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Rattler Strikes Shopper at Fla. Wal-Mart

Man released after poisonous bite, which may have killed a child

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 7, 2008 4:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Florida man has been released from the hospital after being bitten in the hand by a poisonous pygmy rattlesnake while browsing in a Wal-Mart garden department, the Miami Herald reports. Though potentially deadly to a child or elderly person, the bite "wouldn't have been fatal with an adult male. But you could lose a finger,'' said an officer with the antivenin unit.

This image shows a bottle of vodka with a juvenile rattlesnake inside taken after a bust at a Texas rattlesnake ranch.
This image shows a bottle of vodka with a juvenile rattlesnake inside taken after a bust at a Texas rattlesnake ranch.   (AP Photo)
A timber rattlesnake sits coiled on section of a trail in Mountaintown, Ga.,
A timber rattlesnake sits coiled on section of a trail in Mountaintown, Ga.,   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A rattlesnake sits in a jar on display at the Serpentarium Museum in Lima.
A rattlesnake sits in a jar on display at the Serpentarium Museum in Lima.   (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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