time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 19 days agoOn September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down19
arrow-up1451arrow-down1imageOn September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 19 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·19 days agoNot to mention that the Inland Taipan is native to Australia. Those snakes can’t be all that common in Florida, unless there’s a feral population I’m not aware of. The fact that there’s any supply of antivenin in the US at all seems really lucky!
Not to mention that the Inland Taipan is native to Australia. Those snakes can’t be all that common in Florida, unless there’s a feral population I’m not aware of. The fact that there’s any supply of antivenin in the US at all seems really lucky!