Exotic Incident #2753
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West Babylon, NY - USA
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05/09/2016
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Summary:
A man was airlifted to a hospital after he was bitten by one of his venomous snakes, an Egyptian saw-scaled viper. Bites from that snake can cause moderate to severe envenoming and can be life-threatening if not treated swiftly. They are illegal to own as pets in New York, and that snake, plus five others (including a monocled cobra and two rattlesnakes), were removed from the man’s home by SPCA officers. The snakes will be taken to a wildlife reserve in Massachusetts.