howdy from Texas sir lordnigel! haha! I love Skye, he looks like a great dog! Wow thanks for taking us with you on this wonderful hike, very interesting with beautiful sites except that Eastern Brown snake. What would have happened if you'd gotten bitten by one?
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..well, that one was about 3/4 grown. Its venom is deadly so I would have backed away with Skye dog, attempting everything I could do not to get bitten again..One strike would be bad enough, two strikes wouldn't help.. Once I knew it was safe I would put Skye dog down, get out my mobile and call for help.
I'd then remove my shirt, grabbing a nearby stick split my leg. Spinning the shirt round and round tight as I could above the bite (presumably on my leg). I would then just lied there until more people came along and/or a chopper came in to pick me up. Then just wait for approx 1 hour to get rescued. It's possible they might send Ambo/rescue people with exact anti-venom as I'm clear on the snake.
In theory as I have not moved my leg much and constricted the blood flow I might have very little symptoms Vs. if i tried to hike out myself, in which case I wouldn't make it back to my car..I would be dead on the trip back (its so important not to move if bitten by a Australian land snake).
Thanks for visting my post and your question.
Cheers
howdy again sir lordnigel! wow, that is an amazing description of what to do and how to act if one is bitten by one of those snakes, thank you sir! may you never have to to what you just described!
Same to you friend; I expect it would be a horrible experience.