re: GDCK snake almost bit my hand off

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Snakes are so harmless and misunderstood.

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Agreed for most species but calling all snakes harmless is bullshite. A close family friend's 9 year old daughter was bit on the ankle by a rattlesnake just as she stepped out of the back door. She had to get like 14 vials of antivenom and was in the hospital for weeks. I also had a big rattler hit the back of my boot walking through a coastal field, those fricks hit hard. In general they don't bother me and get a pass but any venomous ones around the house die, unless it's a coral snake, I have relocated a few of those.