A person has died in hospital after being bitten a number of instances by a snake in north Queensland.
Queensland ambulance service paramedics had been known as to a Deeragun property after 3pm on Tuesday. The person was in a important situation and had sustained “a number of” snake bites at a separate tackle. He was taken to Townsville hospital however later died.
It’s believed the person was bitten by an jap brown snake however QAS was unable to verify this.
Japanese brown snakes are extremely venomous, with their populations thriving due to broad-scale clearing of land for agriculture. They’re medium-sized snakes, discovered throughout jap Australia in a large stretch from northern Queensland to South Australia.
Though brown snakes are the commonest reason for deadly snake bites within the nation, it’s uncommon for bites to be deadly.
About 3,000 snake bites are reported every year, with 41% from brown snakes. Two deaths are reported every year from bites.
Greater than half of the snakebite fatalities in Australia between 2000 and 2016 occurred in or across the sufferer’s residence, based on a nationwide assessment.
This article by Emily Wind was first printed by The Guardian on 20 March 2024. Lead Picture: An jap brown snake. A person has died after being bitten a number of instances by one close to Townsville. {Photograph}: William West/AFP/Getty Pictures.
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