# Is a rattlesnake bite always/usually fatal?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-rattlesnake-bite-always-usually-fatal/623913 "2012-06-03T03:10:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-rattlesnake-bite-always-usually-fatal/623913/13 "2012-06-03T11:33:10Z")

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> [@jtgain](#):
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> I spend time in a rural area and have never been bitten by a poisonous snake

> [@Colibri](#):
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> You have to be fairly unlucky to die of the bite of a poisonous snake, even if you are bitten.

ULTRA-PEDANTRY ALERT!

Snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous. Poison is ingested/absorbed/inhaled, while venom is injected via bite or sting.

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