They say rattlesnakes kill more human beings than any other creature on earth. This short text is about them
Rattler by M.A.Meddings
And death is thine serpent mine
Hidden within your coil spring terror of man
Wary of any that can come near
Rattle tailed, desert wailed, Destroyer!
There is no higher form than thee
The ultimate perfect killing machine
Pit mouthed taster of the air
Neither foul nor fair thy breed invincible
Rattle snakes are pit vipers. In simple terms this is a snake that has small pits or dimples in the roof of its mouth into which having tasted the air with its flickering tongue, places the tips into those pits to sense the presence of its prey. It is a very accurate receptive resource.
There are over 50 different species of rattlesnakes and they give birth to live young who are self sufficient ie Viviparous.
They are highly venomous reptiles and all bites from rattle snakes are serious. The toxin is hemotoxic venom which destroys tissue and organs. It causes disrupted blood clotting and often gangrene in untreated or ineffectively treated cases.
All bites should be treated as potentially lethal however the facts are these.
Rather than kill more human beings than any other creature on earth these are the statistics.
In the United states of America over 8000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year. Of that figure 75 % are bitten by Copperheads a rarely lethal bite in itself. The remainder are, in the main, rattlesnake bites of which 15 on average result in death, usually from poor or inefficient treatment.
But the message is still, if the venom doesnt get you, then the treatment of the bite will. Tread carefully
Poetry by lastromantichero
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Written on 2008-02-16 at 10:21
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