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Rattlers strike in cottage country:[DAILY
Edition] |
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People: |
Prior,
Kent |
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Dateline: |
TORONTO |
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Section: |
News |
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Publication
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Daily
News. Halifax, N.S.: Aug 12, 2002. pg. 7 |
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Source
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Newspaper |
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ISSN/ISBN: |
07154321 |
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ProQuest
document ID: |
252317331 |
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Text
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138 |
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Article
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Abstract (Article Summary) |
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If anyone is
bitten, [Kent Prior] suggests seeking immediate medical attention, even
though venom is discharged in only about 60 per cent of rattlesnake bites.
All hospitals near the snake's habitats carry antivenene to treat bites, he
adds. |
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Full Text (138 words) |
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(Copyright The Halifax Daily News 2002) TORONTO (CP)
-- Cottagers and residents of the Georgian Bay area are being urged to take
extra care when outdoors this summer, after six people were bitten by
potentially deadly rattlesnakes. Normally, only
one or two people are bitten each summer by a Massasauga rattlesnake,
Ontario's only poisonous snake. Kent Prior, a
species-at-risk adviser at Environment Canada, said said the snakes are
unusually timid. "You
should never pick it up or disturb it or molest it," Prior warns.
"They're venomous. So (act) in the same way you are with a beehive --
you wouldn't dink around with it with a stick." If anyone is
bitten, Prior suggests seeking immediate medical attention, even though venom
is discharged in only about 60 per cent of rattlesnake bites. All hospitals
near the snake's habitats carry antivenene to treat bites, he adds. |