Rattlesnakes Are Just as Dangerous Dead or Alive

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Rattlesnakes Are Just as Dangerous Dead or Alive

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After receiving bite from decapitated Western diamondback, Texas man required 26 doses of antivenom

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Jim_bf wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:12 pm After finally getting one of these amazing recurve bows and receiving bite from decapitated Western diamondback, Texas man required 26 doses of antivenom
That like straight out of horror movies. Glad the guy survived. How does science explain this? Is it just nerves or is the head of the snake still alive for a while after it gets severed from the body?
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Many of the nerve pathways of the reptiles do not require an immediate circulation to activate. The nerve cells take some time to die after injury. That is why rattlesnakes can bite and envenomate after capitation and the tail can continue to rattle. The best way to inactivate these pathways is to freeze the snake parts overnight.
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