I have seen a couple of Adders on the North York Moors and one in the Lake District, so there are some around,
Girl bitten by Adder snake..
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I have seen a couple of Adders on the North York Moors and one in the Lake District, so there are some around,
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LITERALLY WALKING
LITERALLY LIFTED HER LEG
I have never seen any at Kielder, but their website says that there are some !
Suprised it even made the news . . .
This is what you call a Snake Bite.
Hmm, not nice =/
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That adder hurt.
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Wait - snake, girl, bitten, hospital.
Come on gd..
Come on gd..
Suprised it even made the news . . .
This is what you call a Snake Bite.
ouch that must smart.
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how did it survive the bad winter we had?
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Suprised it even made the news . . .
This is what you call a Snake Bite.
tbh thats necrosis TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BITE.
if you burnt your leg badly enough then left it two weeks you would end up with something like that.
the venom in the bite didn't cause that, waiting two weeks to treat the injury did!
this is the snake in question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_asper
the wikipedia version of the image states that the injury was initially treated only with antibiotics - it's likely they didn't know it was a snake-bite.
I've heard that adders are usually fairly docile as long as you don't step on them - I've been within about 1m/50cm of one that was just lying in deep grass, didn't seem to take much notice of me though... Girl must just have been unlucky to startle it or something...
Oh, and:
Oh, and:
Suprised it even made the news . . .
This is what you call a Snake Bite.
That is nasty...
Just from a snake bite?
From an untreated snake bite, the boy didnt have to lose his leg.
good answer cheers
No problems glad to help! 'Tis a thing I have had to study quite a bit about even though I hate the things.
Incidentally if you go to London Zoo they used to have a thing up there about a keeper who went out on the lash one night and came back to play with the cobras - needless to say he was not breathing when they found him ...
If this is an adder, that person seriously has something wrong with them, my dad has been bitten by an adder before and his leg hasn't gone mouldy lol
<3 snakes. I've kept hundreds and hundreds of them over the last 20 years, they're awesome. Adders won't do you any harm, just leave 'em be and try not to stand on them. ¬¬
To balance out all the scary legs falling off and such, here's one lucky beggar darn sarf who has a garden literally full of Grass Snakes. One of them even plays dead for the camera.
To balance out all the scary legs falling off and such, here's one lucky beggar darn sarf who has a garden literally full of Grass Snakes. One of them even plays dead for the camera.