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A hiker was taken to hospital after being bitten by a snake on a Bank Holiday walk.
Mountain rescue descended on Auchineden Hill after the man was struck down by a suspected adder bite at the Whangie, near Glasgow at around 2pm on Monday.
The walker reported ‘feeling unwell’, and was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
The adder (Vipera berus) is the only venomous reptile native to the UK and is recognisable by its dark zigzag pattern along the back.
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