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10-23-2005, 11:18 PM
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More good publicity... This is from CNN.com tonight
Snakebite at school may cost teen's arm
Boy caught copperhead, brought it to school in shoebox
POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A 14-year-old girl may lose her arm after being bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake at school, authorities said.
The snake was caught in Valley Forge by a 17-year-old male student, who took it in a shoebox to a drama club gathering at St. Pius X High School on Friday, Lower Pottsgrove Police Chief Ray Bechtel said.
No regular classes were held that day, which was designated for staff development.
The boy was showing the reptile to other students when it bit the girl's finger, Bechtel said.
The girl, whose name was not released by police, apparently threw the snake across the room and the boy threw it outside. The snake was not found, but authorities were able to identify it because the boy photographed it with his camera cellphone, said Bechtel.
The victim was treated at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center about 45 minutes after being bitten, he said.
"The doctors said if it had been a half-hour longer she would likely have been dead," said Bechtel.
However, police said she could still lose her arm.
Police did not have an update on the girl's condition Sunday. She had been in very serious condition at Hershey Medical Center.
No charges were filed but police said they were investigating.
Copperhead snake bites are typically not fatal but are extremely painful and may cause extensive scarring and loss of limb use, according to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension of North Carolina State University.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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10-24-2005, 02:54 PM
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Ha, I just read this on Yahoo news. I was getting ready to post it but it looks like someone beat me to it. How ignorant can some people get? I wonder if the boy even knew what kind of snake it was?
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10-24-2005, 03:18 PM
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OK, he was dumb for bringing it in but she got bit on the finger!!!!! That means she was poking at it!!!!! Yeah, thats smart. Well I hope she keeps her arm, at least she wont die. And I hope that they dont blame the snake. Id bite if someone put me in a shoebox and showed me around to a bunch of strange large creatures who poke their fingers at me!!!
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10-24-2005, 03:38 PM
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i hate stupid little kids. hey lets put a snake in a shoe box and bring it into school. im cool now
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10-25-2005, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rex322
i hate stupid little kids. hey lets put a snake in a shoe box and bring it into school. im cool now
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We had a 'pet' black widow spider in our 5th grade class, although none of us handled it...
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10-25-2005, 01:55 AM
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I wonder how the kid got it in the box without getting bit in the first place. Too bad about the little girls arm, but they shouldn't blame the snake...(even tho they probably will)
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10-25-2005, 06:21 AM
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It's always because of PEOPLE that snakes get bad publicity. A snake has never done anything to deserve it. It's always because of people who let their 20-foot snake run loose in the house with children, people who invade their territory, people like these kids who think it is cool to pick up a snake having no regards as to the snake's feelings about the matter or the danger level involved. Maybe every time an incident like this happens, people should be the one's getting put to sleep, not the snakes.
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10-25-2005, 05:00 PM
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i hate stupid little kids. hey lets put a snake in a shoe box and bring it into school. im cool now
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Stupid little kids are OK, as long as I can give em back to their parents.
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10-27-2005, 04:20 PM
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How about the kid who shot his own leg tryint to shoot a snake..That was a good one....I was always under the impression copperheads werent that venomous...
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10-27-2005, 07:55 PM
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How about the kid who shot his own leg tryint to shoot a snake..That was a good one....I was always under the impression copperheads werent that venomous...
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They can still kill a person, but they're not nearly as bad as a lot of hots. And with your story there, I would consider that a well earned victory for the snake 
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