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Fatal adder bite in Germany: |
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Wolfgang Wuster Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 326  View other posts by Wolfgang Wuster |
Posted: 07 May 2004 n-tv.de report The report translates as follows: "An 81 year old woman died after a snake bite to the middle finger in Breege, on the island of R³gen [off the German Baltic coast]. According to police reports, the snake was a black adder. The woman was able to transfer the reptile into a water barrel after the attack, which took place on her property, and called her doctor. When the latter arrived 15 minutes later, the 81 year-old had lost consciousness, and died despite resuscitation attempts. The animal was taken to the Stralsund Zoo." Very sad. Fortunately, the report is not overly hysterical about it. I dread to think what our tabloids would make of soemthing like this... Wolfgang Wolfgang Wüster School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ |
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Wolfgang Wuster Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 326 View other posts by Wolfgang Wuster |
Posted: 07 May 2004 Some additional reports (all in German, sorry): SAT 1 TV Greenpeace Magazin NDR (North German Radio) Contains a radio report with additional details, including an interview with the doctor who was called to treat her (if you speak German) Additional details inlude the observation that the woman had only just left hospital, and was of very small stature, all of which may have contributed to the outcome. Interestingly, a number of tourism websites for the island specifically mention adders as one of the natural attractions of the area. Cheers, Wolfgang Wolfgang Wüster School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ |
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Geoff Simpson Member Joined: 11 Feb 2004 No. of posts: 12 View other posts by Geoff Simpson |
Posted: 08 May 2004 Wolfgang Adder bites - not recommended if you are especially allergic like me - a nip from a female 2 years ago nearly killed me (43 year old and very healthy). Regards Geoff |
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Tony Phelps Forum Specialist Joined: 09 Mar 2003 No. of posts: 575 View other posts by Tony Phelps |
Posted: 08 May 2004 Blimey, I thought my adders here in Purbeck were Old! Tony |
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Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416 View other posts by Alan Hyde |
Posted: 08 May 2004 Hehehe :¼) O-> O+> |
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