Small-Eyed Snake
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 The Small-Eyed Snake is found on the East Coast of Australia, in the Great Dividing Range. It is not found in Tasmania. It preferrers a rocky or sandstone area, but it can also live in a rainforest.
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average Small-Eyed Snake is 40cm long. The biggest every was 1.2 metres
long. They are normally a shiny black or grey and they have a pink or
cream belly. It is often mistaken for a Red Belly Black Snake |
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 The Small-Eyed Snake always attacks the victim's muscles. So far only one person has died from the Small-Eyed Snake. The Small-Eyed Snake is quite
shy.
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 The Small-Eyed Snake delivers a painful bite to its victim. The person will then have severe headaches. The victim will have muscle damage.
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 A
dog weighing 50 kg was bitten by a Small-Eyed Snake. Immediately the dog
and a cat killed the snake. The cat was unaffected but the dog was nervous
and spooked all night. After six weeks the dog was still weak, but soon
after the dog recovered.
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 A fit fifty-six year old hiker was wearing a blouse, shorts and a pair of canvas shoes. She had reached the top of a hill in Powelltown in Victoria, she decided to wait for her companions. While she was waiting she spotted a small snake about 60cm long. It was a dark brown colour, before she could get a better look it disappeared. Because she sees snakes every weekend this did not worry her. When she arrived home she was having difficult swallowing and was feeling very tired. The next morning her pupils were dilated, which means her eyes weren't focusing. Immediately she was taken to hospital for a possibility of a stroke. Two days later her urine was stained pink. On the third day she was extremely weak, at this stage they considered that it might have be a snake bite. They found half a dozen snake bites on each of her legs. She was now suffering muscle joint pain. By the fourth week she was improving. After three months she could swim 1.5 kilometres and bushwalk for nine kilometres.
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