News: Mystery over boy bitten by Inland Taipan

[eipper]

I agree Steve, a mate of mine got nailed by a Naja kaouthia through a hexarmor glove. Surely it could of been hook and tailed. Ohh well it's their hands not mine.

cheers
scott

 

[longqi]

Eipper
Those types of gloves are straight out dangerous
They dont let you feel anything
Only way to use them is to restrain the snakes head which puts a placid snake into immediate panic mode
same snaked hooked will usually just drop into a bag

 

[southy]

Mystery over boy bitten by world's most venomous snake | Newcastle Herald
Snake-bite victim could have been dead in 45 minutes | Newcastle Herald

 

[JasonL]

Lol @ the 45 minute BS..... if he was bitten directly into a vein he wouldn't of made it out the door, yet as mentioned no one has yet succumbed to the inlands bite despite a few keepers being tagged... they might kill the most rodents per drop of venom but in reality they haven't killed the most humans.

 

[Leasdraco]

Aussie elapids are pretty good at controlling the output of venom, sometimes results in a dry bite.they are smart like that,saving their venom for prey.with taipans no two bites put out exactly the same amount of venom so its really hard to guesstimate how long a person has until effects show.