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West Virginia

SWBTATTReg

(24,332 posts)

5. Eh? How does one go about getting bit by snakes? Did he not look first, before stepping somewhere, or

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2024, 04:55 PM

May 2024

wearing high boots and close-fitting, strong jeans as one should (to warn off ticks too), when walking in such environments, as one who is used to walking in dried grasslands, where the color of the dried grasses is almost the same color as the snakes. My dogs saved me several times by barking at a snake, that was so hard to spot in amongst the grasses.