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13863
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North Carolina is close to the top of the charts each year in the number of persons bitten by snakes. Copperhead bites are the most common, and fortunately for the person bitten, the least dangerous. Between 1977 and 2005, only two people died from a snake bite in the state.
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Record #:
35519
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The author's opinion: the chance of snakebite was as likely as being struck by lightning. With the chance still existent, accompanying was advice on how to avoid snakebite and the best treatment measures. Speaking of low incidence rates, Dean also impressed the greater likelihood of bites by those of the non-poisonous variety, like garter snakes.
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New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, June/July 1974, p20