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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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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Apr 2011,
p4-9, il
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34401
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Timber rattlesnakes vary geographically across the North Carolina Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. The timber rattlesnake and canebrake rattlesnake are two forms of the same species which vary in their identifying characteristics and behaviors. This article discusses the biology and ecology of these snakes.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 82 Issue 4, July/Aug 2018,
p26-33, il, por
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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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