<Tr> <Td> Joe Guidry, 54, male </Td> <Td> October 2005 </Td> <Td> Eastern diamondback rattlesnake </Td> <Td> Guidry, the Putnam County, Florida fire marshal, went to help a neighbor who had spotted a rattlesnake while mowing grass . He shot at the snake; it went under a shed and Guidry was bitten when he reached for it . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Margaret Wilson White, 54, female </Td> <Td> July 2005 </Td> <Td> Rattlesnake </Td> <Td> White was bitten in Hays County, Texas near Wimberley along Ranch Road 12, about a quarter mile west of County Road 213 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trent Leprette, 31, male </Td> <Td> June 2004 </Td> <Td> Copperhead </Td> <Td> Leprette was bitten on each hand while swimming in Saugahatchee Creek near Lochapoka, Alabama . He was admitted to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika; he developed complications and died after several days of treatment . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Professor Chavez, 34, male </Td> <Td> May 2003 </Td> <Td> Rattlesnake </Td> <Td> Professor Chavez was killed in Riverside County, California . </Td> </Tr>

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