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They can live for several minutes or even tens of minutes after decapitation. As in the head stays alive and remains capable of biting you. Every now and then a
by dreamcompiler 2y ago
They can live for several minutes or even tens of minutes after decapitation. As in the head stays alive and remains capable of biting you. Every now and then a person who cuts the head off a rattlesnake gets bitten by the head and has to go to the hospital.
The most humane way to kill a snake is to quickly destroy the brain by crushing the head or pithing as the article points out.