time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 6 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-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down19
arrow-up1449arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareCypher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-26 days agoThe inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world, bites are extremely rare so few places stock anti-venom. Also given the snake is from Australia you wouldn’t expect many US hospitals to have it.
The inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world, bites are extremely rare so few places stock anti-venom. Also given the snake is from Australia you wouldn’t expect many US hospitals to have it.