Fayetteville woman bit by snake: Biologists warn of baby copperhead season in NC
NORTH CAROLINA SEVERAL TIMES
LAST YEAR IN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
>> SO WHEN MANY PEOPLE THINK OF
FALL, THEY OFTEN THINK OF
FOOTBALL, MAYBE PUMPKIN
SPICE LATTES. NOW ADD BABY
COPPERHEADS TO THE SEASON.
BIOLOGISTS ARE WARNING THE
YOUNG VENOMOUS SNAKES COULD
BE AROUND FOR SEVERAL MORE
WEEKS. WRAL'S FLYNN, SNYDER
REPORTS ON A FAYETTEVILLE MOMS
ENCOUNTER.
>> THAT LANDED HER IN THE ER.
>> IF I'M FEELING BETTER, EVERY
WALKER, MELINDA HEART IS NOT
GOING ANYWHERE. ORDERED ON BED.
REST OF FAYETTEVILLE MOM IS
RECOVERING FROM A VENOMOUS
SNAKE BITE. MY SONGS A LITTLE
BIT WORSE A BRUISING IS A
LITTLE BIT WORSE TODAY. AGAIN,
THOSE WERE CAUSES FOR CONCERN.
PART SAYS IT HAPPENED HERE ON
THE CAPE FEAR RIVER TRAIL WHILE
WALKING WITH HER 16 MONTH-OLD
SON AND DOGGED. SHE SAYS SHE
STOPPED TO LOOK AT HER PHONE
FOR A MOMENT AND FELT A SEARING
PAIN COMING FROM THE GROUND
UNDERFOOT. SECONDS LATER.
YOU'RE INITIALLY ACTORS LIKE
OW. OW. OW. LIKE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT HAPPENED
TO BEING DISTRACTED FOR A
SECOND, YOU KNOW, COST ME A
SNAKE BY HART BELIEVES HER
STROLLER ACCIDENTLY RAN A
COPPERHEAD OVER CAUSING IT TO
STRIKE, UNABLE TO MOVE FAR
AFTER THE BITE, SHE SNAPPED
THIS PHOTO OF THE COLD FRONT
WAITING FOR EMS TO ARRIVE.
WE WERE STILL WITHIN STRIKING
DISTANCE OF THE SNAKE AND IT
WAS READY TO STRIKE AGAIN, LIKE
EVEN IN THE PICTURE IN MY MIND
IS TRYING TO SING COM,
ESPECIALLY SO MY SON DOESN'T
SEE ME FREAKING OUT PORTS BY
COMES AS BIOLOGISTS SAY MORE
SNAKE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
THE NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES
COMMISSION POSTED THIS BIRTH
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW BOARD
SNAKE ALONG WITH THE CAPTION
SAYING SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY
OCTOBER HE'S BABY COPPERHEAD
SEASON. YOU CAN SPOT THE BABIES
BY THEIR YELLOW TAPE. TALE HAVE
PROGRESSED. A LITTLE BIT MORE
SAYS SHE WANTS TO SHARE.
HER STORY IS A REMINDER THAT
DESPITE THE CHANGE IN SEASONS,
COPPERHEADS ARE STILL OUT ON
LOCAL TRAILS TO HOW I DID NOT
GIVE IT A SECOND TIME OR MORE
THAN ONCE. AND THE DOG DID NOT
GET BIT LIKE I I WOULD RATHER
JUST BE ME AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR
THAT. THE MARKINGS ON HER LEG
MEAN IT WILL BE A FEW WEEKS
BEFORE HER CAN RETURN TO THE
SCREEN WAY. THE MOM SAYS SHE'LL
DO SO WITH EVEN MORE VIGILANCE.
NEXT HYPHEN, CYBER WRAL, NEWS,
FAYETTEVILLE COSTS. HOW SCARY
SO HEART DID NOT NEED.
FORTUNATELY, ANTI VENOM.
SHE'S EXPECTED TO RECOVER THE
NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES
COMMISSION SAYS YOUNG
COPPERHEADS DO HAVE LESS VENOM
THAN ADULTS. BUT