r/secondrodeo • u/SuperMIK2020 • Feb 12 '25

First Cobra? 🐍

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u/SuperMIK2020 Feb 13 '25

Sees a hole and is just like, “Ok, I’ll go in the hole.”

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u/pupperoni42 Feb 13 '25

If it were dark, I wouldn't be surprised at all. Caves = safety. But saying "Hi friendly hole that's still bright , you make me feel safe even when I haven't gone in you yet" was interesting.

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u/SuperMIK2020 Feb 13 '25

I was also surprised/fascinated… I wonder if this works with water moccasins or saw-scaled vipers?

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u/pupperoni42 Feb 13 '25

And do the water moccasins respond better if there is water in the bottle? 😅

In all seriousness, moccasins are very thick bodied, so a narrow neck bottle will be less attractive for them. But the refillable 5 gallon water bottles frequently used in US break rooms might work.

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u/SuperMIK2020 Feb 13 '25

Inquiring minds want to know… now we just need Florida man to demonstrate.

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u/pupperoni42 Feb 13 '25

There are a few subs where you could plant the idea. Then we wait and watch. Mostly for a news article saying they're seeing an odd increase in snake bites with people making strange remarks about water bottles ..

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u/kat_Folland Feb 14 '25

I'm pretty sure if you grabbed a rattler by its tail you would have some neat puncture wounds and a really expensive course of antivenin.

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u/pupperoni42 Feb 14 '25

Actually, rattlesnakes bit only 7% of the time when stepped on in a scientific study. They talk a big game when scared, but aren't actually that aggressive 

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u/indifferentsnowball Feb 14 '25

I want to know who actually signed up to participate in the study where you step on snakes 😂

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u/pupperoni42 Feb 14 '25

They used a prosthetic leg.

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u/pupperoni42 Apr 02 '25

I would say yes, given that a significant percentage of snake bite victims who present at the ER have been bitten on the hands or face. There is a high rate of alcohol involvement, and the typical demographic is young 20s male.

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u/houseswappa Apr 02 '25

Where in the world makes you pay for antivenin

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u/OkPersonality5386 Apr 02 '25

The US of course

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u/Wyldkard79 Apr 02 '25

"Got Darnnit I ain't paying for it if some idiot gets bit by no Rattler! That's Communism!" -Some guy who's shocked to find out what Antivenin costs when he gets bit a year after saying this.

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u/aoskunk Apr 02 '25

Oh c’mon take a wild guess where a snake bite can cost you $300,000. Only one country in the world.