Farmer Goes Into Field To Urinate, Suddenly Experiences Worst Pain He's Ever Felt In His Life
A farmer has recovered after a venomous snake bit him on the penis while he urinated in an open field.
The 46-year-old sought treatment at a hospital about three hours after he was bitten. His condition was stable, but his penis was swollen and had blisters where the fangs had punctured it, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.
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I'm just shocked penis isn't a filtered word
Quote:I'm just shocked penis isn't a filtered word
Yet flatulence is in the word that rhymes with heart.
Reminds me of the old joke about this happening to one of a pair of hunting buddies. The other says he'll call a doctor and see what to do (this is the modern version with cell phones). The doctor tells him he has to suck the poison out. After he hangs up the stricken hunter asks in a hopeful voice,
"Well, what did he say?"
"He said you're gonna die."
Quote:Farmer Goes Into Field To Urinate, Suddenly Experiences Worst Pain He's Ever Felt In His Life
Even worse than the time he urinated on the electric fence in the cow pasture?
Quote:Even worse than the time he urinated on the electric fence in the cow pasture?
That's actually how we play Russian roulette.
I was just considering the mechanics of such a thing occuring. The average adult male in this country is around 5'11". That would put his groin area somewhere around 3 feet. This means that this snake had to strike at an uppward angle this approximate distance to bite the farmer on his penis. Taking that into consideration, that must have been a pretty good size snake to have this kind of reach. Farmers are generally pretty savvy with nature and the outdoors so for a farmer to not have noticed a snake large enough to perform this feat that was that close and ready to strike is pretty perplexing.
... I guess he was distracted.
Quote:I was just considering the mechanics of such a thing occuring. The average adult male in this country is around 5'11". That would put his groin area somewhere around 3 feet. This means that this snake had to strike at an uppward angle this approximate distance to bite the farmer on his penis. Taking that into consideration, that must have been a pretty good size snake to have this kind of reach. Farmers are generally pretty savvy with nature and the outdoors so for a farmer to not have noticed a snake large enough to perform this feat that was that close and ready to strike is pretty perplexing.
... I guess he was distracted.
Or he's a farmer with a happy wife.
Quote:Or just really short...
Maybe both. His friends call him 'Kickstand'.
Quote:I was just considering the mechanics of such a thing occuring. The average adult male in this country is around 5'11". That would put his groin area somewhere around 3 feet. This means that this snake had to strike at an uppward angle this approximate distance to bite the farmer on his penis. Taking that into consideration, that must have been a pretty good size snake to have this kind of reach. Farmers are generally pretty savvy with nature and the outdoors so for a farmer to not have noticed a snake large enough to perform this feat that was that close and ready to strike is pretty perplexing.
... I guess he was distracted.
I thought it was going to happen to me once. It was the first time my wife and I went into the field together and she yelled out,
"WOW, that's a big snake!"
Quote:I was just considering the mechanics of such a thing occuring. The average adult male in this country is around 5'11". That would put his groin area somewhere around 3 feet. This means that this snake had to strike at an uppward angle this approximate distance to bite the farmer on his penis. Taking that into consideration, that must have been a pretty good size snake to have this kind of reach. Farmers are generally pretty savvy with nature and the outdoors so for a farmer to not have noticed a snake large enough to perform this feat that was that close and ready to strike is pretty perplexing.
... I guess he was distracted.
I'm a farmer and I get struck by snakes once or twice every year. They're a lot harder to see than you'd think if your not specifically looking for them.
Most of the time I discover them because I'm bending my face down over to them and surprise!
Quote:I'm a farmer and I get struck by snakes once or twice every year. They're a lot harder to see than you'd think if your not specifically looking for them.
Most of the time I discover them because I'm bending my face down over to them and surprise!
You actually get bit once or twice a year???
Quote:I was just considering the mechanics of such a thing occuring. The average adult male in this country is around 5'11". That would put his groin area somewhere around 3 feet. This means that this snake had to strike at an uppward angle this approximate distance to bite the farmer on his penis. Taking that into consideration, that must have been a pretty good size snake to have this kind of reach. Farmers are generally pretty savvy with nature and the outdoors so for a farmer to not have noticed a snake large enough to perform this feat that was that close and ready to strike is pretty perplexing.
... I guess he was distracted.
As a rule of thumb, rattlesnakes can, at best, strike a distance of two-thirds their total body length. For example, a three foot long snake may be able to strike a distance of <b>two feet</b>. Always keep a safe distance from any snake
Quote:You actually get bit once or twice a year???
Not bit in the sense that teeth are piercing my skin. But struck as in their mouth is coming in rapid contact with my body.
Gopher snakes have a tough time breaking the skin. I'm usually kneeling at a vine when I "discover" them though, not my favorite moment haha.
Honestly, I fear the dang hawks more than snakes, black widows, coyotes or bees. Once every few years I run across a bobcat or mountain lion. That's no joke, I get the pistol out quick when I see those tracks.
Quote:Not bit in the sense that teeth are piercing my skin. But struck as in their mouth is coming in rapid contact with my body.
Gopher snakes have a tough time breaking the skin. I'm usually kneeling at a vine when I "discover" them though, not my favorite moment haha.
Honestly, I fear the dang hawks more than snakes, black widows, coyotes or bees. Once every few years I run across a bobcat or mountain lion. That's no joke, I get the pistol out quick when I see those tracks.
Okay...so what's the up side of being a farmer again???? :blink:
Quote:Okay...so what's the up side of being a farmer again???? :blink:
I haven't worked a day since somewhere around Oct 1.
Quote:I haven't worked a day since somewhere around Oct 1.
You need all that time to recoup from the snakes, spiders and the lions and tigers and bears...oh my!!
Quote:Not bit in the sense that teeth are piercing my skin. But struck as in their mouth is coming in rapid contact with my body.
Gopher snakes have a tough time breaking the skin. I'm usually kneeling at a vine when I "discover" them though, not my favorite moment haha.
Honestly, I fear the dang hawks more than snakes, black widows, coyotes or bees. Once every few years I run across a bobcat or mountain lion. That's no joke, I get the pistol out quick when I see those tracks.
I hate snakes, literally the worse thing I have to do all year when getting one out of the chicken coop. They always get into the smallest corners requiring close contact to get them out!
I also had to kill one in my blueberry patch this year but I think it was just a garden snake it was solid black but it was eating my damn blueberries!