Oh, and yes it's venomous and feisty, but "its bite produces pain and swelling which usually subsides in a few days," and no deaths have been recorded—which is actually more than we can say for attacks by humans at a Walmart.
"Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack" [Fox News]
(Photos: Clean Wal-Mart, zieak, crd!, kawanet)
In short, Floridians have to fear both the smallest and largest rattlesnakes known to man.
I'd wager that either one would kick the crap out of whatever hippy-dippy rattlers you have in Boulder.
]]>apocryphal: false; spurious,Of doubtful authenticity; Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; in the nature of an urban legend: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.
]]>Nice how revisionist history corrupts the truth, isn't it?
]]>My uncle is an employee in the garden center of a Wal-mart in Georgia, and this precise incident happened to him a few years back. Same type of snake and everything. Almost lost part of his thumb. It was weird.
]]>LMAO!
At least when I used to shop at the Walmart here, I only saw the occasional bird and rabbit in the garden center. And we have the big, life threating rattle snakes here.
]]>Yeah, it's a model B Snake with the UPC 345960-495030. And it rang up for how much? Shelf tag reads $4.50
]]>Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
(I'd also have accepted "Housewares. Very deadly. You go first.")
]]>Someone get these motherf**kin' snakes outta this motherf**ckin' box store!
]]>Can I sue over the picture?
I love Bugs Bunny. :)
]]>typical walmart shopper behaviour. haven't they put muzzles and diapers on them yet?
]]>@Alexander Saites: I apologize for making such a broad statement. No, it does not apply to every single one of you (just 95%). Also why would I be looking for an excuse exactly? I have a Facebook account. But as someone that's been reading the Gawker network for years now, yes there IS a huge difference. And yes, 9 times out of 10 you can tell if the user is a Facebooker. Just like you can tell if the site was linked to some justjared-esque place. All of a sudden there's an influx of idiots.
Also- I'm certainly not the only commenter that feels this way. Look around.
]]>(I*A*AL, btw. :)
]]>@TinkishDelight: Okay... This Amanda Ramirez chick is kind of a Bitch we get it... Now keep in mind not all facebook comenters are like Ms.Ramirez
So lets get back on topic, shall we?
@scoosdad: lol... in a recent press release Wal*mart has stated that they will construct active Paragrine Falcon nests in all garden centers throughout the state of florida to protect coustomers from snakes. and in an effort to crackdown on attacks made on coustomes by paragrine falcons they will install cat carriers throughout the stores to kill and eat any disorderly and or ornery Falcons.
]]>lol.
]]>@Shadowfire: Common? Can you say "like mosquitos"? Aside from making the garden center completely inside, they really can't completely protect from this.
]]>A few feet away, also known as the striking radius of a snake.
]]>While I feel sorry for the poor guy who got bitten by the snake, I, too, fail to see how the store-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned could've prevented it.
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: You shouldn't need a set of rules detailing how to not be a complete ass.
]]>@TinkishDelight: This shows up all the time; you just want an excuse to get angry at a Facebook commenter. How does it make any difference if they're from Facebook or if they signed up on the site? If you had a list of comments from several users without knowing what type they were, you would have no way of picking out Facebook commenters from other ones. Get over Facebook commenters, and get over yourself.
]]>"Man Sues Walmart After Being Mistaken by Falcon for a Snake and Bitten, But Keeps Going Back For The Deals"
Cleanup in the garden department, aisle three...
]]>@Trai_Dep: I think two *other* people were bitten.
]]>You get this everyday on every Gawker site (or former Gawker site in this case) yet it never seems to be an issue when its a normal user.
Facebooker hate is getting old.
]]>Dangerously low prices, indeed.
]]>Hey that's nothing compared to my "A look at Facebook's Disturbing TeArms Of Service" on my Digg submit on the 15'th, d'oh.
]]>I'm surprised they have so many of those. I wouldn't have thought that there would be that much demand for stuffed snakes.
]]>Aw, man, I had to pay for my last Wal-Mart Snakebite.
]]>I don't think one can hold Wal-mart responsible for the fact that there are animals outdoors. Not even a fence would keep snakes out.
]]>Randal: And, I hope it feels good.
Video Store Customer: You hope what feels good?
Randal: I hope it feels so good to be right. There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?
I hope he didn't follow the Consumerist motto of "Consumers bite back".
]]>Ewwwww I just noticed it was snakes!! Ugh that gives me the ickies. Can I sue over the picture?
]]>@acarr260: Facebook commentors will be the death of us all.
]]>"produces pain and swelling which usually subsides in a few days"
That's what happens when I just step foot in Walmart. Where's MY lawsuit?
]]>That picture kills me!
]]>Suing a place you love to shop for good deals because you were bitten by a snake outside. Hmmm. Does he not think they would have to make up for the loss somewhere?
In any case, WalMart shoppers deserve to get bitten by snakes. The snakes are probably the nicest living thing in one of those stores.
]]>"It will make people feel better, and if it happens again, we can say they 'didn't believe enough'. We'll just send them the boilerplate Snake Letter, and that oughta hold those S.O.B.'s. Wait, you didn't record that last part did you? Crap!"]]>
On topic - the garden center is outside. I mean, is there a way Wal-mart really could prevent this? As I recall, pygmy rattlers in Florida are extremely common...
]]>Oh.. what's that? Nobody invites you any parties?
Hmmm... I guess I can see why.
]]>We're rolling back our prices on rattler repellant!
]]>Forida Conservation???... Someone needs to use spell check
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