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http://www.wjhg.com/schools/headlines/7539457.html

Eggs?

Who here thinks it was a cornsnake...not a copperhead. And that the family and insurance company just wasted a whole lotta $ on a bite that probably didn't even require a band-aid?

A miracle they say?

Oh man.

PS- the author's email address is right above the story...should anyone get an itch to write a correction. Heh.
 
something very, um, odd with this story...

even if it was a corn - how would they find eggs? its not like corns guard their eggs...

definately something weird on this whole thing - they needed more info other than some 8yo...
 
The Nothing said:
something very, um, odd with this story...

even if it was a corn - how would they find eggs? its not like corns guard their eggs...

definately something weird on this whole thing - they needed more info other than some 8yo...
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Heh...maybe it was a king trying to eat eggs? LOL.
 
Well don't copperheads give birth to live young? So I don't know, but I would think the doctors would know what a copperhead looks like. Wouldn't they? :shrugs:
 
why did they kill the poor snake. if she was in its teritory why kill it. its her own fault. its not a very good example to young kids in that school now because anytime they or their family see a snake they will most probably kill it. also its not likley that the snake will of attaked for no reason. she must of provoked it somehow.
 
I'm just glad they didn't kill it because it was obviously guarding eggs...




Oh wait they did kill it, how did they kill it? Oh repeatingly bashing it over the head with a blunt object, yeah that's probably the most humane way to do it. Oh they brought the carcus to a human doctor so he could identify it, yeah that makes sense, those reptile experts down there fishing crocs out of ponds are overrated anyway, get me a good M.D. to identify my copperheads.


In all seriousness, I like how this article calls this guy P.E. Jerry Daniels. Makes him sound like a detective on an action thriller, when in all actuality he's a gym teacher/snake destroyer for a 1st grade class
 
snakeboy24 said:
why did they kill the poor snake. if she was in its teritory why kill it. its her own fault. its not a very good example to young kids in that school now because anytime they or their family see a snake they will most probably kill it. also its not likley that the snake will of attaked for no reason. she must of provoked it somehow.
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Well, if it was a copperhead or they thought it was they couldn't leave it there. It is by a school where kids play and that is just too dangerous. They also needed to take it to the hospital so they could identify it (It seems like that it may have been misidentified anyways).

Yes they could have caught it alive and brought it in and then relocated it...but that probably would never happen unless there was a person who liked snakes there. Its sad but it is going to happen, lots of people just hate them.
 
A copperhead is known to give defensive dry bites.
There is no mention of what the condition was after 20 minutes which is how long it took to get to the hospital.
The snake was caught after the fact.
My guess is she ran into an eastern milk which can resemble a copperhead, got bitten and incompetent physicians administered AV for no reason because they could not identify the snake. Not to mention, how do you know the snake caught afterwards is the culprit of the bite?
If there are no signs of envenomation after 20 minutes to a half hour, you don't go an jump in and administer AV. You monitor the patient.
Sounds like the girl got bit by a harmless snake, dealt with yet another incompetent hospital staff (I have been in that situation regarding a bite myself), and it got reported by someone who has no clue about snakes.
 
hmm

I don't know about the egg part but if it was a copperhead or if they thought it was a copperhead they couldn't leave it next to a school and it is very doubtful there was anyone there qualified to handle a venomous snake.
Most hospitals, in areas that have venomous species, carry antivenom for those species. A hospital is not going to risk giving a child antivenom on a guess. The risks are too high. There are as many people who react as badly to the antivenom as the venom itself.
There had to be medical reasons such as some kind of reaction at the wound combined with an indenitfication of the snake.
Belive it or not there ARE people in hospitals who know what they are doing.
 
I had to almost hit the doctor to get him to NOT apply a pressure bandage to a copperhead bite.

I also had to walk out of the hospital without their consent 90 minutes after a bite that showed NO signs of envenomation but yet they DEMANDED I get AV.

They claimed it was taking longer to show signs since I was an adult but they HAD to give me AV right away and could not allow me to make them wait any longer. C'mon. Almost 2 hours had passed with NO signs of envenomation. You do NOT administer AV when you don't need to but that is all the doctors seem to know to do to treat a bite.

Most hospital personnel know nothing about treating a snake bite. And God forbid you try and correct them.
 
what hospital were you in?
do you remember any of the names of the doctors?

was it the same hospital this girl was taken to?
 
I want to know where the hell this school is that doesn't have some science teacher to be able to ID a copperhead. I believe they have pictures and a complete description in at least one of the books in the school. Not to mention the fact that a science or biology teacher should know right away.They're not very hard to recognize! I understand that it's likely an elementary school, but around here, they're teaching my sister(7yrs old) about poisonous snakes in the area and how to positively ID them.
 
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