Woman bitten by copperhead in restaurant!

[Laffy Kat]

This is truly a bizarre story from the Huffpo. How in the world....



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/venomous-snake-bites-woman_us_59ca683ae4b06ddf45fb5fd1?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[jberryhill]

1. People take their pets everywhere

Did the snake leave a tip after dining?

[appleannie1943]

2. When my daughter lived in Dumfries, Virginia copperheads

routinely crawled up under the siding of the houses in her neighborhood and gained entry to the houses. It was illegal to kill them. She could not let her kids play in their own yard.

[rurallib]

3. why would it be illegal to kill them?

endangered species?

Yikes!

[appleannie1943]

6. The rule is

Regardless of why a snake may have entered a residence or work area, most people just want to know how to remove it. However, people confronted with a snake must understand that under existing wildlife regulations, it is illegal to kill any species of snake in Virginia unless it presents an imminent threat to one’s personal health and safety.

Snakes are classified as nongame species and therefore are afforded full protection under existing nongame regulations, similar to all other species in this category. In the case of the canebrake rattlesnake, which is one of Virginia’s state-listed endangered species, neither the animal nor its habitat can be destroyed.

So unless it is actually threatening to bite you, you cannot legally kill it.

[rurallib]

7. thanks - that is interesting

makes me wonder how many may know of this rule.

Also makes me wonder if we have such a rule here in Iowa?
My brother is deathly scared of snakes - literally has passed out on seeing them.

[rurallib]

4. FWIW - found this blurb on how dangerous copperheads are on Google:

Are Copperheads deadly to humans?

Copperheads account for more cases of venomous snake bite than any other North American species; however, their venom is the least toxic, so their bite is seldom fatal. Venomous snakes are distributed unevenly throughout the United States — the vast majority of snake bites occur in warm weather states.

[Laffy Kat]

5. Where I grew up in Memphis, we had a woodsy backyard.

About an acre of land in back of our house and we had copperheads. Every now and then one would make its way up to our back drive. Once, when we were playing in the fall leaves, I felt something wrap around my ankle, a copperhead. I panicked and kicked if off. They are not terribly aggressive, although it sounds like the one in the restaurant was. Yikes, is right.

[onethatcares]

8. it was late

for the early bird special. Something about the valet parking being slow.

[red dog 1]

9. YIKES!

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