customer in walmart bit by rattler

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a 42 yr old man was in the garden center at walmart and was bit on his right hand by a pygmy rattler. the incident took place in a walmart store in pembroke pines, florida. a venom response team was contacted. he was taken to the hospital sunday to be treated. the pygmy rattler is venomous but rarely fatal. at least there was a small comfort there that this snake was rarely fatal. but can you imagine going shopping and getting bit by a snake? we're not talking the jungle here. this is in a store even though it's in florida. i guess it could be worse. he could have been attacked by an alligator.