rattlesnake

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Recent Examples of rattlesnake The bites cause only five deaths a year, but long term injuries are much more likely, with 10-44 percent of victims bitten by rattlesnakes experiencing lasting injuries, such as the loss of a finger. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025 Biker Jim’s, an eclectic eatery with rattlesnake and elk hot dogs, closed late last year. Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025 For Putman, who used to study rattlesnakes, fence lizards are a model for how animals handle rapidly changing environments. Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025 Among the weird things people left behind were a full sheet of uncut $2 bills, a toilet seat, silicone butt pads, a rattlesnake preserved in a jar of whiskey and an antique French guide to performing exorcisms. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rattlesnake
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Noun
  • According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, between 7,000 to 8,000 people are bit by a venomous snake (including rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes) in the U.S. each year.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • The new camera has the possibility of showcasing other types of snakes, like copperheads, as well as different animals like black bears.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • King cobras are formidable predators, and a healthy respect for their killing potential is valid.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Black desert cobras can be between 3 and 4 feet long and are active night hunters, according to Britannica.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That year, Gucci also opened its first store outside Italy, in New York, and launched its first moccasin.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • In this year’s Caldecott Medal winner, 2-year-old Chooch’s family teaches him some of their Cherokee traditions, like sewing moccasins and making grape dumplings.
    Travis Jonker, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And five seconds after that, Williams has his long arms coiled around the bigger boy like a python on a piglet.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • At the 2001 award show, Spears famously performed with a live python around her shoulders.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But no known boa alive today actively specializes in hunting fish.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The boa couldn’t have survived on its own in the wild, according to the post.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Boa constrictors can reach up to 13 feet as adults.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
  • That’s not far off from the average size of the world’s longest constrictor alive, the reticulated python, which typically grows to around 20 feet.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • See it On Sylt Island in northern Germany, a resident’s photograph confirmed the presence of a Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The 2024 photo, however, clearly showed a Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder or common European viper, on Sylt Island, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In mouse trials, the antidote was found to be protective against venom from the black mamba, king cobra, coral snakes and tiger snakes, among others.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025
  • New research published in Cell discusses the first use of human antibodies to help create an antivenom that can be effective against multiple species of venomous snakes, including black mamba, king cobra, and tiger snakes.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025

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