Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. - The large trees section at a Lowe's store looks a lot like a forest, but customers don't expect to see dangerous fauna living in the flora. A customer rummaging through the trees at a Lowe's store here was bitten on the hand by an 18-inch eastern diamondback rattlesnake, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.



"The gentleman thought he had hit his hand on a thorn but they discovered it was a snakebite," said Chris Ahearn, a spokeswoman for the Mooresville, N.C.-based hardware chain.


A relative shopping with the man Sunday killed the snake, and they brought it with them when the customer was taken to a hospital to ensure proper treatment for the poison, Ahearn said.


A hospital official would not provide information without the man's name. Ahearn would not identify the customer.


The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is not one of the five rattlesnake species native to Oklahoma, said David Walker, naturalist supervisor at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Its natural range is in the Southeast.


The rattler can grow as long as 7 feet and often gives warning bites that deliver no venom.


The snake probably made its way to Broken Arrow with the trees, which were shipped in from Tennessee. Ahearn said she knows of no other similar instances at Lowe's.


Store employees immediately scoured the trees for other animals after the snakebite and found none, Ahearn said.


"We feel like this is an isolated incident, but we are taking it very seriously," she said. "We continue to watch our garden centers for uninvited guests."



I found that on yahoo.com this morning.

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

i hate snakes

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

ditto

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

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Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

I was bit by a snake once. Luckily it wasn't poisonous. It did hurt like a mofo for while though.

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

i wonder what he was doing playing around in the bushes at lowes

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

i like snakes more than spiders though

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

LMAO Steven,I hate spiders more than snakes,snakes will let you know when they are gonna crawl on u spiders dont even ask. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

centipedes are the worst![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

Rattlesnakes at Lowe's???
 

<<<<hates snakes to death. spiders don't bother me too much. Just not a reptile kind of guy.