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[Alexahnder]

I was speaking to a person at the zoo who said that if he was bitten by a red belly he probably wouldn't seek medical treatment for the bite....but he also said that he probably shouldn't tell me that

I have caught and handled a large wild red belly....it didn't actually strike at me but it bluffed it a couple of times. It was approximatly 1.8 metres long and once i had it it calmed down a lot. It was definatly much calmer compared to the other elapids i've handled.

There have been one or two deaths from the bites of red bellys. These were on young children and it was also before the introduction of antivenom.

Alexahnder