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'Harmless' Snake Proves Deadly (Whip Snake, Australia)
theage.com.au by, Dan Harrison, April 16, 2007
Friends of a reptile enthusiast who died after being bitten by a snake
have expressed their shock that a man who knew snakes so well had been
killed by a species generally regarded as harmless.
Ron Siggins, 37, of Pascoe Vale, died yesterday afternoon after being
bitten by a whip snake at Harcourt North, 120km north west of Melbourne.
Mr Siggins was collecting scorpions with a friend at Mt Alexander about
2.30 pm when he was bitten on the finger by the snake.
He bandaged his finger with a handkerchief, but later became woozy and
his friend went to his car to call an ambulance.
When the friend returned a few minutes later, the 37-year-old had
collapsed.
Mr Siggins had gone into cardio arrest by the time paramedics arrived.
They were unable to revive him.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner in relation to the man's
death.
Mr Siggins caught the snake that had bitten Mr Siggins.
Bite 'like a bee sting'
The snake was later identified as a whip snake, a species which is
considered harmless in comparison to more venomous species such as brown
snakes and tiger snakes.
"You read any reptile book, they're classified as harmless, it's like a
bee sting,'' said Steve Macgregor, a reptile enthusiast and friend of
Mr Siggins.
While the exact circumstances of Mr Siggins' death remain unclear, it
is believed he may have experienced complications as a result of
medication he was taking for neck and spinal injuries.
Friends said he had been bitten by whip snakes in the past.
"Probably what happened is he knows they're not that deadly, he's been
bitten by it and didn't think much of it,'' Mr Macgregor said.
Community 'devastated'
Another friend, Sheryl Longstaff, said Victoria's community of
herpetologists could not believe what had happened to Mr Siggins, who had been
around snakes for 30 years.
"It's a shock to the system ... everybody's devastated,'' she told
theage.com.au.
"Ron's got venomous and non-venomous snakes at home, he knows what he's
doing, he knows how to handle them,'' she said.
"He's got bitten by something that would normally just make you feel a
bit sick and give you a bit of a headache but he's had a reaction to
it.''
Mr Siggins leaves behind a wife, Helen, and school age daughters Emily
and Stephanie.
Ms Longstaff said the community of reptile enthusiasts would rally
around Mrs Siggins and the children.
"She's going to need a lot of help. She's got a lot of grieving to go
through,'' she said.
Snake catcher Raymond Hoser said people should not fear snakes.
"All the deaths from snake bite in Australia in the past year have
actually been people catching them or killing them," he said.
Provided you do neither of the above, you've got basically no chance of
dying from snake bite.''
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