- Mario, snake.
Snake, snake, snake.
All right, I'm makin' a move on it.
Got it, got it.
I'm losin', I'm losin' it.
(yelling)
Oh, that's on my finger.
(upbeat music)
(gentle music)
- [Voiceover] Slithering with stealth
through the tangles of palm plants,
the Northern Water Snake is constantly on the search
for its next meal.
If you enter the serpent's lair,
and attempt to capture it.
- Got it.
- [Voiceover] There's a good chance you'll be bitten.
- I'm losin', I'm losin' it.
(yelling)
Oh, that's on my finger.
Ah!
Oh boy.
Ah, that's a big bite.
Whoo!
Ah, ah, now it's onto my arm.
Oh boy.
Yeah, I am definitely bleeding.
Youch!
Took a bite on the finger
and a full bite all across my arm.
- [Voiceover] This is how to clean up a water snake bite.
- All right, well, the aftermath of a water snake bite.
I got chomped pretty good there.
Not exactly what I was going for,
but when you grab onto a water snake
to make sure and get the episode,
you do whatever it takes.
As we all know at this point,
the water snake is a nonvenomous species.
If that was a venomous snake,
I would be rushing myself to the hospital.
Or rather, Mario, you would be rushing me
to the hospital at that point and we'd be looking at
a completely different type of first aid,
but what I have hear,
Survival Emergency Solutions Frst Aid Field Kit.
This is pretty awesome.
Now, these guys sent me these first aid kits.
Very cool kit.
It's got all the details about what's inside of the kit
right here on the front, and on the inside,
you can see just how organized everything is.
It even has gloves for infection protection.
At this point, I don't think I'm gonna get an infection
from this water snake bite,
but the first thing I'm gonna do
is actually use some saline solution to clean it off.
Now, let me hold up my hand here for you, Mar.
You can see on my pinky,
where the snake's entire mouth chomped on and wrapped around
and actually ripped some holes in the flesh there,
and I actually think, oh, yep, hold on a second,
you're not gonna be able to see this,
but that right there is a snake tooth.
Now, like sharks, snakes are constantly
regenerating their teeth and water snakes specifically
have six rows of teeth.
One after another after another,
but as they lose these teeth,
they just grow right back in and are replaced.
So, I went that entire scene,
with actually having a snake tooth stuck in my finger.
Now, I was also bitten on my arm,
and you can see the entire bite radius
of that snake's mouth right there.
Now, at this point, it doesn't really hurt
and that's because in their saliva,
they do have a little bit of a numbing agent,
but because of the snake saliva being in there,
and also the fact that I was in that gross pond water.
What I'm gonna wanna do is just clean that off
with a little bit of saline solution.
This is cool.
This is just like a little tube
and I think you, yep, I just twist that off there,
and I'm gonna use a cotton gauze swab
to clean off the bite site.
Now, with those two bite sites,
what I actually wanna do
is just sorta saturate this with saline.
There we go.
That's good.
And go ahead and get a shot of my finger there.
Just sorta wipe that off.
I don't wanna get any of that pond gunk,
oh yeah look at that, all that dirt comin' off of there.
Snake saliva and also on my forearm there.
Wipe that off really good.
That'll help just get any of
the swampy debris off of my arm.
Looks a little cleaner, right?
Okay, here we go.
Now, I also have skin cleaning wipes
and there's an antiseptic in this
that will help kill any of the germs
that are nestling down into my skin
from the areas where the teeth went in.
I have a feeling that this might sting a little bit.
Ready?
Ah, yep, just a touch,
but not as bad as getting an infection.
Now, it's not actually the snake bite
that would give me an infection,
but the dirty pond water that got into the bites
that I have to worry about.
There we go.
Yeah, that does sting a bit.
Now believe it or not guys,
that's about all you need to do
for a nonvenomous snake bite.
However, if you want to, you certainly can put on a bandaid.
Now, you can also of course
put Neosporin on these bites if you want,
but these bandages actually have an anti-infection cream
right there in the padding.
So, I'm just gonna cover that up.
Like that.
Perfect.
Now, I always carry a first aid kit with me
out into the wilderness.
You guys don't always see it, but it always in my pack
because you never know when you're gonna need
to administer first aid for yourself
or one of the crew members.
Now, when it comes to water snakes,
remember guys, it is a nonvenomous species.
So, if you come across one in the wild,
and you decide to catch it,
do be aware that it can bite you,
but if you are bitten, it's not going to be that bad.
However, I must emphasize that because they're so bitey,
it always best to admire them from a safe distance.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave.
Stay wild.
We'll see you on the next location.
If you missed my encounter with the Northern Water Snake,
make sure to go back and catch the full episode
where I am bitten by this nonvenemous reptile
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I'm losin', I'm losin' it.
(yelling)
Oh, that's on my finger.