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Laffy Kat

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5. Wow, after a first exposure?

Reply to stonecutter357 (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 02:19 AM

Jun 2019

I know it can happen, although we were taught it's very, very rare after just one exposure to the allergen. I wonder if the poor guy had been snake-bitten before. Yikes.

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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