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Snake Handler Hospitalized After Being Bitten By Rattlesnake

Clay Davenport

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- A professional snake handler is hospitalized in serious condition Friday after being bitten by a Western Diamondback rattlesnake.

Miami-Dade Police said the 49-year-old man was performing an educational show yesterday for children in Homestead when the snake bit him.

The man's name has not been released.

Captain Al Cruz of the Miami-Dade Police Department Antivenin Unit says the man did not immediately seek medical attention, jeopardizing his chances for survival.

Cruz says the man was given 20 vials of antivenin serum last night.

The snake bit the man on the leg just above his boot.

Cruz says the man was wearing proper foot protection, but rattlesnakes can sense heat, so the snake struck him where it detected heat.

The handler secured the snake before it could bite anyone else.

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Any follow up to this? I'm curious if this happened at the gator farm in Homestead that gives regular shows with hots. Does anyone know who was bitten?
 
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