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Man Dies After Being Bitten By Pet Snake (Didn't feed 'im fast enough?)
WCPO-TV/DT Cincinnati ^
| 8.4.03
| Julie O'Neill
Posted on 08/05/2003 6:54:24 AM PDT by mhking
A Dayton, Ohio, firefighter died Monday afternoon after his venomous pet snake bit him.
Michael Peterman, 48, was handling a Central African Rhinoceros Viper in his home in the suburb of Oakwood when it bit him Sunday night.
Other snake collectors in the area said Peterman "knew his snakes" and even used special tongs to feed it.
Peterman was flown to University hospital around noon Monday. He died later in the afternoon.
Anti-venom was flown to the hospital from Miami, Florida, but it did not save the man's life.
The snake, also known as the river jack, has a triangle-shaped head and can become four feet long.
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posted on
08/05/2003 6:54:28 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"I hate snakes..."
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
08/05/2003 6:56:23 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
"Pet and "snake" do not belong in the same sentence.
To: mhking
A Viper is a venomous snake! D'oh!!! Never tell a viper to "pull my finger"
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:00:13 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
To: mhking
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:00:25 AM PDT
by
Capt. Tom
(anything done in moderation shows a lack of interest -Capt. Tom circa 1948)
To: mhking
Darwin Award nominee...
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:00:47 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
To: buccaneer81
Why do I not feel sorry for this chap?
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:02:46 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: mhking
Anti-venom was flown to the hospital from Miami, Florida I think, if I had a pet snake that could kill me, that perhaps I'd keep some appropriate unexpired antivenin around the house JUST IN CASE.
Of course, that would imply foresight, which would likely preclude keeping lethal pets.
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:03:06 AM PDT
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: bedolido
A Viper is a venomous snake! D'oh!!! Never tell a viper to "pull my finger" That triangle head thing is a dead give away. So to speak.
To: mhking
Suicide. There is no such thing as a "pet Central African Rhinoceros Viper".
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:05:37 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: mhking; Poohbah; Howlin; Miss Marple; PhiKapMom; Chancellor Palpatine; PJ-Comix; Dog; ...
Dittos to that...
Cold, ugly, slimy things that would bite me if they got the chance...
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:06:14 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: hchutch
I have this motto .....never hunt or keep as a pet something that can eat me or kill me.
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:08:26 AM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: buccaneer81
Seconded.
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:08:52 AM PDT
by
Marauder
(My coffee bucket's got a hole in it ...)
To: mhking
The same thing's going to happen to Mary Matalin.
14
posted on
08/05/2003 7:09:13 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Dog
AMEN.
Guinea pigs are okay. Cats are fine. So are dogs.
But not snakes...
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:10:21 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: hchutch
The only way I would have a snake is "on a stick". Tastes a lot like chicken.
To: Spok
"The same thing's going to happen to Mary Matalin."
LOL! How true! Thanks for the good laugh to start the day. Take care and God bless.
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:13:40 AM PDT
by
Enough_Deceit
(Take care and God Bless!)
To: mhking
The thing that bothers me as well as most people with just a modicum of common sense is that historically, the US has only had four species of poisonous snakes - rattler, cottonmouth, copperhead, and coral.
But if enough of these imported exotic critters were to get loose in the wild, that would change for the worse.
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:15:45 AM PDT
by
Marauder
(My coffee bucket's got a hole in it ...)
To: mhking
A similar thing happened here in L.A. A woman kept poisonous snakes. She acquired a particularly deadly one (I don't recall the name). Her snake-loving associates begged her not to get it.
They found her dead in her apartment, with a note: "Call 911--Northridge Hospital Emergency Roo..."
The rest is silence.
Why she thought it more advisable to write a note than simply dial "911" nobody knows. I guess reasoning skills like that are the same as those which led to the purchase of the instrumentality of her demise.
--Boris
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:16:44 AM PDT
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: Consort
Suicide. There is no such thing as a "pet Central African Rhinoceros Viper". Sure there is. In many states you have to get a permit to keep venimous snakes as pets. And they are not easy to come by. Gabbon Vipers are popular pets among the venimous snake keepers.
I have never had a venimous snake as a pet, but I did have a 15 foot Burmese Python. Not a snake to be messed with. Can easily kill you
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posted on
08/05/2003 7:19:15 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
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