AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) - Experts are reminding you about the dangers of snakes after a Tennessee man was killed by a snake bite while going for a hike.

Officials say a hiker died at the Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee after he picked up a venomous rattlesnake that bit him.

This happened just a few hours from Augusta, so experts with the Savannah River Ecology Lab are weighing in.

The ecology lab says between 7 to 8,000 snake bites happen on average every year in the United States.

Last year in Georgia, there were more than 500 snake bites—but experts say deaths in the state are rare.

“In the state of Georgia, there’s only been 9 or 10 people die in the last 40 to 50 years. So, it’s not a real common occurrence, but it is still something to have knowledge about," said outreach coordina

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