ever been bit by a snake? even a nonvenomous one?........snakes dont bug me and ive been bitten dozens of times.....still, every time i get hit my pulse and im sure my BP sky rocket.....course bout every time i get hit now i get flash backs to the 15 minute battle to try and remove a 6 foot carpet python from my arm without hurting it to bad....however i musta lost a half pint of blood.....long teeth on those bastards grin

in all reality, im not worried to much bout the side effects you refer to, to much, venom travels as fast as its gonna travel unless you put a hell of a tourniquet on in which case your going to loose anything below that tourniquet anyways....your heart is gonna be racing after a bite regardless....a real experianced person could prolly calm themselves down....i prolly could after some work but at that point its not going to matter much anyway....


A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books