78-year-old woman bitten by deadly snake in lounge room while knitting and watching tennis; moves to another couch.
It's so hot, even the snakes can't stay outdoors.
The great-grandmother was bitten right there in her own lounge room by a deadly 1.5 metre brown snake. No dramas. She just moved to another couch. Her daughter tells the story:
"She got up and switched couches. She said 'I'm not sitting there with the snake underneath me'."
Plus she didn't want to miss a minute of the tennis, of course. Or drop any stitches in her knitting. Check the crisp, economical dialogue at the height of the crisis:
"She said 'Jan'. I said, 'Yes mum'. She said, 'I've been bit by a snake'. ... I said, 'Yeah mum, no worries'."
Then, a couple of twists:
The snake is believed to have been in the house since at least Saturday night.
She knew the snake was there and just went right on watching tennis and knitting? Plus:
Ms Milinkovic said the house had been locked overnight.
The snake BROKE IN!
There is a picture in the print edition of the ranger releasing the snake back along the river (it's illegal to kill them).
Do snakes remember?
The great-grandmother was bitten right there in her own lounge room by a deadly 1.5 metre brown snake. No dramas. She just moved to another couch. Her daughter tells the story:
"She got up and switched couches. She said 'I'm not sitting there with the snake underneath me'."
Plus she didn't want to miss a minute of the tennis, of course. Or drop any stitches in her knitting. Check the crisp, economical dialogue at the height of the crisis:
"She said 'Jan'. I said, 'Yes mum'. She said, 'I've been bit by a snake'. ... I said, 'Yeah mum, no worries'."
Then, a couple of twists:
The snake is believed to have been in the house since at least Saturday night.
She knew the snake was there and just went right on watching tennis and knitting? Plus:
Ms Milinkovic said the house had been locked overnight.
The snake BROKE IN!
There is a picture in the print edition of the ranger releasing the snake back along the river (it's illegal to kill them).
Do snakes remember?
Nasty customers those brown snakes, and yep, reptiles can have remarkably good memories for certain things (particularly geography). Most snakes here are poisonous, but those browns have way more attitude than most!
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ReplyDeleteHave you seen this blog post by Ian in Queensland? http://ianh.typepad.com/res_publica/2006/01/serpentine_enco.html
We had a thirsty baby possum turn up by our swimming pool. I know it's not nearly as exciting, but I did think it was a rat at first!
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