Snakebite. I live in northern California, and while we have on one venomous snake indigenous to the state (that being the Pacific rattler), we do have several immigrants, amounting to something like 7 species of rattlers.

I like to hike in rattlesnake country, and wonder if I need to take any special first-aid equipment with me.

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