While I fall foul of both those criteria (as I'm frequently told by my other half!) I can't say I was minded to pick the adder up! This bloke might have been part of the article's stats
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/331194...ids-pushchair/
It seems, according to the abstract, that bee and wasp stings represent a much greater threat of fatality and they might have added ( no pun intended), that angry cows are also higher up the lists of rural hazards out to get us fell runners.