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Article: Snake, Rattle, and Run!(rattlesnakes)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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OF ALL NORTH AMERICAN ANIMALS considered dangerous to humans, probably none has been more feared, loathed, and entangled in false lore than the rattlesnake. Admittedly, it s hard for most of us to like a snake, much less a forbidding and poisonous one; yet the rattler continues to be a largely misunderstood creature.
A great deal of what most people think they know about rattlers is either exaggerated out of realistic proportion or just plain wrong. These errors can have unfortunate consequences, ranging from unnecessary fear to mistakes that actually increase the likelihood of being bitten.
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