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hlthe2b

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1. Copperheads not normally so deadly, but it can happen. Similar to a ultramarathon runner/biker

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2019, 02:12 PM

Jun 2019

in Colorado last year after a timber rattlesnake bite... Young, healthy, and appeared to have gotten appropriate care (despite a short delay getting him off a trail), but still fatal.

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Alabama man dies 3 days after copperhead snake bite at Smith Lake [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 OP

Copperheads not normally so deadly, but it can happen. Similar to a ultramarathon runner/biker hlthe2b Jun 2019 #1

Wow. What a tragedy...my heart goes out to the family...nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #2

Gosh, I didn't believe copperheads were deadly. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #3

It was anaphylactic shock from the copperhead . Bees can kill from anaphylactic shock . stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #4

Wow, after a first exposure? Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #5