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Christine Sahadeo ·
POISONOUS SNAKE BITES MAN WHILE BATHING AT CYRIL BAY
A mapepire also known as zananabushmaster or Lachesis muta bit a man while he was bathing at a secluded waterfall located in cyril bay.
The man said the snake was between some rocks and bit him when he reached for his soap. The man whose house was burnt down had since started bathing at said location.
The man was bit on his left hand, this happened in March and according to the man the snake was eight feet long.
He survived because hikers who were in the area called the ambulance and he was taken to the Sangre Grande hospital where he recieved anti venom. They also cut his hand to pump out the venom.
After five surgeries the man's hand is still swollen an he has no feeling in his index finger. The man is warning hikers to be careful as now is mating season for the mapepire and they will be aggressive.
The pit viper and is one of four main species of venomous snakes to be found in the wild in Trinidad.
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Manulot?j.o.e wrote:Going to hike tomorrow. Hope none of these fellas kill me
maj. tom wrote:So Sangre Grande hospital is the place for treatment. Don't waste time going anywhere else, they will just send you there with even more delay in antivenin treatment. The vipers have largely cytotoxin venom which starts to dissolve and pre-digest proteins for the snake's meal. That's why his hand is so badly scarred, all that was digested rotten flesh that the doctors had to remove.
Also there is nothing like "suck out the venom." That's not the first aid for a snake bite, that's not how fang envenomation works at all (get acquainted with actual Snake Bite First Aid), and that's a complete myth even though some unscrupulous people sell first aid snake bite kits with the old plunger trick and nonsense.
j.o.e wrote:Going to hike tomorrow. Hope none of these fellas kill me
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:
I've been asking this for years!!! Why only Grande hospital have antivenom?????? They figure all the venomous snakes live in close proximity to the hospital?
pugboy wrote:very novel way to use one snake to find others
this is the same way we should be letting criminals go home on bail with a gps bracelet
maj. tom wrote:i wudda dead of fright and then of bite if i ever encounter that.
Rooki3 wrote:x
Them does play when they feel to play. All the snakes I met as of recent never play. Inclusive of the one that try to drop some bite on me.daring dragoon wrote:snake play this morning in playwhe
pugboy wrote:red tailed one, very docile
ST Auto wrote:Anyone know what kinda snake this is?
"Kill all because I dont know what type it is". When you flip it you see how stupid that argument sound.bluefete wrote:
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