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STAR-TRIBUNE (Casper, Wyoming) 05 April 05 Rattlesnake bites Lander man on lip, tongue (John Morgan)
A pet rattlesnake bit its extremely drunk owner once on the finger while the man was playfully flicking its head, then bit him again on the lip and tongue after he attempted to kiss it, reports the Lander Journal.
According to Sgt. Gene Galitz's popular column "CopsCorner," the Lander man, identified as Rattlesnake Bob, was driven to the emergency room at the Lander Valley Medical Center on March 23 by his girlfriend. When he saw a patrol car at the hospital, he refused to get out, saying he hadn't had much luck with cops.
Galitz tried to persuade the man to seek medical attention, but the man refused. Luckily, the snake's bites did not inject venom.
"I'd bet the next morning the snake woke up with a hangover and Rattlesnake Bob woke up wondering who pierced his tongue and forgot to put in the decoration," Galitz wrote.
Rattlesnake bites Lander man on lip, tongue

Anyone else thinking venomoid on this one? I know if I was the snake, if it was in my ability at all I would've tried to put that idiot 6' under for the stupid crap he was doing to me. Man alive....and he was just a perfect Darwin's Award candidate too... Ah well, maybe they could still give him honorable mention.
-Chance
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com

I was thinking that by the time I was half way through the article.

I would agree with you Chance that the snake is most likely a venomoid...3 bites, and all of them dry? Not very likely.

Since the snake failed to remove him from the Gene Pool, hopefully the doctors at the ER clipped him while he was there.

Al
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Save a Rattlesnake...Skin a Sweetwater Resident!

Yes, the pool needs chlorine, gentlemen. ~~Greg~~

No kidding! Full strength, no water!

Bill Huseth