Usually one of the first things people think about when they encounter a snake is running away from it. Not far behind would be what would happen if the snake bit them and how venomous is the bite?

The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress. Siewe recently gave a lecture at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel.

A Maryland man found dead at his home alongside over 100 caged snakes died of accidental snake envenomation, according to an autopsy. David Riston, 49, died of “snake envenomation,” the Office of the ...