Fw: black widows & copperhead snakes (in great number in NCthis season)

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I can't seem to get quite enough of this fascinating thread....which all 
started with groundhogs, didn't it?

Found this today on ENN News: "Venomous snake bites have struck more people 
in 2012 than average. Poison control center officials blame the mild winter 
and early spring".
Even the Wal-mart folks aren't safe it seems! "Even Wal-Mart shoppers aren't 
safe from snake bites. A man buying supplies for his marijuana garden was 
bitten by a rattlesnake in a Wal-Mart garden center this year."

My understanding about the deaths from copperhead bites is this: All of them 
were people who had already been bitten before, and had (no doubt, unknown 
to them) developed a potent allergy to copperhead venom. When they were 
bitten a second time, they went into allergenic anaphylactic shock and died.

About ENN (Environmental News Network), they put out a daily emailed 
newspaper that's free & well worth getting. I highly recommend it: 
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44593

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AldieOaks@aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] black widows & copperhead snakes (in great number in 
NCthis season)

> True, however, in my county here in Northern Virginia we've had two deaths
> in recent years from copperhead bites.  So be careful out there.
>
> Also, be careful generally, I found one in my closet many years ago,  and
> find them from time to time on our porch, sunning themselves on the 
> concrete
> on cool days.  Drought seems to drive them to our house, possibly looking
> for water sources from pots around the house?
>
> Lina Burton
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/25/2012 7:57:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tloallergyfree@earthlink.net writes:
>
> compared  to our other
> poisonous snakes...cottonmouth, coral snake &  rattlers...the copperhead
> venom is mild  stuff.
>
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