Baby Rattlesnake Bite
Therefore baby rattlesnake venom may be slightly more toxic than adult venom.
Baby rattlesnake bite. How to identify baby rattlesnakes pit viper characteristics. A baby rattlesnake typically has similar markings to an adult rattlesnake but are overall darker in appearance and lack the fully developed rattle. Contrary to popular belief the bite of a baby rattlesnake is almost always far less serious than the bite of an adult rattlesnake. Rattlesnakes have two well defined pits located under their nostrils which allow them to.
The majority of rattlesnake bites in the united states occur when someone purposely handles a rattlesnake either by mistake or when trying to harass or kill it yes attempting to kill a rattlesnake is much more dangerous than leaving it alone. Other common symptoms include. Most of the latter bitees are young male and often intoxicated. Numbness in the face or limbs lightheadedness weakness nausea or vomiting sweating salivating blurred vision difficulty breathing.
The notion that baby rattlesnakes cannot control the quantity of venom injected is one of those myths that is so often repeated as fact yet it been disproven multiple times through well designed studies.