I would think if your family can survive the poisonous snakes of Egypt (!) you’ll get by ok in Albuquerque. When I googled Egyptian poisonous snakes the first 2 are vipers and cobras 
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He won’t be worried about that, my dad knows I’m too much of a scaredy cat to do sth like that LOL
Good point, I’ll be sure to bring that up if he says anything
You can also tell him that only about 1 in every 3 or 4 rattlesnake bites are envenomed, according to my EM doc daughter. Rattlesnake venom is not fatal like a mamba or cobra venom. You can survive a rattlesnake bite, even an envenomed one, without treatment**, although the experience is likely to be plenty painful.
Besides UNM Hospital and all other regional hospitals stock antivenom.
** Assuming you aren’t doing stupid party tricks with live snakes like that guy in Arizona who wrapped a rattlesnake snake around his neck to show off and got bit repeatedly on his neck & face.
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Hell nah, as soon as I hear that rattle I’m running for my life. I just hope I run in the right direction LOL
Actually you don’t want to run if you hear a rattle. That scares the snake and may provoke a bite. You want to be very still and just let the snake go its own way.
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Really? I think I remember reading that rattle snakes are super slow and so they usually stand their ground bec they know they can’t outrun us. I don’t know if that’s true or not though
The rattlesnake discussion is fascinating, but let’s move on.
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