A New Jersey state senator was hospitalized earlier this week after being bitten by a rattlesnake while feeding them at his ...

Most hospitals stock two brands of antivenom, which are federally approved and work against indigenous snakes. But a run-in ...

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, a small pit viper, is usually found in the northern midwest of the U.S. and in Ontario, Canada. It is a species that rarely bites people because it is shy and ...

Senator Parker Space, a Sussex Republican, has been around exotic wild animals his entire life. He ended the year with a ...

He was back at Space Farms feeding the snakes, including the eastern massasauga rattlesnake ... The article Rattlesnake Bite Hospitalizes NJ Senator appeared first on Hopatcong-Sparta Patch.

State Senator Parker Space is recovering from a bite by a venomous massasauga rattlesnake at the family zoo he owns in Sussex County. In this 2022 photo, he handles a black moccasin, one of many ...

Monday was a new experience, however, when an Eastern massasauga rattlesnake he was feeding "mistook my finger for a mouse," Space said. He was taken to Newton Medical Center for treatment before ...