Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Snakebites
An Australian man was bitten by a death adder. (News source.)
Komodo Attack
[Update: a little more information on the attack here, but several details still missing.]
Labels: bite, endangered species, lizard
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Boomslang Bites
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Alligator Attack
Labels: bite, caiman, crocodilian
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Venomous News
Utah is considering allowing residents to keep rattlesnakes. (News source.)
Australian snakebites are on the rise (News source.); a hiker in Tasmania was bitten by an unidentified snake. (News source.)
Croc News
A Uganda minister is trying to make it legal for residents to kill (and eat) crocodiles, which are a constant danger in that country. (News source.)
Mugger crocs in Iran are seriously on the decline due to poaching and habitat loss. (News source.)
A well-known large American crocodile, Wilma, on Sanibel, has been found dead. (News source.)
Labels: bite, crocodile, endangered species, hunting, poaching
Saturday, January 30, 2010
NC Rattler Bite
Labels: bite, legality, rattlesnake
MD Cobra Bite
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Snakebitten
A North Carolina man was bitten by a timber rattlesnake. (News source.)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Snakebite News
An Australia snake park operator was bitten by an eastern brown snake. (News source.)
A curious Labrador retriever brought home a live venomous snake. (News source.)
Crocodilian Attacks
A teenage boy in Zambia was killed by a crocodile on Lake Kariba. (News source.)
A Malaysian man used his thumbs to fend off a crocodile. (News source.)
A South African woman was killed by a crocodile in the Olifants River. (News source.)
Two girls in Namibia were injured by crocodile attacks. (News source.)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Herp Attacks
A Czech man was hospitalized after being bitten by his pet puff adder, and he was bitten a few weeks ago by another venomous species. (News source.)
5 young children in Uganda were apparently killed by the same venomous snake when they went to get water from Lake Victoria. (News source.)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Uganda Man Killed by Croc
Monday, December 21, 2009
Killer Croc Killed
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Malawi Croc Attacks
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Bad Suggestion for Snakebite
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Aussie Surfer Snakebit
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Croc News
Pics were taken of a croc being killed by a herd of hippos, here.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Rattlesnake Bite Leads to Mounting Bills
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Crocodilians in the News
A profile here on a Namibian man attacked by a large crocodile.
A Florida man stuck his hands under a car, thinking his dog was under it, and got bit by an alligator. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, bite, crocodile, crocodilian, endangered species
Monday, November 2, 2009
Snakebites
Two Pasco County, FL, men were bitten by rattlesnakes. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Double Whammy
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Reptile Attacks
A 16-year old boy was killed by a crocodile in the lower Zambezi river. (News source.)
A Melbourne, Australia, boy survived a brown snake bite. (News source.)
Labels: bite, crocodile, rattlesnake, snakes
Friday, October 9, 2009
Gator Attack
Friday, October 2, 2009
Croc Attack in Kakadu
Monday, September 28, 2009
Herp Attacks
A Florida woman narrowly escaped an alligator attack. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
SC Rattler Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Pygmy Rattler Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Thursday, September 10, 2009
More Dangerous Herp Encounters
Another crocodile attack in Brunei took a young boy. (News source.)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Borneo Croc Attack
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Bites
A man was bitten by a copperhead in a South Carolina Wal-Mart's garden center. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Snakes and Snakebites
A older snake story here, of a military training exercise that runs into a rattlesnake.
Details on the recovery of a Texas girl from a rattlesnake bite. (News source.)
Three Australians were bitten by the same snake of unknown species. (News source.)
A Trinidad woman died from a fer-de-lance bite when she didn't get antivenom in time. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Monday, August 31, 2009
Snake Bites
A coral snake bit a Florida man this weekend. (News source.)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Snakebites & Antivenom
No snakebite, fortunately, but a woman picked up a coral snake by accident in a Texas church, thinking it was a rosary. (News source.)
An Iraqi girl was helped with expert advice from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Antivenom Unit. (News source.)
Snakebite Survey in Bangladesh
Rattlesnake News
A Florida woman shelled out double for human antivenom for her three dogs after they were bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake. (News source.)
An Ontario hospital is stocking up on massasauga antivenom. (News source.)
A Missouri toddler was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake. (News source.)
A British Columbia teenager was bitten by a rattlesnake. (News source.)
An 87-year old Florida woman was bitten by a pygmy rattler, then strangled it with her bare hands. (News source.)
Labels: bite, mutations, rattlesnake, snakes
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
India: Crocodile Attacks
A 50-year old Indian woman was killed and several others injured in a series of croc attacks " in and around the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary." (News source.) Wildlife experts suggest that an error in choosing release sites under a crocodile conservation program makes human-croc encounters far too common. (News source.)
A 60-year old Indian man was killed by a crocodile while bathing in the Kharasrota river. (News source.)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Another Sistrurus Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Bites
A UK man was bitten by an adder. (News source.)
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Some Envenomations
A Texas man was bitten by a rattlesnake. (News source.)
Three snakebite deaths were reported from India. (News source.)
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Massasauga Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Brown Snake Bite
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Problem Gators
A Florida man lost two fingers to an alligator while rescuing his dog. (News source.)
Friday, July 17, 2009
Rattlesnake Bites
Another man in Florida was driving through the Everglades when he stopped to rescue an eastern diamondback from the road, and ended up getting bit. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Massachusetts Rattlesnake Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Crocodile News
Australian police are searching for thieves who stole 18 young saltwater crocs from a crocodile farm in Darwin. (News source.)
Snake Bites
An Idaho woman was bitten by a small rattlesnake. (News source.)
A Florida man was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake. (News source.)
Sri Lanka recorded approx. 33000 snakebites in 2008. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Friday, July 3, 2009
Snake Bites (or Not)
A Texas woman was bitten by a copperhead. (News source.)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Rattler Bites
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Fatal Attack by a Burmese Python
Actually, while the stories say the python was a pet, it also says the man had "bagged and caged" the python the night before -- so was it a recently captured feral snake?
Labels: bite, introduced, mortality, snakes
Friday, June 26, 2009
Snake Bites in the News
A hiker on the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee was bitten by a copperhead. (News source.)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Snake Bites
A Louisiana firefighter was bitten by a cottonmouth. (News source.)
Labels: bite, crime, legality, rattlesnake, snakes
More Crocodilian News
The mystery crocodile deaths in South Africa still haven't been solved. (News source.)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Snakes A'Biting
In Wilson County, Texas, a man was bitten by a coral snake, and a girl was bitten by a rattlesnake. (News source.)
A Utah girl went through a traumatic time with a rattlesnake bite. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Monday, June 15, 2009
Venomous Snakes in the Middle East
And, an RAF crew in Kandahar had to deal with a viper during a rocket attack. They did manage to relocate it unharmed. (News source.)
Snake Bites in India
Friday, June 12, 2009
Australia: Bit in the City
Crocodilians
Two young Indian men fought of a crocodile that attacked their father. (News source.)
A profile here on a Florida gator trapper.
Don't do this with your kids (or your crocs).
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Crocs in the News
A Congo fisherman was attacked by a crocodile, and ended up in a Texas hospital to have his arm reattached. (News source.)
Latest Snake Bites
A Florida girl was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Myanmar Croc Attack
Snake Bites
A Maryland man was bitten by a probable copperhead (and the snake lived to tell about it). (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Monday, June 1, 2009
Killer Crocs
Friday, May 29, 2009
When Herps Attack
A 16-year old Florida boy was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake, and a schoolgirl was bitten by a water moccasin. (News source.)
Snakebites have increased by 75% in North Carolina this year. (News source.)
The latest gator attack victim has a new challenge now: mounting hospital bills, as he is uninsured. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Snakebites
A Tennessee girl was apparently bitten by a venomous snake. (News source.) Seems to be a little confusion over the account, though.
A UK man was nipped by an adder. (News source.)
A snake-catcher in India was killed by a cobra. (News source.)
Labels: bite, cobras, rattlesnake, snakes
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Venomous Snakes and Snakebite News
An alleged snakebite death in a US soldier at a training camp is being reevaluated. (News source.)
A young California girl was bitten by a rattlesnake. (News source.)
A Wyoming man tried to suck the venom out of a rattlesnake bite on his dog's nose and ended up sick himself. (News source.)
A Swaziland cobra bite victim is being sent to the US for skin grafts. (News source.)
Labels: bite, cobras, dogs, rattlesnake, snakes
Villagers Fear Komodos
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Venomous Snakes in the News
Spanish police are refusing to confiscate a man's pythons, boas, and rattlesnake until antivenom is on hand, after the man himself was bitten. (News source.)
Crocodile Attack
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Six Hour Fight with Croc?
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Snake Bite Roundup
An Arizona snake-remover was bitten by a small rattlesnake. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Crocodile News
The croc skin trade in Nigeria is booming, which may hurt the local croc populations. (News source.)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Lion Dies From Snakebite
Friday, May 8, 2009
Rattlesnake Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Herp Attacks
No, you should try to pet a rattlesnake. (News source.)
Crocodiles have killed 9 children recently in Angola. (News source.)
Labels: bite, crocodile, rattlesnake, snakes
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Solomon Island Croc Attack
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Crocs
A woman from a village in India's Bhitarkanika National Park was killed by a crocodile. (News source.)
Labels: bite, conservation, crocodile
Friday, April 24, 2009
Caiman Attack
Labels: bite, caiman, crocodilian
Rattlesnake Bite Hoax
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Snake Venom News
And, the southern Pacific rattlesnake may be becoming more toxic. (News source.)
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, research, snakes, venom
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Rattlesnake Bite
Labels: bite, rattlesnake, snakes
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Python Attack
Malawi Croc Attacks
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Crocodile Attacks
A crocodile attacked a Zambian man while he was crossing a river. (News source.)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Antivenom Trouble
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Crocodilians in the News
A Zambian woman was killed by a crocodile while she was washing clothes at a river. (News source.)
Success in gharial breeding in India. (News source.)
The poor economy has hit a gator farm. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, bite, conservation, crocodile, farming, gharial
Friday, April 3, 2009
Bites
A young Australian girl was bitten by a brown snake on her doorstep. (News source.)

