maybe you need to read the story again.
“He (Fang) could smell the rodents in the air and he just kind of went into his feeding frenzy,” Chetcuti said. “I readjusted my hand on the hook, and I wasn’t paying full attention to him and he spun around and got me. He wasn’t aggressive but he was just looking for his food really.”
The mistake was prepping for feeding (ie rats thawing in the same room, or somewhere the snake could smell food) while cleaning and handling.
We all make mistakes though, and he did the right thing as far as having safety protocol in place for such an event.
Maybe you need to read what I have written before commenting. I read what I have written somewhere and it wasn't a shock and awe story written the day after the bite, this was a week or two after the event. As I said I will try to find the story, I i haven't had much luck yet, but will keep trying.
Remember we are talking about the media here who can be full of rubbish for effect when writing a story, the same media that were calling him an idiot because of videos he had on his YouTube.
[doublepost=1517088139,1517087164][/doublepost]Here is part of it:
Luckily his best friend was with him at the time and called an ambulance.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2...bitten-by-deadly-pet-taipan-plans-to-keep-him
I will keep searching for the rest.
A couple of points I will mention.
If he had rodents in the room the snake would have been in a "Feeding Frenzy" before being picked up to be placed back in the enclosure, not when he was at the enclosure.
The story doesn't say what distracted him so his full attention wasn't with the Taipan.
The story I read does give this information.
When they speak of his father they always say "reportedly with him", journalist talk for we have copied the story from another news organisation and don't have first hand information.