Snake-bites: a growing, global threat

nice one Phykotic:behavior, Ive been bighting back for years now =)

Of course people are gonna get bitten if they walk in the bush with flip flops and their eyes closed.

As humans encroach more and more on what use to be the snakes' land there will be more and more biting, it's logical. Reduce the encroachment will reduce the biting.

Another point, where I am in central Africa, the locals firmly believe that snakes are the devil, so if they encounter a snake they will invariably try to kill it. I explain to them that snakes are beneficial to the environment because they eat disease carrying rodents, and that if you leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone. Unfortunately it doesn't get through to them. They have a morbid fear instilled in them by their primitive beliefs.

should kill em all and make boots.

Probably because humans' population is rising too. I dunno, Ive been here in Florida for almost a year and I haven't seen one snake even though there is a "growing threat" of boa constrictors. And I am outside quite a bit in a quiet town as well.

The part about the evolving venom is really creepy. What if they start growing into giant snakes. My little brother was almost bit by a rattle snake once. We lived out in the country. We were playing outside the house and his dump truck went into a bush, when he was walking over to it I heard the rattle. I ran and grabbed him real quick by the time I got there the snake was coming out from under the bush and coiling, I just put him behind me and started walking backwards away from it. It was making the most horrible sounds, it was like a hissing that started sounding like pig noises it was so ... [More]

Agreed. Or worse case, bite back. LOL! BAHH!! Screw biting back...i hate um, ima bite first.

I love snakes I find them just wonderful, I've dealt with many snakes even including the copper head, and been in some places that have had the most venmous snakes including florida and australia. I love their feel, they are so soft and sleek in my opinion, def NOT slimy. I have never been bitten (fingers crossed) even though I've worked with them for years oddly enough. Hell we used to swim right next to the water mocasians, some of them were huge! Though when I was a kid in florida, maybe in first grade not quiet, there was this big snake coming up behind me while i was in the grass, my fath... [More]

Unfortunately, rattlesnakes are endangered here. That doesn't mean that I like them. I despise them, they give me the creeps. That being said, I'm still going to treat them with the respect they deserve.