A rattlesnake bit a zoo employee around 4 p.m. The unnamed employee, who works at the reptile house, was taken to hospital in stable condition.
She didn’t need antivenom because the bite wasn’t that serious. No zoo guests were harmed either.
The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is the largest snake of its species in the world. It is also one of the most venomous snakes in America.
Rattlesnakes have evolved a cunning ability to convince humans that danger is closer than they think.
A study published in the scientific journal “Current Biology” found that the sound produced by a snake shaking its tail increases as a person approaches, but at some point it rapidly changes frequency. This rapid increase in frequency suggests that the snake is much closer than it actually is. This has been revealed in experiments.
2023-10-22 16:00:28
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