Two Pasco County residents were recovering at a Tampa hospital Monday after being bitten by rattlesnakes during the weekend. ...more

November 3, 2009

A lawn maintenance man in Lutz was bitten by a pygmy rattler Monday, the second such attack in two weeks. ...more

August 25, 2009

Dave Lawson says he knows one way to learn who stole two valuable but deadly snakes from his collection Monday. ...more

January 27, 2009

Forget rain, sleet or snow: The bite of a venomous snake didn't keep mail carrier Efrain Arango from his appointed rounds. ...more

October 11, 2008

Forget rain, sleet or snow: The bite of a venomous snake didn't keep mail carrier Efrain Arango from his appointed rounds. What authorities think was a diamondback rattlesnake latched onto the 66-year-old's left index finger Friday after Arango surprised it in a New Tampa mailbox. Arango said he shook his arm and thwacked the snake against his car door to break its grip. ...more

October 10, 2008

TAMPA - Jake Hoffman sat in a hospital bed, his left leg a sickly blue and swollen enough to stretch the skin taut. ...more

December 10, 2007

PIT VIPERS: Description - Rattlesnakes, cottonmouth (moccasins) and copperheads have large triangular heads, fangs, a pit that senses body hear below the eyes that have elliptical pupils. ...more

September 22, 2007