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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 571356" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Only a Chinese gardener in Wangaratta in 1887 and possibly someone in Townsville in 2015 - but not many snakes were identified prior to 1918. Nevertheless, no other blacks known since then (except perhaps the 2015). Amazing how many were tiger snakes and browns, and less were taipans than I expected. I wonder how accurate some identifications were....</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_Australia" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_Australia</a></p><p></p><p>Apparently blacks are one of the most common bites, but are less toxic.</p><p></p><p>Uni of Melbourne School of biochemical sciences says about black snakes "No deaths have been confirmed in adults, although children have died after bites by this snake".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 571356, member: 4386"] Only a Chinese gardener in Wangaratta in 1887 and possibly someone in Townsville in 2015 - but not many snakes were identified prior to 1918. Nevertheless, no other blacks known since then (except perhaps the 2015). Amazing how many were tiger snakes and browns, and less were taipans than I expected. I wonder how accurate some identifications were.... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_Australia[/url] Apparently blacks are one of the most common bites, but are less toxic. Uni of Melbourne School of biochemical sciences says about black snakes "No deaths have been confirmed in adults, although children have died after bites by this snake". [/QUOTE]
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