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on 11/22/2005 While the U.S. has only rattlers, copperheads, water moccasins and coral snakes as indigenous residents, many people now keep exotic (foreign) snakes as pets (and of course, a number of these pets are venomous).If someone is bitten by any snake, that you cannot absolutely identify as non-venomous, call 911, and advise the operator, that you have a snakebite incident. If the snake is known to be an exotic snake, that has escaped its enclosure, be sure to advise the operator of this. They may dispatch EMS, and any other resources necessary to find and capture the snake for identification.Do not attempt to capture a snake yourself! Some coiled exotic snakes, such as the Gaboon or Rhinoserous vipers, can strike almost their entire body length, and inflict a life ending bite. Getting anti venom for an exotic snakebite, takes time, too much time to risk being bitten.
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