VANCOUVER -- When Matthew D. George decided to kiss his young rattlesnake, he made a near-fatal mistake. From Our Advertiser

"Snakes are attacked every day in the wild, and the first thing they see is a predator's eyes," said Richard Ritchey of Sandy, who has worked with reptiles for 25 years.

"They're going to bite."

And bite the rattlesnake did -- right on George's upper lip.
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