» Site Navigation |
|
|
|
» Recent Threads |
I are rad
10-11-2008 07:42 PM
Today 06:03 PM
22 Replies, 123 Views
|
|
|
Fan photos
10-09-2008 06:26 AM
Today 05:15 PM
8 Replies, 65 Views
|
|
|
|
|
She's Home!
Today 12:54 AM
Today 04:06 PM
21 Replies, 101 Views
|
|
|
|
» Advertisements |
|
|
|
» Recent Classifieds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
07-22-2008, 03:59 AM
|
 |
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,095
Thanks: 759
Thanked 382 Times in 320 Posts
Rep Power: 567
Points: 6,385.64
Bank: 547,744.81
Total Points: 554,130.45
|
|
Incredible stroke of luck
Well yesterday I was at the expo, and I had something happen to me, that I just wanted to share. I brought chomper to the expo, to display at my table. Obviously he was a little cranky from all the excitement. I wanted to take him out of his clear bin, to put him in a dark one so he could sort of get away from everyone. He was being difficult, but it was expected. While I was hooking him, and lifting him out of the cage he struck. I saw him go for the inside of my elbow...you know where you donate blood from? Well he went up, and it wasnt exactly a target that I could pull away. He snapped his mouth shut, and just grazed right over the vein in 2 places. At that point, I just put him in the dark bin, and left him alone. I was thinking about it later, and realized how close I came to a trip to the hospital. I think of it like this. I have seen his teeth, and the big ones are at least a half inch, I remember donating blood, and seeing them drain a pint in 5 minutes with just one small needle. I was thinking, what happened if he got a solid, well planted bite on that part of my arm? all those teeth, plunged into veins and arteries. If I could fill a pint bag of blood with one small needle hole, how much blood would I loose with like 40? I honestly believe that if he got me as he was trying to, I would have lost alot of blood, and likely required a trip to the hospital. Its such a wierd place for a snake to bite, but i guess it was just the most "accessible" to him.
Anyways, It really made me think, and I just wanted to share with you guys. Sorry, no pics of the current damage from him grazing me, cus its almost healed already...thats how lucky I was.
thnx for reading people
__________________
If it doesnt matter now, then it never really did
|
07-22-2008, 05:31 AM
|
 |
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Posts: 1,643
Thanks: 302
Thanked 402 Times in 394 Posts
Rep Power: 551
Points: 12,907.41
Bank: 106,818.41
Total Points: 119,725.82
|
|
|
How scarry is that! Chomper definitly was named appropriately then..lol! Glad he just grazed you. So no more expos for him eh?
__________________
~Christina~
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to froglegs For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-22-2008, 05:51 AM
|
 |
I am McLOVIN
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East Wenatchee, WA
Posts: 10,236
Thanks: 580
Thanked 1,646 Times in 1,444 Posts
Rep Power: 1973
Points: 183,529.76
Bank: 1,963,617.41
Total Points: 2,147,147.17
|
|
The world just wouldn't be the same w/o you O-Town. 
__________________
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to ssjsmits For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-22-2008, 05:54 AM
|
 |
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PA
Posts: 4,511
Thanks: 210
Thanked 970 Times in 758 Posts
Rep Power: 1389
Points: 76,291.77
Bank: 915,337.43
Total Points: 991,629.20
|
|
O-town???  |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to danktat For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-22-2008, 06:36 AM
|
 |
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,136
Thanks: 174
Thanked 502 Times in 287 Posts
Rep Power: 847
Points: 53,235.15
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 53,235.15
|
|
His teeth are a good inch long at least
And...unless you put a hollow needle or something in the veins or arteries he may puncture to keep the blood flowing, the blood spurting stops when you put some pressure on the spurters and they quickly seal themselves off because when you bleed, you clot...unless you are a hemophiliac. You would have made a mess, but you wouldn't have bled out.
__________________
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to JuliusSqueezer For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-22-2008, 10:53 AM
|
|
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,095
Thanks: 759
Thanked 382 Times in 320 Posts
Rep Power: 567
Points: 6,385.64
Bank: 547,744.81
Total Points: 554,130.45
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by froglegs
How scarry is that! Chomper definitly was named appropriately then..lol! Glad he just grazed you. So no more expos for him eh?
|
there may be more, I just wont bug him too much
Quote:
Originally Posted by ssjsmits
The world just wouldn't be the same w/o you O-Town. |
lol thnx
Quote:
Originally Posted by danktat
O-town??? |
somehow he figured out a nickname that they called me at work...
Quote:
Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer
His teeth are a good inch long at least
And...unless you put a hollow needle or something in the veins or arteries he may puncture to keep the blood flowing, the blood spurting stops when you put some pressure on the spurters and they quickly seal themselves off because when you bleed, you clot...unless you are a hemophiliac. You would have made a mess, but you wouldn't have bled out. |
are you serious that his teeth are that big? they dont look that big, thnx
__________________
If it doesnt matter now, then it never really did
|
07-22-2008, 04:19 PM
|
 |
RTC Local
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 683
Thanks: 69
Thanked 146 Times in 142 Posts
Rep Power: 132
Points: 24,061.52
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 24,061.52
|
|
|
like already said name is great for him and lucky you lol close one.
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to burmeselover15 For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-22-2008, 05:15 PM
|
|
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,136
Thanks: 174
Thanked 502 Times in 287 Posts
Rep Power: 847
Points: 53,235.15
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 53,235.15
|
|
The teeth are sheathed in gum like tissue. They are completely covered when the mouth is closed so as not to slice their own mouths up...which they tend to do on occasion anyway. When the mouth opens, they are only partially exposed. When they bite down, the sheath is forced back up into the gum line and the teeth are fully exposed as they embed into prey ...or your arm. Both top and bottom teeth are quite long. Even a fairly young one can sport 3/4 inches or more of teeth. Adults ... I have a skull somewhere. I should find it for you and take some photos. I never finished cleaning it. I used ants instead of beetles and it's still a little cruddy.
__________________
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to JuliusSqueezer For This Useful Post:
|
|
07-23-2008, 10:50 AM
|
|
RTC ALL STAR!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,095
Thanks: 759
Thanked 382 Times in 320 Posts
Rep Power: 567
Points: 6,385.64
Bank: 547,744.81
Total Points: 554,130.45
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer
The teeth are sheathed in gum like tissue. They are completely covered when the mouth is closed so as not to slice their own mouths up...which they tend to do on occasion anyway. When the mouth opens, they are only partially exposed. When they bite down, the sheath is forced back up into the gum line and the teeth are fully exposed as they embed into prey ...or your arm. Both top and bottom teeth are quite long. Even a fairly young one can sport 3/4 inches or more of teeth. Adults ... I have a skull somewhere. I should find it for you and take some photos. I never finished cleaning it. I used ants instead of beetles and it's still a little cruddy. |
please do find it, ive always wondered what hes packing
__________________
If it doesnt matter now, then it never really did
|
|
