I had a tenant who was from Canberra Australia. While gathering sticks as a teenager, he inadvertently grabbed an eastern brown snake, about the worst thing available there. He quickly got rid of it and is far more cautious now.
I did the same thing with a bit of pipe here in France:-)
A grass snake as it turned out
I have been bitten and spent two weeks in hospital in the UK after been bitten by an adder but I knew what I was picking up ( and saving from some stupid boys )
David
Living in Anjou , France,
For the many not for the few
http://www.permies.com/t/80/31583/projects/Permie-Pennies-France#330873
They worship nothing. They say it's because nothing lasts forever. Like this tiny ad:
montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners