A poisonous rattlesnake hid among leafy plants in the garden section of US retail giant Wal-Mart. The snake sprung out and bit a man who was shopping there, a company spokeswoman said last week.
The man was hospitalized after the 30cm pygmy rattlesnake bit him on the right hand. He had been perusing the plants at the store in Pembroke Pines, Florida, about 50km north of Miami.
“This is an isolated incident and we’re taking precautions to make sure that it doesn’t happen again,” said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Ashley Hardie.
“To ensure the well-being of our customers, we immediately closed the garden center to enable animal control to do a thorough search of the area. The garden center was re-opened once we were convinced it was safe to do so.”
The pygmy rattlesnake’s poisonous bite could be fatal for an elderly person or a small child, doctors said.(AFP)
美國零售業龍頭沃爾瑪百貨女發言人上週表示,賣場園藝區內的闊葉盆栽中躲了一條毒響尾蛇,牠忽然冒出來咬了一名在該區購物的男子。
這名男子被這條三十公分長的響尾蛇咬傷右手後,被緊急送醫。他當時是在佛羅里達州潘柏克派恩市(邁阿密北方約五十里)的沃爾瑪百貨裡挑選盆栽。
沃爾瑪女發言人愛希麗.哈迪說:「這起意外是單一事件,我們將採取預防措施,避免類似意外重演。」
「為確保顧客安全,我們立即封鎖園藝中心,以便對該區展開全面性的捕蛇行動。一旦確認園藝中心安全無虞,便會重新對外開放。」
醫生表示,老人或小孩若被響尾蛇的毒牙咬到,有可能會喪命。
(法新社�翻譯:袁星塵)
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