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Cruciform
03-23-04, 01:37 PM
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/offbeat.snake.reut/

They thought he was having a seizure so didn't treat for envenomation in time.
wyz
03-23-04, 01:57 PM
It's too bad he died, but he was kind of looking for trouble :(

WYZ
JonD
03-23-04, 02:44 PM
That's why epileptics arn't suppose to drive school buses!!!;)
Cruciform
03-23-04, 02:51 PM
Because they might get bitten by cobras? Jeez!

;)
JonD
03-23-04, 02:54 PM
Bus cobras are very common in North America:D
XtremeReptiles
03-23-04, 02:56 PM
Thats really unfortunate.....but at least the snakes are being properly taken cared by being given to a zoo.
Cruciform
03-23-04, 03:00 PM
There's no guarantees that an animal will be treated well just because they go to a zoo. There's some places with pretty poor conditions out there.
XtremeReptiles
03-23-04, 03:02 PM
Well I have only visited the San Diego Zoo...and my zoo the Pittsburgh Zoo.

I guess I'm use to nice setups :/
Cruciform
03-23-04, 03:15 PM
San Diego Zoo :) I used to watch "News From Zoos" every Saturday morning when I was a kid. That was a great show :)
XtremeReptiles
03-23-04, 03:22 PM
Lol never heard of it but they have a very very nice zoo! Very cool reptile exhibits as well! Its a really neat wrap around thing....a giant circle of enclosures!

GBu
MouseKilla
03-23-04, 04:06 PM
I hope to God they didn't go to the Dallas Zoo that we've heard so many good things about lately. lol!
Scales Zoo
03-23-04, 06:07 PM
Thailand zoos can be pretty nasty. A friend came home with a picture of a reticulated python that was kept on a leash in his outdoor cage. The leash started to dig into the snake, and the guy at the zoo poked it to prove it was alive.

Ryan
bourquejunior
03-23-04, 08:46 PM
thats why you dont play with poisinous snakes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!
C.m.pyrrhus
03-23-04, 09:02 PM
Same story from AOL News (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040322104809990002)

BANGKOK, Thailand (March 22) - A man who set a world record by spending 7 days locked up with poisonous snakes has died after a bite from a deadly mamba, a hospital reported on Monday.

Then goes to say:

Wipha said Boonreung's relatives told her that Boonreung was showing villagers a new cobra when he was bitten. He took herbal medicine and a shot of whiskey, and continued with the show until he collapsed, the doctor said.