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Girl, 13, Bitten by Rattlesnake at Stony Creek Metropark
Caylee Kapa of Madison Heights is recuperating at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital.
A walk with family at Stony Creek Metropark on Tuesday turned frightening for Caylee Kapa, 13, who was bitten by a rare venomous snake, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.
Michigan’s only venomous snake, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, is seen at the Huron-Clinton Metropark occasionally, according to park officials quoted in the story. Their bodies are thick and colored with a pattern of dark brown slightly rectangular patches set against a light gray-to-brown background.
Kapa was hospitalized and is recuperating at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital.
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