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kevinb
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Posted: 13 Sep 2013 at 3:31pm |
The blood smeared around my finger is from my actions, I repeatedly milked as much blood from my finger as I could similar to milking a goat. I carried on herping for an hour or so and went home where my wife insisted we visited casualty. An Australian doctor laughed at my tale and told tales of Australian snakes, as I lived around the corner and had suffered no effects so far, he told me to go home but come straight back if things changed. The only effects noticed was some swelling and soreness in my right armpit.
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JamesM
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Any systemic or localised effects?
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David Sanderson
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Ha! Love that shot. Bleeding thumb with the rather guilty looking culprit sneaking off in the background...
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kevinb
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Sometimes that close up shot gets just a little too close
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Liz Heard
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kevinb
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Sorry Ben but that cheap french wine must have affected your memory, I still have the bottle and here is a picture of it with species listed.
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Hawley
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I was bitten by a smooth snake during handling training, but worst bites have been from shrews that the cat brings in to play with. They are tiny little critters, but have a really painful bite (read somewhere that they are venemous)
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will
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Hi Ben
I have a feeling that aspis generally delivers more venom per bite but that berus is more toxic in terms of LD50, so perhaps it evens out. Either way, I certainly agree re nose-horned vipers, giving me a chance to post a gratuitous pic of one I saw in Corfu a couple of years ago: |
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Liz Heard
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Hi Will,
you may well be right. cant recall where, but i definitely did read somewhere that aspis was slightly worse than berus. however, that was a long time ago and it seems to me that opinions on venom/poison toxicity often change over time. i CAN tell you that the antivenin covered both species - they were listed together on the label. V ammodytes wasnt on it though - surprise surprise! you wouldnt want a hit from 1 of them now would ya? |
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will
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great story Ben, thanks for that. I had read that aspis was generally less venomous than berus, except for the ssp zinnikeri; perhaps someone could give a definitive answer (Wolfgang, if you see this?)
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