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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 836065" data-attributes="member: 50197">Venomous snakes, large predatory reptiles, and very annoying insects are just part of life here in this part of the country. Around 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the US each year. Of those, only about 5 - 10 die. Copperheads account for the most bites, but rattlesnakes deliver the most fatal bites. 28% of all bites involve alcohol. (That would be by the person bitten, not the snake.) 57% occur by people handling snakes. I'm sure that means intentionally. To put things in perspective, between 2000 and 2019, there were 1.2 MILLION snake bite deaths in India. They have a population of around 4 times ours at 1.4 billion, but still the difference is staggering. The chance of a person dying from a snake bite in India before the age of 70 is 1 in 250. On a less deadly note, I got a few more hummingbird pictures today. Managed to snag a few adult males. I discovered that the red color on their necks, being iridescent, only has that bright red color when the light hits it from the right direction. &nbsp;[ATTACH=full]421681[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]421679[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]421680[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]421682[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 836065, member: 50197"] Venomous snakes, large predatory reptiles, and very annoying insects are just part of life here in this part of the country. Around 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the US each year. Of those, only about 5 - 10 die. Copperheads account for the most bites, but rattlesnakes deliver the most fatal bites. 28% of all bites involve alcohol. (That would be by the person bitten, not the snake.) 57% occur by people handling snakes. I'm sure that means intentionally. To put things in perspective, between 2000 and 2019, there were 1.2 MILLION snake bite deaths in India. They have a population of around 4 times ours at 1.4 billion, but still the difference is staggering. The chance of a person dying from a snake bite in India before the age of 70 is 1 in 250. On a less deadly note, I got a few more hummingbird pictures today. Managed to snag a few adult males. I discovered that the red color on their necks, being iridescent, only has that bright red color when the light hits it from the right direction. [ATTACH type="full"]421681[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]421679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]421680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]421682[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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