RECORD-EAGLE (Traverse City, Michigan) 15 November 05 Man suffers bites from pet rattlesnake
Petoskey: A 21-year-old Emmet County man was hospitalized after being bitten by his pet diamondback rattlesnake.
Sgt. Tim Rodwell of the Emmet County Sheriff's Office said the East Mitchell Road man was bitten twice on the hand while trying to change a bulb in the snake's holding tank Sunday. He was taken first to Northern Michigan Hospital, and from there to Grand Rapids, police said.
"It was discovered that it was a dry bite. No venom was transferred," Rodwell said. "He is going to be OK."
Rodwell did not divulge the victim's name and said the rattler was purchased at Traverse City pet store. He said he did not know the name of the store, but said the animal has been returned there.
Man suffers bites from pet rattlesnake
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MI Press: Man suffers bites from pet rattlesnake
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Very lucky dude! Two strikes, two dry bites. Dumb move canging bulbs with the snake inside.
Al
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"Snakes in Peru are not there for decoration, they really bite people."
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Judging from that, perhaps in our future discussions of what might be needed to get into hots, we might want to mention an I.Q. test.
Sheesh! ~~Greg~~
np
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Bryan, Atlanta GA
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np
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Bryan, Atlanta GA
1-0-0 Rescued Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Rescued Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
0-0-1 Rescued Aggressive Bearded Dragon - Zeus
0-0-1 Rescued Non-Alpha Green Iguana - Bud
1-1-0 Rescued Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-0-1 Rescued Dieting Panda Hamster - Mr. Fluffy
0-1-0 Rescued Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids
Sounds good to me! Let the most crude comedian of all time take care of that for us! That would certainly be interesting....lol.
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