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 vital situation and had sustained “a number of” snake bites at a separate deal with. He was taken to Townsville hospital however later died.
It’s believed the person was bitten by an japanese brown snake however QAS was unable to substantiate 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 japanese 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 dwelling, in response to a nationwide evaluation.
