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What causes us to fear them so much? Does it come from biblical times when Adam and Eve took the forbidden fruit on the advice of a snake? Is it the knowledge that in an unguarded moment, a lightning quick strike from a deadly snake could end your life? Perhaps it’s the silent, slow moving,…

“HALF OF ALL CASES INVOLVE PEOPLE INTERFERING WITH SNAKES” In an interview with The Leader, Professor Geoff Isbister of the University of Newcastle estimated that approx. 100 to 200 bites out of the total 3000 to 5000 will require antivenom, and that half of those result from “people interfering with snakes”. 1. Eastern Brown Snake…