Snakes!!

                                                            Here we have Dr Addy!

 

and here we have the snake!

This snake is minus a head and it is a good thing for us, not so good for the gentleman who was bit the night before.  It is a good thing that the hospital is here as the man was able to get here late that night and as a result his life was saved!  The snake shown here is a death adder.  It is not very big but it has a deadly bite! 

The morning  these pics were taken we were invited up to the hospital for a snake talk.  Dr Addy was able to educate us on, first of all how to avoid getting bitten, and what to do if such a thing should happen.  It was great for the boys to see the real snake and to hear about prevention.  Hopefilly that will deture them from going where they should not be. 

Dr Addy in the picture above was taking a piece of the snakes tail to send away to Port Morsbey for testing.  They are currently doing some research on the death adder, as how it effects its victims seems to be changing.  The death adder bites side effects have been presenting as if it were a different kind of snake but this time they had cold hard evidence that it was an adder!

Stay safe, Keep your eyes down and your chin up!

Mel for the Marshes