Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

Nothings as silly as that... and you have to remember I was young at the time.....

I was playing with it, i'd picked it up and blew in its face a few times, can't remember what else, but it got fed up with me after a while and BIT me !! (on the finger)

A local cafe owner recognised what it was, and organised for a Local Doctor quickly, who gave me an injection, and then organised transport to the hospital.

I remember the injection, the size of my swollen hand and the nurse even though it was many many years ago

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

Plenty to read up on:

From a 1990's article:
In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, of which 200 to 500 receive antivenom; on average one or two will prove fatal.
http://www.usyd.edu.au/anaes/venom/snakebite.html

There were 18 known fatal snake bites in the ten year period 1981-1991.



A more recent article:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/s&s.html

In the 22 years to December 2001, 37 deaths have, in part, been attributed to snakebite in Australia


Snakes only bite in defence when threatened, accidentally picked up in material such as tree prunings and firewood or trodden on.

Originally Posted by GrantP

What's the chances of that??? ...most people in the UK don't ever see a snake, never mind get bitten by one!!!!

That must have been an Adder(also know as a Viper) then?? I believe that's the only poisonous snake in the UK!?? It has v shape markings along it's back, does sound familier, or can't you remember??

Originally Posted by Tass

That'd bee (ha ha) right! Put bicarb on it, it helps to neutralise the poison. Sending some karma to ease the pain