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Man Bitten by Snake 45 Minutes After Killing It
Emirates 24/7 ^ | Friday, January 17, 2014

Posted on 01/18/2014 4:16:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

A man in Australia was bitten by a venomous red-bellied black snake 45 minutes after slicing it in half with a shovel, according to Geobeats.

Jake Thomas, 66, a volunteer at Werris Creek cemetery, was mowing the grass when he noticed the snake on a vase on top of a headstone. Fearing it would harm or scare visitors, he figured he'd kill it with the shovel, geobeats says.

After finishing his work, he returned for the remains of the snake. When he stuck his hand in the vase, he felt it latch on to his hand, and when he pulled it out, he noticed two bite marks.

He was taken to a hospital for anti-venom treatment.

"My hand swelled up for a week, I won't be going near a snake dead or alive for a long time now," he said.

Experts say a snake can keep its bite reflex for up to an hour after death.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: horrorstories; snaaaaaakessss; snakes; whyisitalwayssnakes
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To: nickcarraway
That's not really uncommon at all. Anyone who knows about snakes knows to bury the head so it can't bite and poison someone post-mortem.
41 posted on 01/18/2014 8:03:09 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: nickcarraway

I knew the reflexes lasted long after death but did not know how long.


42 posted on 01/18/2014 8:03:42 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans can't wait until March 4 to nominate Cornball and George P.!)
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To: nickcarraway

Every professional rattle snake handler I’ve ever seen always says “That snake is just as dangerous dead as it is alive.” One showed a hell of a scare where he scraped his arm against a fang.


43 posted on 01/18/2014 8:10:28 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Mark17

Herpetologists are reptile experts and usually snake catchers.


44 posted on 01/18/2014 8:10:40 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: melsec
He should have called a snake catcher.

They actually will relocate the very lethal brown snake by law down there to protect it.
45 posted on 01/18/2014 8:11:13 PM PST by RushingWater
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To: Theodore R.
I knew the reflexes lasted long after death but did not know how long

Ok, my question is, when a King snake eats a rattle snake, how long does the rattler keep trying to get out after it is dead?

46 posted on 01/18/2014 8:33:59 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: nickcarraway

You have to crush the head of the snake.


47 posted on 01/18/2014 8:44:46 PM PST by Moorings
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, I remember you, you’re all right. She’s all right!


48 posted on 01/18/2014 9:16:13 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Nuc 1.1
What Bogey movie was that?

To Have and Have Not...

It is the followup to cash in on the success of Casablanca.

Slim: You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing.
Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow.

49 posted on 01/18/2014 9:27:41 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: nickcarraway

16 minutes, couldn’t he have stopped for a glass of lemonade?


50 posted on 01/18/2014 9:34:20 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Arlis

So I’m fighting this hydra and I cut off the head. It just got worse from there.


51 posted on 01/18/2014 9:40:45 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Make certain it doesn’t bite your heel.


52 posted on 01/18/2014 9:41:46 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Mark17

It’s page 121, under ‘charmers’.


53 posted on 01/18/2014 9:44:07 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Bon of Babble

Good for your Dad, he has a great mindset.


54 posted on 01/18/2014 11:45:06 PM PST by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS.. We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? Dem's did and voted!)
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To: JSteff

Some snakes are territorial and will seek you to attack you in their “space”. When that space happens to be a porch where one steps out of the house, they become targets of proper removal.


55 posted on 01/18/2014 11:51:10 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: real saxophonist

You use a hoe, and cut its head off.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Why would you cut a Ho’s head off after using?


56 posted on 01/18/2014 11:58:24 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --Because you have your head up your arse doesn't mean you have to have a crappy outlook.)
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To: melsec

one thing I loved about VT was no poisonous snakes.


57 posted on 01/19/2014 12:09:17 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: Mark17

Really? Is that in Australia? Snake-Away comes to mind off hand - every council would have the number of a local snake catcher! Most pest eradication companies will have a herpetologist’s phone number!

Mel


58 posted on 01/19/2014 1:04:06 AM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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To: RushingWater

Yep - I am not sure but I think the red-bellied black snake this guy killed was probably protected - but it may differ from State to State. I killed a brown many years ago as I could not get it to leave my front step to my house. I would drag it out with a very long pole and it would go straight back to my welcome mat - with the kids due home from school and my dog going nuts I had to dispatch the poor thing. We lived in that house 7 years and every year had at least 1 brown snake (that we saw) mostly they were just moving through!


59 posted on 01/19/2014 1:09:38 AM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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To: huldah1776

It seems a majority of snakes in Australia are venomous! Most are not naturally vicious though. My wife stepped on a Brown once - just flicking it with her shoe - the snake just gave her a nasty look and kept on going. She did not see it and got jelly legs when I told her what had just happened. We were bushwalking once when one came down the side of the hill onto the track just as I was taking a step. I froze my step in mid air and as it went under my leg it turned it’s head and looked me in the eye LOL.


60 posted on 01/19/2014 1:15:24 AM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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