On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:00:25 -0700 (PDT), DD_BobK
wrote:

This is nothing to fool around with..... unless you're interested in a
very painful and potentially permanently disabling injury with ongoing
effects. The good news... death is unlikely but still a rattlesnake
bite is not something you want to experience.

This is an interesting man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haast

Anti-venoms were made from his blood, real science. He spent days with
severe hallucinations from Cobra bites. Said his eyes felt on fire
and bulging out of his head. He traveled to places to give his blood
for victims.

" Haast had been bitten 172 times as of mid-2008"

RIP Bill.