There was a comical snakebite study published in the 1980s that found something like: 90% of victims were men. Of those, 90% had spotted the snake, walked away, then decided to reengage. Of those, 90% were bitten on the hand. And of those, 90% had been drinking.

The exact percentages escape me, but I found the thrust of the argument illuminating.

Interestingly over 99+% of snakebites in North America are treated with the same anti-venom family. At least here it’s basically not necessary to go get a picture of the snake if you found yourself or a friend bit by one in the wilderness.

One of the very very few authorized flights on 9/12/2001 was for a herpetologist bit by an Australian snake in Miami. The standard anti venoms nearly every hospital has wouldn’t work so they had to learjet it in from San Diego.