re: Texas man bitten by severed rattlesnake head

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Thanks, gonna have nightmares after looking at that.

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Me too and we are about to move out into the woods and water where these coldblooded Mfer's live.

May the shortness of this post help to make up for the awfulness of snakes video in my other posts.

The accent is gonna give me nightmares

In the article it said the man needed 26 doses of anti-venom, whereas, 2 to 4 doses are needed for a normal bite. But, they do not elaborate on why he needed so many doses. Is it because a severed snake dumps all his venom into one last bite as opposed to conserving some for future defense?

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I always thought this video of a decapitated snake biting itself was pretty cool. (Youtube video, 2 minutes long, bite happens at 25 seconds into the video) 

LINK

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That is the stuff of nightmares.....

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Thanks, I ALMOST clicked.

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In the article it said the man needed 26 doses of anti-venom, whereas, 2 to 4 doses are needed for a normal bite. But, they do not elaborate on why he needed so many doses. Is it because a severed snake dumps all his venom into one last bite as opposed to conserving some for future defense?

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Yeah, I'd think so. That snake head isn't holding back and trying to survive.

So a severed snake is more dangerous than an attached snake head...the irony

Anyone seen the video of that crazy arse whipping the snakes like a wet towel? Apparently not this guy

Rattlesnake Whipping Youtube
Action starts around 1:05

If you want nightmares

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From its first use, there has been debate as to whether the guillotine always provided a swift death as Guillotin had hoped. With previous methods of execution intended to be painful, there was little concern about the level of suffering that they inflicted.

Because the guillotine was invented specifically to be humane, the issue of pain and suffering was seriously considered. Living heads

The question of consciousness following decapitation remained a topic of discussion during the guillotine's use. The following report was written by Dr. Beaurieux, who experimented with the head of a condemned prisoner by the name of Henri Languille, on 28 June 1905:

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Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds.

This phenomenon has been remarked by all those finding themselves in the same conditions as myself for observing what happens after the severing of the neck ... I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. [...]

It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: "Languille!" I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions – I insist advisedly on this peculiarity – but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.

Next Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me.

After several seconds, the eyelids closed again [...]. It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time.

Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement – and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.

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