Research? 95% snake bites from people interfering/killing the snake?

[snakesrule]

Unfortunately it is avery sad fact as the urban sprawl keep s growing or alot of people make the sea change or tree change . Many more people accidentally come a cross snake which are losing their habitat very quickly.
While it is sad that people do get bit it is generally a death sentence for the poor old snake who generally finds himself on the wrong end of a shovel suffering a very crueld & painful death.

[dazza294]

i have studied this statistic ive even done my own reaserch on it HERES THE RESULT
every time i put my hand near my hatchy coastals they bite me 100% of the time lol i hope they settle down soon

[cement]

You could go through the records of hospitals and find out.

[bigguy]

I believe Dr Julien White of SA conducted a major survey many years ago of all hospital records he could locate in Australia . The reasoning for using hospital records was that these would be the most accurate as people seeking help are to scared to exaggerate their encounters with snakes. The results were that most Australians were bitten by either trying to kill or capture snakes. As for the actual percentages you would need to find his results

[Earthling]

Good lead. Cheers bigguy.

[tankbuster82]

well i belive that stat about ppl that interfer get biten as i have never been bitten or struck at and i have had 2 baby brown snakes sliver over my feet (diff times) when hanging the washing out and almost stood on about 5 and rode my bike over one going up hill so i was pritty much walking and none botherd me just scared the living **** outta me so if you dont go after them you "should be fine"

[Earthling]

Yes tankbuster82, the stepping on and getting bitten would be rare I feel. I walked the whole of the Bibullmun Track in WA a couple of years ago in spring and there was only one entry in the cabin books about stepping on a snake and both the human and snake bolted when they realised what was happening. I saw several snakes per day sunning themselves on or near the track and nearly walked on too many, so it must happen quite a bit (stepping on them), but no bites.
I lobbed some light twigs on one individual to experiment what they would do and after several drops he startled awake and bolted a couple of metres and stopped and looked around. The 'ol run away response could be strong in this one....

Im phoning Julian tomorow regarding bigguys suggestion, the hospital said hes happy to answer questions from the public. I will let you all know the results.

[Earthling]

Spoke to julian and he was very helpfull.
Only a small percentage of people actually get bitten whilst interfering with the snake. Less then 50%, talking probably around 20 to 30%, whilst not 'definet' statistics the information is formed from Julians vast extensive knowledge on snake bites in Australia.
A lot of people are dieing from a lack of CPR knowledge and adequate first aid imediately when bitten and people not knowing that they were bitten by a snake. Also some people not realising the significance of the bite.....
Julian has a nice quote Ive pinched'
"If you try and kill the snake, it will try to return the favour and the snake is definetly better well equiped then you are with a shovel."

Thanks for all the replies guys.

[pythonmum]

It's off the topic of snake bite, but I once read a paper in a medical journal about gila monster bites. (I now wish I'd copied it.) The victims were 100% male, and there were very high percentages of body art and high blood alcohol level. Gilas are slow and placid creatures, so you definitely have to be provoking them and have your reflexes dulled.