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Man Bitten by Snake 45 Minutes After Killing It
Emirates 24/7 ^ | Friday, January 17, 2014

Posted on 01/18/2014 4:16:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

A man in Australia was bitten by a venomous red-bellied black snake 45 minutes after slicing it in half with a shovel, according to Geobeats.

Jake Thomas, 66, a volunteer at Werris Creek cemetery, was mowing the grass when he noticed the snake on a vase on top of a headstone. Fearing it would harm or scare visitors, he figured he'd kill it with the shovel, geobeats says.

After finishing his work, he returned for the remains of the snake. When he stuck his hand in the vase, he felt it latch on to his hand, and when he pulled it out, he noticed two bite marks.

He was taken to a hospital for anti-venom treatment.

"My hand swelled up for a week, I won't be going near a snake dead or alive for a long time now," he said.

Experts say a snake can keep its bite reflex for up to an hour after death.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: horrorstories; snaaaaaakessss; snakes; whyisitalwayssnakes
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1 posted on 01/18/2014 4:16:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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"Have you ever been bitten by a dead snake?"

3 posted on 01/18/2014 4:18:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
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apparently it was a communist snake...

just when you think its dead...it bites you ..again.


4 posted on 01/18/2014 4:18:52 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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What goes around comes around


5 posted on 01/18/2014 4:20:22 PM PST by faithhopecharity (C)
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I don’t want to think about how many times this has happened to me.


6 posted on 01/18/2014 4:20:43 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: nickcarraway

Probably just me but I would have been a bit creeped out by the snake being on top of a tomb stone.


7 posted on 01/18/2014 4:21:11 PM PST by momtothree
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To: nickcarraway

Hoo, hoo, hoo, look who knows so much. It so happens the snake was only mostly dead, and mostly dead is slightly alive...

(With apologies to Billy Crystal.)


8 posted on 01/18/2014 4:28:57 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: nickcarraway

Much like my ex-wife, 5 years after my final divorce settlement payment.


9 posted on 01/18/2014 4:29:02 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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Maybe another one was down in the vase.


10 posted on 01/18/2014 4:30:45 PM PST by gusopol3
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When I was little I was playing with a dead Cotton Mouth and it tried to get me. I learned young, chop off the head and stomp on it good.


11 posted on 01/18/2014 4:30:57 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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-—old timers all ways cut the head off any snake they killed even if they were going to just throw it into the brush....I never knew why...........I should have asked..%%%


12 posted on 01/18/2014 4:44:58 PM PST by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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I saw something like this on “Dual Survivor”, rattler still biting after it’s head was completely cut off — it was pretty creepy. They buried the head fangs down to prevent an animal (or themselves) accidentally stepping on it while it was still lethal.


13 posted on 01/18/2014 4:53:48 PM PST by twyn1
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He should have called a snake catcher. There was no need to kill the thing - if it was sunning itself it would have stayed there for ages - giving plenty of time for a snake catcher to come and remove it!


14 posted on 01/18/2014 4:54:17 PM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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well played


15 posted on 01/18/2014 4:55:01 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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He used a shovel, and cut it in half.

NO.

You use a hoe, and cut its head off.

16 posted on 01/18/2014 4:57:42 PM PST by real saxophonist
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The only good snake is a dead snake!


17 posted on 01/18/2014 5:04:01 PM PST by Bulwyf
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dead snake bites itself...

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1989148206001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFSL1bg~,CmS1EFtcMWELN_eSE9A7gpcGWF5XAVmI&bclid=0&bctid=2604848714001


18 posted on 01/18/2014 5:11:08 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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I’ve noticed this with copperheads that I’ve killed.

Even seen bodies with severed and separated heads strike. How did they do that?

I don’t touch them until 24 hours after any movement has stopped, and then only after testing the head or body part with a long-handled tool.


19 posted on 01/18/2014 5:14:47 PM PST by Arlis
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LOL yeah a lot of people say that - I kind of like them - as long as I they just keep on moving or they stay away from the house - no problem - live and let live!


20 posted on 01/18/2014 5:23:54 PM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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