Copperhead Death?

[BWSmith]

http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/846297.html

Fatal Snake Bite
Associated Press

A Macon County man who was twice bitten by a poisonous snake died Sunday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika.

Relatives said 31-year-old Trent Leprette of the Little Texas community, was swimming in the Saugahatchee Creek, near Loachapoka, when he received a bite to each hand by a copperhead snake. It happened last Wednesday. Leprette, a former medical technician at the hospital, was given anti-venom but his condition worsened because he was allergic to snake venom.

Roger Birkhead, an Auburn University biologist, said most bites from copperhead snakes aren't fatal. He said snakes bites usually occur when people try to pick them up. He urges people to follow one simple rule: leave the snake alone and walk away.

First of all, if he was biten on BOTH hands, chances are he was mucking with it. Second, I don't buy it. My money is on an allergy to the AV (probably Wyeth Crotalidae) and/or improper treatment.

[trinitywolf]

I agree Brian. Both hands seems a clear indicator of "mucking". Any chance it was a different species all together?

[faze]

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein

[BWSmith]

A bite to each hand is "possible", but not "Probable"