Crystal Park resident Bill Auret is grateful to be alive after being bitten on his index finger by a rinkhals in March.
“When I got there, his garage door was open, and he was standing there, looking confused. He told me when he arrived home from shopping and while opening the gate, he saw a snake going towards the garage.In his efforts to assist his neighbour locate the snake, Auret said he thoroughly searched the garage.“I pressed the bottle on its head but its neck stuck out so it turned around and bit me.
“They stabilised me and later that day, at around 19:00, I was transported to Tambo Memorial Hospital for further treatment.” “There are not enough words to describe the good service I received at both hospitals. I would like to thank every nurse who gave me another chance at life.”According to Shawn Hefer, of the African Snake Bite Institute, while the rinkhals is closely related to the cobra family, it is not a true cobra and it is often incorrectly referred to as a spitting cobra.
“Although considered being one of our deadly snakes, we have not seen a human fatality from a bite from a rinkhals in about 40 years.” • Do not try to kill the snake, as doing so will only cause the snake to defend itself, and you will also now be much closer to the snake, increasing the risk of being bitten.
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