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denI received a call on the rescue line today from a lady in Parkes. Her son had brought home a baby snake. I asked her to describe it to me, and she said it was 12" long, almost white on the stomach, pale brown on top and had a dark brown head with orange markings.
"Where is it?" I asked.
"My son is playing with it in the kitchen."
"It's a baby eastern brown snake."
"Oh! They grow up to be poisonous, don't they!"
I almost told her that of the world's 14 most poisonous snakes, it's number 14. Instead, I said "They're venomous when they hatch. You're lucky the mouth and fangs are too small to bite a finger, or you'd be up in the hospital now."
"Why"
"Your son would be getting antivenein there."
I heard her put the phone down then scream out "DAVID PUT THAT BLOODY THING DOWN NOW!" She came back and asked me what to do. What I wanted to say was the eastern brown snake makes an excellent pet and enjoys being cuddled. I told her to take it to the edge of town and let it go. I had to.
"Where is it?" I asked.
"My son is playing with it in the kitchen."
"It's a baby eastern brown snake."
"Oh! They grow up to be poisonous, don't they!"
I almost told her that of the world's 14 most poisonous snakes, it's number 14. Instead, I said "They're venomous when they hatch. You're lucky the mouth and fangs are too small to bite a finger, or you'd be up in the hospital now."
"Why"
"Your son would be getting antivenein there."
I heard her put the phone down then scream out "DAVID PUT THAT BLOODY THING DOWN NOW!" She came back and asked me what to do. What I wanted to say was the eastern brown snake makes an excellent pet and enjoys being cuddled. I told her to take it to the edge of town and let it go. I had to.
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Date: 11 Mar 2006 13:37 (UTC)It's not so arid here, desipte what you see on tv.
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Date: 11 Mar 2006 16:13 (UTC)Maybe .au needs a whole lot of billboards that say in large red letters, "Don't Pick Up Any Fucking Snakes."
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Date: 12 Mar 2006 01:34 (UTC)*hehehehe!!!!*
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Date: 11 Mar 2006 16:47 (UTC)Too bad the snakes don't have markings that read venom scale from 1 to "can kill an entire village just by looking, you'd be stupid to handle me without a special suit and goggles, mate." Maybe dumb people would leave them alone, but with our luck, they couldn't read either8/.
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Date: 11 Mar 2006 22:11 (UTC)The unidentified inspector had no idea of the danger he was in. But luckily he had quick hands.
"He grabbed hold of the snake by the tail, picked it up. They found a water jug close by and they put him inside that,"
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"If it bites you with a full amount of venom, if you didn't have immediate access to anti-venom you'd die within five, 10 minutes or so,"
Link:
http://www.cbc.ca/ns/story/ns-viper-port20060301.html
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Date: 12 Mar 2006 00:53 (UTC)I'm glad there wasn't a tragedy.
That aside, I don't think I've laughed at an LJ thread so much for weeks :)
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