Couple in kayak have close encounter with rare rattlesnake

A couple on a fishing trip in a Michigan lake earlier this month caught something unexpected — a rare venomous rattlesnake. Jonathan Hotham “freaked out” when he and his wife, Jessica, spotted the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake during their 14-hour fishing journey in a kayak, according to Mlive.com. Jonathan scooped up the reptile with his fishing...

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