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Re: [at-l] Trip Report: Georgia-snake



With all this talk about snakes, what is the latest or most current advise 
relative to the treatment of snake bites?  I hear that you should and you 
shouldn't use snake bite kits.  I'm sure that you should remain calm and 
seek medical treatment what should you and shouldn't you do?

Thanks,   Choo Choo


>In a message dated 06/08/2000 12:07:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>jnorment@ea.com writes:
>
><< Anybody have some generic advice on dealing with snakes, >>
>Stop, take a good look, say nice snaky, then step around or over it and be 
>on
>your way. The non poisonous are the ones you step over.
>
><<how to tell which are poisonous? >>
>The poisonous have small holes in their fangs for the poison to flow thru.
>Seriously, Go to a zoo or somewhere that has Copperheads and Rattlesnakes,
>Take a good look; you'll remember those and don't worry about any that 
>don't
>look like them. If you are the very paranoid type also look at a Water
>Moccasin although I can't think of anywhere on the AT that you might run 
>into
>them.
>Justakahike
>Plum'Crazy
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