Ken Gargett Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 apols if this has been posted before but i loved it. MAN BITTEN BY DEADLY SNAKE REACHES FOR BEER10th March, 2014 by Gabriel Savage An Australian man reacted to a bite from one of the world’s most poisonous snakes by saying: “If I’m going to cark it, I’m going to have a beer.”Rod Sommerville from Queensland was bitten in his garden by an eastern brown snake, which has the second most toxic venom of any land snake in the world and is responsible for more deaths in Australia each year than any other snake. After hitting the snake on the head with his spade, Sommerville called an ambulance and opened a beer while he waited for it to arrive, making sure not to wake his teenage son who was asleep on the sofa. “I said to myself, if I’m going to cark it I’m going to have a beer, so I got a Goldie out of the fridge and drank that, he told the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin. “If you panic it makes it worse.” Having arrived in hospital, Sommerville suffered an allergic reaction to the anti-venom, keeping him in hospital for the last three weeks. “The reaction nearly killed me as well, so it was a double whammy,” he told the paper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poisonowns Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 After seeing his medical bill i'm surprised he didn't die from a heart attack. I know here in the states it can cost up to 15k USD for a vial of anti venom, and a course of treatment can require anywhere from 4-15 vials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Medicare covers the cost here in Aus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Damn Eastern Brown snakes visited my back garden last month - the drought was so bad that they came in for food and water. Normally I don't mind them so much, but this time one of them bit a pet of ours and the poor bugger died within hours. They were only baby browns but still pack a punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 What a far king legend! From my mobile phone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Queenslanders tough as they come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Queenslanders tough as they come They have to be if they drink that swill XXXX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 It was the snake who had a long agonizing slow death...don't you worry about us queenslanders fuzz O:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordAnubis Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 You're a queenslander west?? Can't be... tell me it's not true buddy... I guess it's true what they say.. you can never trust a person with a first name for a surname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Yep...brissy boy..although based in the west. I will always be a Queenslander...born there mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 You're a queenslander west?? Can't be... tell me it's not true buddy... I guess it's true what they say.. you can never trust a person with a first name for a surname thank you, lord???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordAnubis Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 You're welcome Ken Well we can't all be West Aussies hey. At least you're not tasmanian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 You're a queenslander west?? Can't be... tell me it's not true buddy... I guess it's true what they say.. you can never trust a person with a first name for a surname ??? First name for a surname ...where are you from outer space this makes no sense at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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