Just caught and relocated a Western Brown snake

Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Well that got my adrenaline racing a bit, western browns are very fast and can be aggressive. Last year a hockey player died from a single bite after picking one up thinking it was a python.

I did get some photos on my phone but they are not very good quality. The one I caught was only a baby.

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Gallery: 10 most dangerous snakes in Australia


  • JULY 25, 2012
Australia is known for its dangerous snakes, and we have many, but in reality few people die from bites.



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2. Western brown snake(Pseudonaja nuchalis)Also known as: gwardarFound: widespread over most of mainland Australia - absent only from the wetter fringes of eastern Australia and south-western Western Australia.

Said to be less aggressive than its eastern

cousin, the western brown snake is still highly dangerous and part of the group of snakes that causes the most fatalities in

Australia.Western browns tend to be fast moving and nervous in temperament. When disturbed, they will run for

cover, striking quickly if cornered, then making a quick getaway. Though their venom is not as toxic as the

eastern brown's, they deliver three times as much. Bites are usually painless and difficult to see due to the small fang marks.

Victims will experience headache, nausea, abdominal pain, severe coagulopathy (blood clotting disorder) and sometimes kidney damage.
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jay_dean

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Phew. I don't care if it was a baby or not, i wouldn't go near that thing. Every animal in and around Australia is fatally venomous!;):D
 
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Bill16

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Yep I think I'd jump right in there to play with the pretty brown snake, are you nuts! Lol Not me,nope, ain't happening! Lol No playing with venomous critters for me! Though getting a shot of something venomous is doable with the right "long" lens! Lol ;)
 
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