'Sounds like airspeed and altitude in an airplane. ;<)
Wilton
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From: "G Mann" <g2ma...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Rattlesnakes
Having come upon over 100 rattlesnakes in the past 24 months.. I guess I'm
something near PhD in Rattlesnake.. I've found them in all kinds of
places.. all which you would least expect.. they are the masters of
stealth
attack..
Of the 100+ only 4 to date gave warning rattle.. something you should be
aware of.. Apparently, from discussions with Herpologist, the snakes that
rattle have been killed out of the breeding pool over the past generations
as man has further invaded their turf... those that survive go the the
stealth and strike posture.
Rattlesnake strike zone is, by rule of thumb, 2/3rd it's length.. stay
beyond that and your risk of getting hit goes down exponentially. The
trick it to judge just how long the coiled snake is... live or die.. snap
judgement.. Strikes are lightening quick.. and multiple strikes are
normal.. faster than you can imagine.. Nature has made them the ultimate
hunter/killer machine. They know all about you long before you discover
them and are ready.
Distance is your friend.. see one.. get some .
Grant...
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
Yes, a big no-no. I am told if one is to be tramping in the woods doing
things like that, best to carry a walking stick to sorta pound around on
things to at least give the snake a bit of warning and time to move or
something, so you don't startle them to bite. Snake boots help too.
Best
not to step over the log (or go poking in the wood pile too).
A little kid last year got hit by a big rattler 3 or 4 times when he
stepped over a log in the woods in a park around here, I think he was in
the hospital for like 3 months, was touch and go for quite some time but
he
finally made it though has some system degradation.
--R
On 9/4/13 6:18 PM, Craig wrote:
>His wife got bit by one last year stepping over a log (a big NONO),
I take it, then, that one is supposed to walk around the end of logs to
be able to see where one will be stepping.
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