Rattlesnake Attack - A Real Bad Bite in Yosemite National Park
episodePreviously titled “Rattlesnake Attack - A Real Bad Bit in Yosemite National Park” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Tooth and Claw Podcast. We are a wildlife biologist, and we talk about animal attacks. We are one? Yeah. It's like we are Charlie Kirk. We are Legion. And we have Wes Larson, who is a biologist. He's... He's smart. He's handsome. Oh, stop. He can run the 100 in five seconds flat. Definitely not. Whoa.
Yeah. I'm not very fast. I never have been. But how fast can you run the 100, Mike? You're the fastest of us.
I wasn't a short distance sprinter. OK. My coach only let me run the 400 and I wish I still wish I were dead still. Yeah.
400 is the hardest because to be good at it, you have to like sprint it all. But then it's like too far to sprint.
I don't know. 400 was awful, truly. But I think the 800 might be worse. That's the one I did, but I was all competitive, so it didn't matter. I remember when we first started hanging out, Jeff, you had recently figured out how to run. Yeah. It's so funny, because you showed me how you used to do it, and you'd clomp your heel down first, and then slap the front of your foot down onto the ground.
Yeah. Our unexperienced track coach in middle school taught us to hit our heel first. And I don't know what they were... I think it was for super long distance. And I just put that to all running. Like sprinting, I would put my heel down first.
It was like the loudest I've ever heard someone move. Just a huge slap.
For someone who played sports a lot, that was not great to... It really put a dent on my abilities.
Well, are you guys enjoying the World Cup? Yeah, you just told us a great story. I didn't. It wasn't a good story.
Tell us again.
No. In fact, you told me that it was stupid, so I'm not going to repeat it on the podcast.
I didn't say that. I said you got to save that for the podcast.
Yeah, you said it in a way that made me think that you thought it was stupid, so I'm not going to say it again. Uh, it does world cup always makes me think of my favorite world cup was, it was 2014. It was when me and Jeff were trapping bears and it Bryce in Bryce Canyon, they had, they were showing it on a projector at this hotel there. And because there are so many people from all over the world visiting Bryce Canyon, we would go and watch it with people from all these different countries. And it was really, really fun. Yeah, it's great. It was my favorite one because of that.
I saw my favorite story so far. Well, there's been a few in Mexico. But I love that Boston ran out of beer because the Scottish fans are there. Really? And they said that it's four times more beer sales than St. Patrick's Day. Wow.
Nice.
That's crazy. And the only beer left is Bud Light. So I guess they didn't like that one ad.
Yeah.
Yeah, who knows? My favorite story from Mexico was that there was someone walking around on the street and all these Team Mexico fans got all excited about him because they thought he was there for Japan because Japan has a game in Mexico. And it turned out he was just a Mexican player. they like are holding a lot of fans have been awesome they're so fun they like gave a korean fan the stereotypical mexican outfit with like the huge sombrero and a fake mustache it's just like one of the best photos ever i kind of hope they win to be honest i would love to see a mexico win
But U.S. is looking good, too. U.S. is looking great. Yeah. All right. Well, I got a story for us today, and it's a good one.
I bet you don't. You're wrong. I do have one. I'll bet you $25 you don't have a story. Okay. I'll take that bet. All right.
All right. So our story today is about a rattlesnake bite. And I'm really excited to tell it because it's one that's been on my list for a while. And it just kind of felt like it was time to do a rattlesnake episode. And part of that is because this has been kind of a banner year for rattlesnake bites in the U.S., There's been a lot in California and a number in other states, too. And it's kind of just been a quick start to the year as far as rattlesnakes are concerned and a few fatalities, too. So we're already on track for it to be a record year as far as people dying and people bitten by rattlesnakes in the U.S.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:12–13:46
2
What prompted the hosts to tell Kyle Dickman’s Yosemite rattlesnake story?
13:46–28:47
3
Who is Kyle Dickman and what led him to be in Yosemite with a newborn?
28:47–1:06:03
4
What happened at the meadow when Kyle was bitten by a rattlesnake?
1:06:03–1:09:03
5
How did Kyle’s family and park responders react immediately after the bite?
1:09:03–1:10:55
Speakers
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