California woman bitten three times by venomous snake dies | Flipboard

Flipboard · Apr 24, 2026 · 383 words · By USA TODAY

The article reports on the death of a 78-year-old woman in Mendocino County, California, who succumbed to multiple venomous snakebites, marking the third such fatality in the state this year. The text includes several related articles and snippets covering general wildlife information, safety warnings, and unrelated stories about snakes and other topics.

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“A 78-year-old woman has died after being bitten several times by a venomous snake in northern California, marking the third fatal snakebite incident in the state this year.”

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Multiple web search results report the core facts: a 78-year-old woman died in Northern California after multiple venomous snake bites, and this was reported as the third fatal incident that year. The sources are consistent on these key points.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is 100 miles (160 km) north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — California () is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexica…
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“The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to USA TODAY on Thursday, April 23, that a woman from Redwood Valley died …”

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Multiple web search results corroborate that the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office confirmed the death of a woman from Redwood Valley following a snake-related incident around the specified time frame. The details align across different search snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Asha Kreimer (born May 2, 1989; disappeared September 21, 2015) is a missing Australian woman. She had been awake for five days, suffering a mental health crisis, and had been released following a psy…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mendocino County ( ; Mendocino, Spanish for "of Mendoza") is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 91,601. The co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The murders of Kerry Graham and Francine Trimble are the unsolved abduction and murder of two teenage girls—aged 15 and 14 respectively— who disappeared after leaving their homes in Forestville, Calif…
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“A woman died this month after being bitten by a snake three times as she was taking a walk on rural property in the unincorporated Mendocino County community of Redwood Valley, officials say.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that a woman died after being bitten by a snake three times while walking on rural property in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County. The details are consistent across the search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Redwood Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located within the east central interior portion of Mendocino County, California centered around Redwood Valley. The wine appellation was establis…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Redwood Valley Rancheria (officially known as Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians) is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, California. The …
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“The 78-year-old Northern California woman is the third person to die in California during an erratic snake …”

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Multiple web search results support the claim that the 78-year-old woman was the third person to die from snakebites in California this year. This specific detail is consistently mentioned across the search results for claims 0, 1, and 2.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California is an EP released in 2000 by Dressy Bessy on Kindercore. The EP's sound has been described as 1960s-inspired girl group pop music. The Riverfront Times called the album "a textbook exam…
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“Stray Dog 'Kali' Fights Venomous Snake, Saves 30 Children, Dies A Hero In Odisha”

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Three independent web search results consistently report the story: a stray dog named 'Kali' in Odisha fought a venomous snake, saved over 30 children, and died in the process. Wikipedia sources confirm the location (Odisha) and the dog's heroic nature is reported by multiple news-style web results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Odisha (Oriya: oṛiśā, pronounced [oˈɽisa] ), spelled Orissa until 2011, is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 4…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Odisha Football Club ([oɽiˈsa] ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugur…
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“Research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology reveals how heavy-bodied snakes consume prey while inhaling and exhaling.”

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Two web search results describe research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology regarding how snakes consume prey using inhalation and exhalation mechanisms. While Wikipedia provided no direct confirmation, the two web sources corroborate the scientific finding.

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web search NEUTRAL — New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology shows that boa constrictors can use certain sections of their rib cage to inflate their lungs while simultaneously using other sections to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Journal of Experimental Biology is the leading journal in comparative animal physiology and biomechanics. We cover a broad range of integrative, comparative, ecological and evolutionary physiology and…
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web search NEUTRAL — The research could also have implications for our understanding of some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda known to eat prey as large as a jaguar. It also points to how snakes may …
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/march/mystery-how-b…

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