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  2. Dry bite - Wikipedia

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    Dry snake bites are called "venomous snake bite without envenoming". [1] A dry bite from a snake can still be painful, and be accompanied by bleeding, inflammation, swelling and/or erythema. [2] It may also lead to infection, including tetanus. [2] Dry bites can occur from all snakes, but their frequency varies from species to species.

  3. List of fatal snake bites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has about 30 species of venomous snakes, which include 23 species of rattlesnakes, three species of coral snakes, two species of cottonmouth, and two species of copperhead. At least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Maine, Rhode Island, [4] and Alaska. Timber Rattlesnakes once lived in Rhode ...

  4. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia

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    The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).

  5. Know your WA snakes: How to avoid a venomous bite, and ... - AOL

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    Non-venomous snake bites typically only need to be treated by cleaning the wound and keeping it dry, but if a bite victim starts to show serious side effects, immediately take them to receive ...

  6. How do you treat a copperhead snake bite? Duke and ... - AOL

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    • For dry bites: These types of bites are either by non-venomous snakes or by venomous snakes that did not inject any venom into the victim. They do not need antivenom, as there is no venom to ...

  7. As Georgia heats up, snakes crop up. See which ones are ... - AOL

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    Here’s a full list of all venomous snakes, facts about each one and where they can each be found: ... Bite can be fatal. Coral Snake. Appearance: Small (between two and three feet) and slender ...

  8. Garter snake - Wikipedia

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    Garter snakes were long thought to be non-venomous, but discoveries in the early 2000s revealed that they produce a neurotoxic venom. [12] Despite this, garter snakes cannot seriously injure or kill humans with the small amounts of comparatively mild venom they produce and they also lack an effective means of delivering it.

  9. Snakebite - Wikipedia

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    A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake. [9] A common sign of a bite from a venomous snake is the presence of two puncture wounds from the animal's fangs. [1] Sometimes venom injection from the bite may occur. [3]