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Thread: snake handler spiked by deadly taipans fang

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17-Nov-07, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonno from ERD

Hey guys, that news article is a bit misleading. It was a Coastal Taipan fang, he didn't receive antivenom at all and the blokes name wasn't Brett. He's perfectly OK, he didn't show any symptoms and was discharged from hospital after a few hours.

Don't believe everything you read or see in the media!

Cheers

Yeah i was wondering about that, i thought if you were given antivenom and you hadn't been envenomated in the first place you would be in a bit of stife. I was unaware they gave anitvenom just as a precaution

Bloody journo's!

Simone.

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