Nick Beaver calls it "the worst day of my life."
Beaver was working in his southern Chesapeake backyard about 4 p.m. Monday when he and a friend spotted something and instinctively tried to hit it. It was a rattlesnake, rare to South Hampton Roads.
Then the snake did something far rarer: It bit someone. Beaver's friend.
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Expect the SBY News snake expert to chime in on this post.He or she will probably have a perfectly rational explanation.They'll say it just looked like a rattlesnake and these guys were mistaken.Or this particular rattler is indigenous to VA and bites are extremely rare,which would be true.
ReplyDeleteWhat was Wally and Eddie doing when all this was taking place ?? Haha ....just kidding
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ReplyDeletepassive-aggressive much?
This statement explains the stupidity in one sentence: Spotted something and instinctively tried to hit it.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of several snake bites from copperheads this year...one, first hand from a farmer who was weeding in a vegetable garden. The point is that they are among us. The more we build the more we will find them in contact with us. We need to educate our children, especially, and be extra careful when working in areas, including around our homes, that might be attractive snake habitat...for instance our wood piles. Black widow spiders are also native and live in many of the same sort of sheltered spots. I have caught and released both copperheads (a nest of babies - didn't know that was the species until a friend who is an outdoorsman and expert identified them inside the jar or I would have called for help) and black widows into the wild over the years right in the city of Salisbury. My reading suggests that the young ones are even more dangerous because they don't bite and release, thus more venom.
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ReplyDeleteI applaud your effort to write a grammar correct post, however, I believe you have used to many comma's and placed them in wrong spots.
Not that I'm an english major or anything like that, I just wanted to give you a compliment and some constructive criticism.
And add another comment to Joe's article. ;)
5:10-Sorry if I came off like that.What I really meant was that snakes can't read.They don't encounter a sign that reads "Welcome to Maryland" and turn back.Snakes have their own stand your ground law and they go where they please.90% of reported venomous snake sightings in Md are actually harmless lookalikes,but that 10%,or one in ten that is venomous can really mess up your day.
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