Or, what not to do:

http://ktla.com/2015/08/27/lake-elsinore-man-bitten-while-taking-selfie-with-rattlesnake-mother-says/

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Farmer urinating in a field is left in agony after a snake bites him on the penis


A farmer who urinated in a field was rushed to hospital after a snake bit him on the penis.

The 46-year-old came to the emergency room of a hospital in Sringar, in the northern state of Jammu and Kasmir, three hours after suffering the bite.

Although the man was stable, his penis was ‘grossly swollen’, and covered in fluid-filled blisters where the snake’s teeth had entered, said doctors describing his case in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The snake was identified by the patient as ‘gunas’, the local name for the Levantine viper, a snake whose venom is known to be poisonous.

He was immediately tested and it was found his blood was clotting faster than usual due to the snake’s venom.

He was given an anti-venom that neutralizes the poison of the cobra, common krait and viper.

Three days after he began treatment, his blood was clotting normally again and he was allowed to go home.

The swelling in his penis went down four days after he left hospital, although he was left with black, wounds in the places where the snake’s fangs had punctured his penis.

This was because the venom had caused necrosis – the tissue to wither and die.

At a follow up two weeks later, he was found to be completely recovered.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... penis.html

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Mike

I've said this before - a statistic I have read is that 85% of rattlesnake bites happen to males aged 16 to 35ish between their fingertips and their elbow. I wonder what this guy was trying to do to the snake with his pants down?

That is one HOT and ready serpent! From the angle of the shadow, looks to be 2 hours +/- high noon. Beautiful when they are all lit up and ready to rock. I just stand BACK and let them scoot off. Thanks for sharing.