After “The Princess Bride” star Cary Elwes was hospitalized after being bitten by a rattlesnake in LA, it started a conversation around what Southern Californians should do to keep safe in “rattlesnake weather.”
She was outside her home trying to wrangle her friend's dog from a patch of weeds when it happened.
Dr. William Hayes is a professor of biology for Loma Linda University and he's also an expert on rattlesnakes. He says victims must quickly head to an emergency room to prevent serious tissue damage, and recovery can take days -- even weeks.
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