Rattlesnakes

Rattlesnakes are venomous pit vipers. You can tell a snake by its bite. Symptoms of a rattlesnake bite include: one or two puncture marks; pain, tingling, burning or swelling in the area of the bite; bruising and discoloration at site of the bite; numbness; nausea, weakness and light-headedness; difficulty breathing. Rattlesnakes feed on small prey, including rabbits. You can tell a snake by what it feeds on. Rattlesnake babies are more dangerous and neurotoxic than their rattle tailed adult counterparts. They are more aggressive too, making them more dangerous. You can tell a snake by its family of origin. Hear the sound of the ringed buttons at the tail end of a rattlesnake. This is your warning of eminent strike. Unblinking staring eyes trained on prey is the readying of the viper and the victim can be caught unaware. After all, who willingly puts themselves in close quarters with a viper? You can tell a snake by its ability to slither up close enough to bite. Numbness, nausea, weak light-headedness with difficulty breathing. You can tell someone who has been bitten by a snake. The snake is the hunter, the prey is the unwitting victim. One is steely in its stance, the other quivers in fear and doom seconds before the inescapable strike. Following the bite, the venom takes effect. Snakes live and slither among us. Attacking words are their warning rattle, foreshadowing vicious unforgiving venomous soul poisoning bites. Have you met a rattlesnake disguised as human Dear Reader? Have you ever experienced the numbing sickness that follows the penetrating bite? Would you run when next in its presence? Once bitten, twice shy is the expression. Are you willing to extricate yourself from the vipers holding gaze and predatory plans for you? Snakes live among us, are you their would be prey? We know a person by their words and actions. Are you a rabbit or a snake?

Venom is undeniably, snakey.