When Dr. Dustin McElwee, a veterinarian at the Brock Veterinary Clinic, was on call little after 9 p.m., July 14, he wanted to show veterinary students where the supplies were kept when he met an unexpected guest.When he pulled a rope to open a rolled up door to a store room, a hidden rattlesnake bit him on his right middle finger.“He never saw or heard the rattlesnake. It was coiled up,” said his wife, Danielle McElwee.Unlike other venomous snakes, rattlesnakes make a distinctive sound when roused. They are easily identifiable by their buzz or rattle which they utilize to scare ...