India: Croc Attack

A teenage boy was snatched at the Madhuvanti dam while on a picnic. The crocodile grabbed him when the boy jumped into the water after a ball. (News source.)

Yet Another Coral Snake Bite

A Florida man shooed his kids away from a snake, and it bit him when he picked it up. It was a coral snake, and he was hospitalized in severe condition. (News source.)

Brown Snake Bite

An Australian 2-year old child was bitten by a brown snake near Sydney. (News source.)

Myanmar Disaster: Snakes Now a Problem

Increased interaction between survivors and venomous snakes are a greater problem with a shortage of shelter after the Myanmar cyclone. (News source.)

Solomon Islands Croc Attack

A man was killed by a crocodile while fishing along the Matepona River. (News source.)

EDB Bite

A co-owner of the Edisto Island Serpentarium was bitten by an eastern diamondback while snake hunting on the Georgia coast. (News source.)

Croc Attacks

The recent Palawan crocodile attack has prompted calls to curb the illegal mangrove tanbarking trade, which some say contributes to greater croc-human interaction. (News source.)

Two people were recently attacked and injured by crocodiles in Orissa, India. (News source.)

Philippines Croc Attack

A 7-year old boy was killed by a crocodile in Palawan, while he was swimming in a river. (News source.)

Antivenom Rushed to Cobra Victim

More details have been published on the Bushnell, FL, case of a pet cobra bite. The victim is still unconscious, though. (News source.)

Snakebites

A Bushnell, FL, man was hospitalized from a bite by his pet cobra. (News source.)

A South Carolina animal control officer was bitten by a cottonmouth. (News source.)

Crocodilian News

A Florida golf ball diver was attacked by a 10+ foot alligator, managing to barely escape with a broken arm and crushed shoulder. (News source.)

A 3-foot crocodilian was reported from Swansea lake, in the UK. (News source.)

A hunt for gharials in Pakistan didn't locate any of the species. They may have been wiped out by hunters. (News source.)

Texas Copperhead Bite

A Texas kindergarten teacher was bitten twice by a copperhead while walking near her home at night. She felt the first bite to her ankle, and thought she had dropped something, reached down, and was bitten on the finger. (News source.)

Snake Stories

A Chinese man was bitten by his pet cobra. Antivenom had to be flown from Shanghai to Beijing. (News source.)

While trying to flush out a snake from a shed, an Australian man accidentally shot and killed the woman helping him. (News source.)

Coral Snake Bite

Details here on a Texas woman's coral snake bite.

Another Coral Snake Bite

A 24-year old Texas man walked into a hospital and said he had been bitten by a coral snake. Details unknown as of yet. (News source.)

Croc Attack and Croc Escape

An illegal logger captured by Myanmar forest rangers was knocked out of a boat and killed by a crocodile. (News source.)

And, a large saltwater crocodile escaped from a croc farm in Malaysia, but was captured by 10+ villagers and sent to the police. (News source with photo.)

Pet Shop Fiasco

A pet shop employee was attacked by a 12-foot Burmese python, and had to be rescued by emergency personnel. (News source.)

Almost Got the Dog

A crocodile almost got a pet dog as it was being walked on a Cairns, Australia, beach. (News source.)

More Croc News

A small alligator was handed over to the Indianapolis Zoo by a man who claimed he found it in the White River. (News source.)

Here's a profile of a Tanzanian man who recovered from a crocodile attack when he was a young boy, that ripped his arm off.

Croc Attack

A Uganda government official was fishing in a boat when a crocodile attacked, killing and eating him. (News source.)

Arizona Snakebite

A Carefree, Arizona, woman was bitten by a rattlesnake outside her home. (News source.)

Insurance Stories: When a Cobra Bites

Here's a tale about a man in India who died from a cobra bite, and how his wife finally received her insurance settlement.

Gila Bite Update

Here is an update on the New Mexico zookeeper bitten by a Gila monster.

More Venomous Bites

A New Mexico zookeeper was bitten by a Gila monster. (News source.)

An Orissa, India, folk dancer died when he was bitten by the cobra he was dancing with. (News source.)

Snake Bites

A teenager was bitten by a coral snake in Florida. (News source.)

A South African teenager (who claims to have 150 snakes in his bedroom) was bitten by a cape cobra. This is the third venomous bite he's survived. (News source.)

Crocodile Attack in Costa Rica

A Costa Rican woman was killed by a crocodile in Guanacaste province, on the Bebedero river. (News source.)

Rattlesnake Bite

Here is an article on a runner who was bitten by a rattlesnake last year.

Snakebites

A high schooler in India was bitten by a cobra and taken to a hospital for treatment. After an hour, the antivenom had taken effect, and the young man expressed the wish to sit for his philosophy paper (exam). His headmaster and local police arranged for him to do so from his hospital bed. (News source.)

Another dog has died from a coral snake bite. It was a 3-year old Jack Russell terrier. (News source.)

WHO is starting a campaign in Africa against snakebites. (News source.)

Croc Attacks Woman

An Australian woman was grabbed by a crocodile as she swam in Litchfield National Park, NT. Her husband jumped onto the croc and forced it to release her. The croc swam off and the woman was taken for treatment to the local medical clinic. (News source.)

Legal Trouble

First, a Kentucky man's home was raided, and numerous prohibited reptiles confiscated. Meanwhile, he was in the hospital for a snakebite. (News source.)

A Roanoke, VA, family gave up their illegal 6-foot Nile crocodile. (News source.)

Snakes and Dogs

First, an update: Roxy, the dachshund puppy who was bit by a coral snake, at first seemed to have recovered, but sadly has died. (News source.)

In Australia, a terrier took on a tiger snake, and ended up in treatment from a bite. The dog survived, no word on the snake. (News source.)

Snakebite Lawsuit

A visitor to a park at Lake Chehaw, Georgia, was bitten by a copperhead, and is now trying to sue the park for $1 million. Here's a clue -- if you visit a wild area populated with venomous snakes and don't take enough care not to get bit, it's your own fault. (News source.)

Dachshund Doing Fine

The dachshund puppy bitten by a coral snake is doing fine after treatment. (News source.)

Rattler Bites Coach

A Virginia high school coach returned from a camp in South Carolina to find a canebrake rattlesnake in his luggage. He was bitten, but is in fair condition. (News source.)

Eastern Brown Bite

An Australian man was bitten twice by his pet eastern brown snake, and is undergoing emergency treatment. (News source.)

2nd Adder Bite in Huddersfield

A dog was bitten by an adder, not long after a hiker was bitten, about a mile from the previous site in Huddersfield (UK). (News source.)

Rattlesnake Bite

A 3-year old boy was bitten by a rattlesnake while running on a beach at San Luis Pass, Texas. (News source.)

Snakebites

A dachshund puppy in Florida is being treated for a coral snake bite. (News source.)

A woman in Huddersfield, UK, was bitten by an adder while walking the heath. (News source.)

Snakes in the News

A pregnant woman and her child in Malawi died from snakebite, allegedly a cobra that chased and finally caught them. (Hard to say what actually happened.) They lived far from a hospital, and died before they could be brought there. (News source.)

An Australian animal rescuer pulled a large python off a joey, and put the snake down as the mother kangaroo had inflicted severe damage. (News source.)

The large scrub python that had eaten a family's dog was released into an undisclosed location. (News source.)

Sumatran Croc Attack

A Sumatran woman jumped into a river and kicked a large crocodile until it let loose of her 25-year old daughter. The daughter received 50 stitches and remains in the hospital. (News source.)

Crocs Prefer Drunks

An Australian study shows that croc attacks are more likely to be on drunken locals than unwary tourists. (News source.)

Mamba Fatality

A 27-year old British student died minutes after being bitten by a black mamba in the South African long grass. (News source.)

Croc Attacks Boy

An 11-year old boy in South Africa was pulled under by a croc while sitting on rocks after swimming in the Xitumbe River. (News source.)

Sri Lankan Snakebite

Here is an article on the death of a young girl in Sri Lanka, by snakebite, and concerns that hospital negligence may have been a factor.

Crocs

This is why you don't tease crocodiles.

A 12-year old Botswana boy was killed by a crocodile while swimming in the Chobe river. (News source.)

Alligator Bite

A Seminole Tribe employee was bitten by a 7-foot gator, losing a thumb, when he tried to move the reptile. Surgeons are attempting to reconnect the thumb. (News source.)

Cobra Fatality

A 70-year old woman in India died after being bitten by a cobra while sleeping in her bed. She woke, and was rushed to the hospital, but could not be revived after she slipped into a coma. (News source.)

Python vs Chihuahua Mix

Python won. An Australian family's small pet ended up a meal for a 5m carpet python. (News source.)

Australian Snake Bites

A Beechmont, Australia, man was bitten while moving a red-bellied black snake from his yard. He was treated successfully, no antivenom required. (News source.)

A Staffordshire bull terrier saved a three-year-old Australian girl from the bite of a brown snake. The dog was treated successfully. (News source.)

Australian Snake Bite

An Australian woman was bitten by an eastern brown snake seven times, but survived after a month in intensive care. (News source.)

Snakebite Treatment Tragedy

A South African baby, treated for snake bite (probably puff adder) on her toes, not only had four toes amputated, and a fasciotomy on the leg, but due to problems incurred when a nurse incorrectly inserting an intravenous drip in her left arm, doctors decided to amputate that arm. (News source.)

No Dogs Allowed (Off Leash)

A Florida woman (originally from Ohio) didn't realize the dangers of letting her small Cairn terrier off leash near fresh water. The dog ran towards the water and jumped in, and was promptly eaten by a resident alligator. (News source.)

Reptile Encounters

A Zambia man fought off a crocodile that attacked him in Southern Province. (News source.)

An Israeli man milking venom at the country's only venom extraction facility was bitten by a viper. He was hospitalized, and experienced severe symptoms: "He vomited, had abdominal pain, and his blood pressure went dangerously low. Soon, the palm of the bitten hand became severely swollen, causing the doctors to fear that the swelling could spread throughout his body." Antivenom stabilized him, and the arm was saved. (News source.)

PNG Crocodile Attack

In PNG, a crocodile dragged a 15-year old boy into a creek. The boy's father was unable to prevent the attack, but tried to block off the creek with a fishing net to prevent the crocodile from moving into the main river. He went for help, returning with others who killed what they believed was the same crocodile. No signs were found that the boy had been eaten, so a search for the body was in progress. (News source.)

Crocodile News

Here's an article at LiveScience on crocodilian digestion.

Chinese parents won a lawsuit against a crocodile farm where their child was killed by a croc. The boy and some friends had snuck over a fence to a staging area, then slung rocks at the reptiles and hit them with sticks. One croc lunged at the boy, and pulled him underwater, where he was eaten. The keeper was not at his station, and other conditions brought the court in the parent's favor. (News source.)

Snakebite

A two-year old girl in New South Wales, Australia, was successfully treated for snakebite on the arms. (News source.) Update: Further details, it was a dry bite.

More Crocodile Attacks

Authorities in Mozambique report that three people have died and two others injured this month in separate crocodile attacks, bathing in the flooded Zambezi river. (News source.)

In Swaziland, a hippo apparently killed two fishermen, who were then eaten by crocodiles. (News source.)

Snake in the Rough

A South African golfer's tournament game ended abruptly when he followed a ball into the rough and got bit by a night adder. He was quickly hospitalized and successfully treated, but since he had left the course, tournament officials wouldn't let him continue playing. (News source.)

Doesn't Sound Good...

From India: "While 18,000 people on an average are bitten by snakes and 900 of them die from the poison in the state’s rural areas every year, doctors at the primary health centres mostly suffer from lack of confidence in administering the right dosage of anti-snake venom."

A WHO medical expert says most bites are treated according to the procedures found in Western medical texts, which aren't always applicable to the "reality" (not sure what that means) in Asian countries. (News source.)

South African Croc Attack

A 25-year old South African woman was walking across a section of the Blyde River on a fallen log, when a crocodile leaped up and grabbed her arm, pulling her into the water. He