î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315132/Australian-hockey-team-captain-dies-bitten-venomous-snake-picked-carry-pitch.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Australian hockey team captain dies after he is bitten by venomous snake he picked up to carry it off the pitch Karl Berry was captain of the Commerce-Pints Hockey Club in DarwinHe was training at Marrara Stadium when he spotted the snake It bit him on the finger as he carried it off the field and he died hours later By RICHARD SHEARS PUBLISHED: 09:38 GMT, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:08 GMT, 26 April 2013Comments (67)Share Tragic: Karl Berry, captain of the Commerce-Pints Hockey Club in Darwin, died after picking up a deadly Western Brown snake The captain of an Australian hockey team died after he was bitten by a snake he picked up from the sports ground and carried into the bushes. Karl Berry, 26, captain of the Commerce-Pints Hockey Club in Darwin, thought the snake was a harmless baby python. In fact it was a deadly Western Brown, one of Australia's most venomous reptiles. Not realising he had been bitten, Mr Berry then set of on a mile-long training run. It was, reptile experts and medical staff agreed today, the worst thing he could have done. The exercise quickly spread the snake's venom throughout his body. Part-way through the run, Mr Berry collapsed. Paramedics arrived as other players comforted him on the hockey field at Marrara Stadium. He was conscious enough to tell them that he had picked up a snake earlier. 'He said he thought it was a python, which would not have been dangerous,' said St John Ambulance operations manager Craig Garraway. 'He was quite unwell at this stage 'When the paramedics looked at his hand they saw the bite mark on his finger. 'The bite was more consistent with a bite from a poisonous species,' Mr Garraway told the Northern Territory News. More... Mum, can I have a hamster... and some tarantulas, scorpions and snakes? Student, 16, shares family home with 300 pets (and watches TV with 6ft python round his neck)Australian police arrest 24-year-old 'leader' of hacking group LulzSec which was behind attack on CIA websiteFisherman, 29, escapes crocodile who had clamped its jaws around his HEAD by punching until it let go Mr Berry was rushed to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical condition and died a few hours later. Venomous: A Western Brown snake, like the one that bit Karl Berry, pictured in the Australia Zoo. Though deadly, a bite from a Western Brown cannot be easily noticed because the reptile does not inflict any pain Mr Chris Peberty, a Darwin snake catcher, said a bite from a Western Brown cannot be easily noticed because the reptile does not inflict any pain. 'Then, within hours, you are looking at a lack of co-ordination and dilated pupils,' he told the ABC. 'After that you go into the risk of systemic effects, which start affecting your heart, your lungs and your respiratory system.' It is understood that Mr Berry had picked up the snake after noticing it was near a group of young children who had just finished their training. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315132/Australian-hockey-team-captain-dies-bitten-venomous-snake-picked-carry-pitch.html#ixzz2RdvMHP1n Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Wow, that sucks. Snake is massive though why would you try to pick it up, I would run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I guess maybe in in Australia you're more accustomed to dealing with some non-venomous snakes and you wouldn't assume that every single one is dangerous, like you would in our culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodzillaDeuce Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I guess maybe in in Australia you're more accustomed to dealing with some non-venomous snakes and you wouldn't assume that every single one is dangerous, like you would in our culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I won't be picking any snakes up when/if I move there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrkeshanlon Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I guess maybe in in Australia you're more accustomed to dealing with some non-venomous snakes and you wouldn't assume that every single one is dangerous, like you would in our culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Most snakes in my area that you see are venomous but the most common the red belly black snake hasn't killed anyone in over 100 years, its more spiders you have to worry about in the city Funnel Webs, Trap door spiders and redbacks are all common in urban areas and funnel webs kill about 1-5 kids a year. Then you have sharks, dingos, swooping magpies, and male platypus who are venomous. But hey you guys have bears and moose they're fairly dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Spiders. What's a funnel web? I'll be sure to avoid it no matter where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Australia is nuts, I wouldn't trust any animal NOT to kill me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Tragic. Australia is nuts, I wouldn't trust any animal NOT to kill me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I guess maybe in in Australia you're more accustomed to dealing with some non-venomous snakes and you wouldn't assume that every single one is dangerous, like you would in our culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 http://en.wikipedia....nnel-web_spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Wow that's creepy, men playing field hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 They have dangerous snakes in Aus? Wow, never heard that before... Dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Why would anybody get close enough to this thing to get killed by it? I'd avoid that thing like the plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 We are in a thread talking about a guy picking up one of the deadliest snakes in the world..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 We are in a thread talking about a guy picking up one of the deadliest snakes in the world..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Im gonna go ahead and assume the guy didnt realize he was picking up that snake. Maybe there is a similar looking snake local to the area that is harmless or he just misidentified it. Or maybe, just maybe, the guy was an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Australia is nuts, I wouldn't trust any animal NOT to kill me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodzillaDeuce Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 A propos I just realized he died in a town called Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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