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In the fall the threat is more from bacteria from copperheads than venom. At least that's what the doc told me 5 years ago when I got bit on my right forearm while rooting around in the horse barn at night for more lawn chairs. The light had gone out a couple of nights before. Anyway, I found a stack of chairs, reached to grab them and felt something hit my forearm. I went back out to the party we were having and showed my girlfriend because there were 2 puncture marks and they were bleeding. Anyway a doc friend (My girlfriend was a tech at South Austin Hospital and we had about 12 doctors there, LOL) took a look and we went to the ER a little while later. The arm swole a bit up but not much venom was injected evidently. A bacteria infection was the real risk. He said in the fall the snakes hunt actively before hibernation so when they bite the rats and other rodents, they get the bacteria on their fangs and when they bite you, you get the infection along with whatever venom they inject depending on if they were suprised or not, the age of the snake, etc... Twice I've been bit by snakes and twice I've been lucky. I've learned more than any one person should know.
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Philippians 4:6
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