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Venomous rattlesnake is photographed while staying at the facilities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas on June 28, 2023. A girl lost her leg after a snakebite in Venezuela. She had received the antivenom, but the family decided to inject her with deer urine, and amputation was inevitable. Such concoctions, as well as other "home remedies" such as spraying petrol on the area or suctioning the wound, which can aggravate the situation, are indicative of the general lack of knowledge about how to deal with these animals in the midst of a chronic crisis in the health system. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty