Published: 05/10/2008
Source: NtNews via News.com.au
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/05/7695_ntnews.html
Source: NtNews via News.com.au
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/05/7695_ntnews.html
If it an APS member who was bitten what would they do?
Proberbly just look at it saying "You can't eat me you silly bugger, I'm too big, get out and find something a bit smaller to eat!"
Not stupidity to kill it just a really common and dangerous mis-conception. People think that they need to take the snake to hospital to be formerly identified or their loved ones could die.
I see no problem with someone killing a snake for id purposes after a family member was bitten.
I see no problem with someone killing a snake for id purposes after a family member was bitten.
Jason! You are not a true snake lover!
I wonder if there's something we don't yet know about snakes sensory systems...as this is the second time I've seen a snake go for that part of the arm out of the blue (first one was a model with a snake and it suddenly latched on to that bit on the arm). *shrug* Does BO smell like rats/mice?
haha Tats, Slatey Greys will bite any part they can get hold of, she's lucky she only got one bite. It would of been a defensive bite when she moved.
I can see why she was bitten (if I was a 16yr old of course)
Except you don't need the snake for ID purposes and you can get another person in trouble by doing it. Like i said i don't think it was stupid that they killed it, just misguided, but there are big problems with it.
Whilst I agree that the person killing the snake could get bitten and I wouldn't recommend anyone try to kill a snake for such a reason, I have no problem with it being done either. Venom detection kits arn't always 100% accurate, but obtaining the culprit is, esp if it's a small snake and can be caught easily (preferably alive).
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