Re: [at-l] snake phobia

[JanLadd@ix.netcom.com]

On 06/17/98 12:41:41 you wrote:
>
>At 07:45 AM 6/13/98 PDT, Alice Kauzlarich wrote:
>>I heard today from a fella that saw a guy in the medical clinic that had
>>gotten bit by a black snake. Hand all swollen, sicker than a dog. The dr.
>>told him the black snakes cross with rattlers, therefore he had some venom
>>in his system.  Anyone ever heard of snakes cross breeding?
>>
>>Highlander
>
>I really doubt that black snakes cross with rattlers.  I have heard,
>though, that many animal bites can easily become infected.  Also, older
>rattlesnakes (including one I nearly stepped on last summer) can be nearly
>black.
>
>My (uninformed) guess is either:
>
>(a) he was bitten by a dark colored rattlesnake
>(b) he was bitten and his hand got infected
>(c) this is an urban legend in the making (e.g. the woman who put her
>	dog in the microwave to dry it off).
>
>You know... it's not easy to get close to most snakes.  Black Rat Snakes
>and Black Racers typically take off well before you get near them.  I
>walked within a foot or so of two rattlesnakes last year (one on the Black
>Forest trail in PA, and the other on the Quehanna trail in PA).  The first
>one rattled like mad, but didn't strike.  The second didn't even turn
>around to look at me until I started taking pictures.
>
>-- Jim
>
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I do believe that the original question was do black rats breed with rattlers.

Being an amatuer herpotolgist, I do know that black rats and rattlers don't mate.

Sunnie :)




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