Snakes With Venom Causing Necrosis

Many people who have seen the effects of necrosis, usually through media, or medical means, are often worried about the spiders that can cause it with their bite. Spiders are small, and easy to miss, since the majority of them are non-venomous, and certainly non-lethal. It’s that small percentage of spiders that can creep into shoes, clothing, and even into your bed that have so many people worried. However, there are other sentient causes of necrosis out there as well: snakes. Many people are afraid of snakes, usually because of bad memories, or just an illogical fear of something that slithers. Snakes are probably killed more often than rats, mice, and maybe even cockroaches, just because of the irrational fears they inspire in humans.

However, there are snakes that should be feared, and highly respected, –both, because it’s important to respect any wild animal’s territory. And if you find yourself in a poisonous snake’s territory, it’s fatally important that you fear it enough to get the hell out of there, and equally important to respect it enough to do so cautiously. The venom in a poisonous snake’s bite travels quickly through the wound, into the bloodstream. The effects can be paralysis, temporary blindness, expediated necrotic symptoms in the wound, and of course, excruciating pain.

The viper family of snakes are those that often cause necrotic wounds with their venom, –however, death is also a major side effect. “Viperidae” is the scientific name for the largest family, which include pit vipers; and no, contrary to popular belief, they’re not called they because they come from Hell. It’s because of he hole on the side of their heads, which allows extremely sensitive organs to absorb changes in the environment, –making them formidable to their enemies, and inescapable to prey. The Crotaline sub-family is the most abundantly found in America, which includes:

Rattlesnakes
Cottonmouths
Water Moccasins
Hump-nosed Vipers
Hog-nosed Vipers

The second class of vipers is “Viperinae” and not to be confused with the first, –this family is most located in Europe and Asia, and is also commonly called “Old World vipers,” and “true adders.”