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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wingnut on September 14, 2018, 01:43:39 am

Title: Hurricane Florence could spread killer snakes across the Carolinas
Post by: Wingnut on September 14, 2018, 01:43:39 am

Hurricane Florence could displace venomous snakes from South Carolina’s wetlands — and send them slithering down local streets, local zoo officials are warning.

The monster storm may uproot some 38 species of snakes — including dangerous cottonmouths and copperhead vipers — from their coastal habitats, Thad Bowman of the Alligator Adventure zoo in Myrtle Beach told the Sun News in S.C.

“They inject venom, which causes tissue destruction, platelet loss, causes bleeding, it can cause death,” said Gerald O’Malley, with Grand Street Hospital.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/13/killer-snakes-could-turn-loose-after-florence-slams-carolinas/