SURVIVING A DEATH ADDER BITE - WIL KEMP SHOWS US HIS VENOMOUS SNAKES (Part 2)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Steve goes and checks out his mate Wil Kemps collection of venomous snakes. Filmed a couple of years ago, only just recovered the card.
Thanks Wil for showing us around!
Follow Wil and his adventures with his partner Mel!
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Check out my herping adventure on Wils train the Savannah Lander
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I'm a snake person and have been all over Africa handling snakes and one of the few that have been tagged by a Death Adder. This was a captive bred Death Adder doing exactly what your doing, putting it out on the grass to allow it to have some free sunning time. Without realising it decided to move closer to me and just moved my wrist a little close to it. I didn't bandage it and though It was a dry bite, though in 20 minutes on my was to Cairns base hospital, I had to pull over, flag a car down, explain what had happened and ask them to drive me the rest of the way. This was the 12 of Oct 2010 and due to not being bandaged I was taken straight to ICU. 11 vials of antivenin and 6 days later, I still remember waking vomiting intermittently for many days along with the headache you describe for 3-4 days. I owe my life to Cairns base Hospital. I promised my partner at the time that I would stop working with venomous snakes which I did, though still doing it as I'm not with that person anymore lol. Seeing you sunning these adders brings back some memories, thanks for the video.
That would have been rough as, death adder venom is nasty! Cairns Base hospital is great I have a lot of friends that work there.
A great guy, really cares for his animals.
He is awesome and we should strive for good husbadry like his.
A lesson in Death Adders, I am fascinated by vipers and the Death adder is Australia only Elapid that resembles a viper. Yes this guy does care for his snakes. I was bitten by an adder April 1976. I was 14 at the time and I was in Hospital for ten days.
Oh wow, what location were you? Bites were even more serious back then, especially so young. Glad you made it through.
@@stevetuckey It was a British adder vipera berus. Eastbourne Sussex UK.
@@nepaleseman1010 That adder’s venom is low in toxicity and it has a low venom yield. Probably about like an American copperhead bite.
Great video, love those outdoor set ups.
It's great seeing them outdoors...I reckon you learn more about their natural behaviour that way