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Snakes in the news
Posted: May 23 2024 10:17 am
by Pivo
Someone mailed a live rattlesnake to a California man. He thinks it was attempted murder.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 808761007/
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 3:02 pm
by chumley
big_load wrote:snakebite treatment center in Brooklyn
That was not on my 2025 bingo card.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 3:50 pm
by Alston_Neal
@chumley
Treatment
Jacobi treats 5–10 patients per year with antivenom for snakebite injuries. Antivenom is the standard treatment for poisonous snake bites.
Partnership with the Bronx Zoo
Jacobi's snakebite program was established in the 1980s in collaboration with herpetologists at the Bronx Zoo. The zoo keeps 14 types of antivenin on hand to supply to Jacobi and other institutions.
Location
Jacobi is located in the Bronx, which is home to timber rattlesnakes and copperheads.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 7:18 pm
by chumley
@Alston_Neal
There haven't been any timber rattlesnakes in NYC in over 100 years. Some unverified reports indicate that there
may be some copperhead sightings.
I'd be skeptical of any herp source that mentions "poisonous snakes", which of course, they are not. Many people find them to be delicious.
I'll forgive using antivenom rather than the original antivenin as this term has been butchered for so long that the incorrect form has actually become accepted.
Regardless, the populations thereof, and any subsequent envenomations can exclusively be linked to ... the zoo.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 9:24 pm
by big_load
chumley wrote: ↑Jan 03 2025 7:18 pm
@Alston_Neal
There haven't been any timber rattlesnakes in NYC in over 100 years. Some unverified reports indicate that there
may be some copperhead sightings.
I'd be skeptical of any herp source that mentions "poisonous snakes", which of course, they are not. Many people find them to be delicious.
I'll forgive using antivenom rather than the original antivenin as this term has been butchered for so long that the incorrect form has actually become accepted.
Regardless, the populations thereof, and any subsequent envenomations can exclusively be linked to ... the zoo.
Yes, I thought it was weird that the report used "antivenom", and they did send him to the Bronx (not Brooklyn). I don't think I've been in the Bronx in over 30 years, but I think NYC in general could handle a few hundred thousand gopher snakes.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 10:06 pm
by chumley
@big_load I've never seen a gopher snake big enough to take down the rats I've seen in the subway.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 10:27 pm
by Alston_Neal
@chumley
The art of posting the triggers. All I did was cut and paste.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 03 2025 10:47 pm
by big_load
chumley wrote: ↑Jan 03 2025 10:06 pm
@big_load I've never seen a gopher snake big enough to take down the rats I've seen in the subway.
Yeah, maybe mountain lions would work better.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 06 2025 4:38 pm
by mamakatt22
@RedRoxx44
How does one train a snake?
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 06 2025 5:28 pm
by Grimey
@mamakatt22 Similar to how you tuna fish.
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 07 2025 10:38 am
by Alston_Neal
@Grimey
But only in the key of C
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 07 2025 4:15 pm
by mamakatt22
@Alston_Neal
That is funny!!!
Re: Snakes in the news
Posted: Jan 07 2025 6:47 pm
by big_load
Alston_Neal wrote: ↑Jan 07 2025 10:38 am
@Grimey
But only in the key of C
I don't think we have C-snakes on the Atlantic side, although we have some B-flat.