Many bites are the result of intentional interaction with snakes, and the study suggests many bites could be prevented.

"Some snake bites are what we would call a dry bite, where little, if any, venom entered the bite, but it is very important to have an initial assessment." While the chief culprits – the pygmy ...

Floridians share their home with a variety of scaly neighbors who don’t always welcome visitors — accidental or not.

Most (77.8%) of the snakebites occurred in adult men while they were handling wild snakes, and most of the bites were perpetrated by the diminutive pygmy rattlesnake and the cottonmouth.

which makes this snake bite far more serious than Tennessee’s other pit vipers. In stark contrast to the timber rattlesnake, the pygmy is only found in the western reaches of Tennessee.