How to Eat a Rattlesnake

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Mike Meyers with Zion Wilderness Survival School for Expert Village. My favorite meat in the desert is rattlesnake. The only thing is, you've got to be careful catching it. You've got to know what you're doing. Don't get too close. A rattlesnake can strike approximately one half the length of it's body, no farther. And, rattlesnakes don't chase people. So, if you see a snake, and you think that you can safely kill it, kill it. You take that snake, cut its head off first of all well behind the head to make sure you get, get rid of the venom. Then, you should be able to take that snake and stick a stick through it and skin it. Just pull its skin right off of it. Just like a wrapper, its skin will come right off of it. And then, just take it and wrap it around a stick, punching through both ends of it. And, put it on your fire. Delicious. It actually does taste like chicken. What else do I have in my kit. I've got a piece of cloth like a bandanna. It could be used for a sling or to hold for compression. Plastic which can be used to, for trash bags. Also, if you have a wound, you can place it over the top and compress to create like a suction. I have various sized bandages. I have pills like aspirin. I have Imodium for bad stomach. Tape. Scissors. All sorts of small bandages. I have mole skin which is used on the feet to prevent blisters, needles and, alcohol wipes, antiseptic wipes, and Neosporin. There may be a couple of other small items in there. But, that's mainly what I carry in my field kit. "