I love stories like this. They usually are more prevalent after Memorial Day, when the Summer alcohol imbibing season really swings into effect. Do you think sucking the snake venom out of the dog's nose really saved it's life?
Do you think this guy really spent $14,000 on anti venom to save his puppy? I wouldn't have. He doesn't look like he has it to spare. Then, he had to spend $14,000 on anti- venom for himself. Expensive day.
Rattlesnake venom is a protein. If you suck it out of a snake bite and swallow it, once it reaches the stomach, the digestive juices denature it, neutralizing its effects. It has to be injected into the bloodstream to cause ill effects. In order for a venom sucker to be adversely affected, they would have to have large open wounds or lesions, in the mouth or esophagus, capable of absorbing significant amounts of the, by this time, quite dilute venom, mixed liberally with dog squeezings.
I think maybe this whole story lacks veracity. Very picaresque though.
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