A South Carolina man is in critical condition after being bit by a rattlesnake while kayaking, according to ABC News 4.
Officials said a snake fell from a tree and bit the 28-year-old man twice while he was kayaking on the Edisto River with friends.
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Even though paramedics arrived within 12 minutes, the victim's condition quickly deteriorated once taken to Colleton Medical Center for anti-venom.
He was flown by helicopter to The Medical University of South Carolina where he remains in critical condition.
A rattlesnake appears in this undated image. (KGO-TV)