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Almost Legendary
Published On: 4-21-2010
Source: Cairns News (Post)
MARRIAGE celebrations for Cameron and Julia Geyer turned sour on Sunday when a death adder joined the party.
The newlyweds were having a barbecue with family and friends at their Kewarra Beach home to celebrate their wedding on Saturday.
About 8.15pm, Mr Geyer’s Melbourne mate, Dustin O’Connor, walked in to the kitchen to be greeted by an almost fully grown northern death adder, the world’s fifth deadliest snake.
With Mr Geyer’s five-and-a half-month-old baby girl Chloe in the next room sleeping next to Mr O’Connor’s 16-month-old son, Deikin, panic set in.
“We had a shovel ready in case it tried to get to their rooms,” Mr Geyer said.
“The snake was still for about 20 minutes but in the last 10 minutes it started moving towards us.”
Cairns Snake Removals owner David Walton removed the snake and said a bite from it could kill a child.
“I’m glad they called me and didn’t risk a bite,” he said.
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Source: Cairns News (Post)
MARRIAGE celebrations for Cameron and Julia Geyer turned sour on Sunday when a death adder joined the party.
The newlyweds were having a barbecue with family and friends at their Kewarra Beach home to celebrate their wedding on Saturday.
About 8.15pm, Mr Geyer’s Melbourne mate, Dustin O’Connor, walked in to the kitchen to be greeted by an almost fully grown northern death adder, the world’s fifth deadliest snake.
With Mr Geyer’s five-and-a half-month-old baby girl Chloe in the next room sleeping next to Mr O’Connor’s 16-month-old son, Deikin, panic set in.
“We had a shovel ready in case it tried to get to their rooms,” Mr Geyer said.
“The snake was still for about 20 minutes but in the last 10 minutes it started moving towards us.”
Cairns Snake Removals owner David Walton removed the snake and said a bite from it could kill a child.
“I’m glad they called me and didn’t risk a bite,” he said.
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