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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by siphor on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:19PM (#16292781)
In the past year I had one rattle at me on a hiking trail, and almost walked into one on a paved path that hundreds of people walk on... You're quite wrong.
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by atomical on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:20PM (#16292794)
Did you think you were in danger when it rattled?
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by siphor on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:31PM (#16292889)
For a second yeah, i think that's what's supposed to happen.. It rattles, I get scared, I avoid it. nature in action. They're hard to see though. But, if you're in an area with them, it's very possible to be bitten. Definitely rare, but possible.
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by paulcole on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:22PM (#16292813)
Were you actually bit? How many bites happen on that paved path per year? The answer is likely very close to 0 no matter how many people walk there.

Fewer than 8,000 venomous snake bites are reported annually:

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venomous_snake_faqs.shtml

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