Pidgins, even Insects... Look it up and get the FUCK off of 4chan.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109637
Oh really? Last time I checked, most animals only killed for food, defense, or other uncontrollable instinctual reasons. Only time I ever heard about a non-human animal killing for no apparent reason was a group of Chimpanzees that what's her face was observing killing another group (and who knows? could have just been a territory dispute). I have never heard of a snake committing "murder". Sure, they kill for food and sometimes while trying to defend themselves, but they definitely don't kill for sick pleasure like humans do. They're not wired that way.
>> Anonymous
>>109649
Yours wrong, some animals like killer whales kill for fun to lazy to provide source since i know im right, fucking tripfags
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109653
But not snakes. This discussion started about snakes, remember?
>> Anonymous
Typically the only animals who ever 'kill for fun' are those with upper brains that we'd consider 'genetically close to humans' or with a staggering intelligence. Apes, killer whales, shit like that.

And you're incredibly dense if you don't notice that humans tend to lean towards the fuzzy and/or feathery when conservation is in order. When someone says they think bugs or spiders or snakes or ...eh fuck, waterbears are cute and cuddly, you look at them kinda askance, don't you? Most people like things that look non-threatening or have 'cute' tendencies, and most of them are mammalian.
>> Anonymous
>>109708
What he said. The most dangerous animals is niggers! Load 'em all on a boat and send 'em to Antarctica or Japan or somewhere where they can't do no harm.
Wait what
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109710
No specific race. We're all equally guilty. And believe it or not, white people do commit shootings, even here in Atlanta.
>> Anonymous
yeah because at night im not watching out for the nigga or mexican, im looking over my shoulder for the white guy lul
>> Anonymous
ITT snakefag gets trolled
>> Anonymous
>>109733

ITT snakefag gets combo trolled by all of the people that think she is an idiot
>> Anonymous
Thread overrrun by hippie crybaby snakefag.

They can all die and become extinct for all I care.

Kill with fire!
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
ITT, Internet Tough Guys can't think of anything logical to say, so they resort to petty insults and ignorance instead!
>> Anonymous
>>109765

Cry moar
>> Anonymous
>>109765

ITT snakefag gets trolled
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109734
At least I'm not so ignorant that it would be funny if it weren't so sad. And yes, I do realize that some people are probably just trying to troll me from /m/ or whatever. They really don't hate snakes, but I do think their Gunpla is calling...
>> Anonymous
ITT snakefag not only gets trolled, but FEEDS the trolls!

Remember kids: Burn bridges whenever you see them. It could SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> Anonymous
>>109807
Hey, all I said was that /m/orons need to get back to building their Gunpla. Honestly, this thread is becoming ridiculous; could you please delete it, mods? And here I thought /an/ was supposed to be one of the nicer boards on 4chan...
>> Anonymous
>>109810

Here's a tip: STOP RESPONDING. There are two possible scenarios at play here:

A) These people actually are all about snake destruction. In this case, you are probably not going to convince them otherwise, because they have already pegged you as a tree-hugging whiny emo snakefag crying about how unfair life is.

B) They are trolling you to get a kick out of your responses.

In addition, for the love of god, stop using Nazi/Hitler references if you are actually trying to have an intelligent discussion and get people to see your side of an argument. It's an ad hominem attack, and no one who might have actually been swayed in your favor is going to give a shit about what you have to say after that. Seriously, at best people will just think you're a schmuck and discount everything you just posted. At worst, people will think you are a total fucktard and be swayed in the opposite direction of whatever you are arguing.
>> Anonymous
>>109810one of the nicer boards on 4chan...

Oh, it is.
>> Anonymous
>>109930
giving head to all the people you lovingly refer to you as "hoover" kinda makes you a filthy whore.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
Fuck it. I'm just going to sage this thread into oblivion.
>> Anonymous
>>109930
ITT a Snakefag troll gets trolled harder and crys \"i feel like shit my feelings are hurt </3\" lol

I dont browse or post on /m/
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109934
I'm sorry, but I've never given anyone head in my life. Never had a boyfriend even.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109936
My feelings weren't really hurt, I was just pointing out that that's what you are trying to do. Have some sage.
>> Anonymous
>>109958
how does it make you any better that you provoke her and and don't even come up with an argument to counter her and just go straight to insulting her? sure some of her stuff is a bit extreme, but some of what she says does have some truth. if you want to have an argument at least come up with some valid points and for christ's sake don't just go straight to insulting her. makes us all look like immature kids.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109960
Never done either. Never even been kissed. To tell you the truth, the thought of even being with someone terrifies me. So stop making accusations you know aren't true.
>> Anonymous
>>109963
why not? are you not cute and attractive?
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109964
I'm not hideous or fat, but I'm no model either. Though some of that is due to the fact that I won't go near makeup with a ten foot pole.
>> Anonymous
>>109966
so like no one flirts with you or what then? perhaps you'd feel better with some good dickin
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109973
Big boobs, yes. Butt, no. And if anything I dress like a boy because I hate all the skimpy and flowery shit girls wear these days.
>> Anonymous
>>109975
you sound like a girl I knew and was after awhile ago. my last thing is in esteem. she got me early with her faux-confidence, but I saw that get shaken too many times. earn your esteem back, whatever it takes. people don't respect those who don't respect them, yadda yadda

gtfo of 4chan and open your fucking mind. people come here to pretend to be stupid idiots, not parade the fact. we're not gaia. a girl is sexy when she's comfortable with herself. buy shit that you like, but shows you off within reason. todays style is totally suitable for a dominant/less-effeminate woman look.

christ you piss me off. I'm wanting to grudge fuck you.

I'm done with you for reminding me of this bitch I knew. Good luck to you, and quit trip fagging you dumbass.
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109974
I don't know why but I also have trust issues. I don't see the point of having or even wanting a boyfriend right now if there's no one I'm attracted to and I know we'll probably break up within weeks. Plus I tend to loathe all things overly feminine (such as all the skimpy, flowery and lacy things girls these day wear). I really hate how in this culture we raise girls to be materialist spoiled bitches whose only concern is which of their 100+ pairs of shoes will they wear today. And of course, any girl who's not like this will be shunned and laughed at.
>> Anonymous
>>109980
lol lesbian
>> A.r. !!1J3JRobqN2a
>>109981
For real people I'm more asexual than anything else.