South Carolina man in serious condition after bite from world’s deadliest snake

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

asshole

South Carolina, and some other states, laws pertaining to owning non-native exotic and venomous snakes need to be way more restricting, including banning some species, as to individual ownerships.

Many of these fools will end up releasing the snakes into the local environment.

Did this guy have a death wish? All the species he had were highly venomous and dangerous. what an idiot.

Asshole put the cats in danger, too.

The snake pictured is not an Inland Taipan, its a Black Forest Cobra (otherwise known as just Black Cobra or Forest Cobra). Not from [italic]that[/italic] Black Forest in case you're wondering!

An Inland Taipan looks like the one in the link. They're a big but relatively placid snake, very shy, retiring and non-confrontational, you really have to provoke or corner one to get bitten, but when they do bite you are going to suffer hard.

Idiot did also have a green mamba, two gaboon vipers, one fer-de-lace, and several rattkesnakes. The green mamba and the fer-de-lance are both also extremely dangerous, but of all the snakes he had, those gaboon vipers (AKA Gabon vipers or Gaboon Adders) have the most dangerous bite, with 5 cm (2 inch) fangs and the highest venom yield of any snake in the world, most venom per bite

Update: The snakes were euthanized because no animal welfare or institution could be found to take them on due to insurance concerns and other restrictions.

The two cats were taken into custody of some animal protection agency.

I thought cats routinely won battles with venomous snakes?

Wonder how they euthanized them?

There’s a guy on YouTube who’s always posting shorts about how one of his highly venomous snakes is going to kill him one day. There’s truly something wrong with people like this.

You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.

R5 deserves a cellar full of snakes.

Could he have been a snake-handling fundie?

The two cats were likely food; this is why you put a price on 'rehoming' your animals.

FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Florence man Jeffrey Leibowitz was bit by the most venomous snake in the world — the inland taipan, in his home on Sept. 6, according to city police, and a lifelong snake keeper was “flabbergasted” at the way Leibowitz handled the snakes.

After seeing various posts of Leibowitz’s videos on Facebook, Al Coritz said Leibowitz was not handling or caring for them properly in his Marion Street home.

On Friday, Leibowitz posted a video on Facebook, confirming he was bit by the inland taipan.

Coritz said the plastic containers shown in Leibowitz’s posts are not suitable for snakes over a long period of time as they can easily slither through the cracks.

He also said that handling them freely without a snake hook or tongs made it only a matter of time before the snake would strike back.

“There’s no predicting these animals,” Coritz said. “I think I was totally flabbergasted when I was watching him handle the little taipan and I saw its little tail wagging, which means that ‘I’m very upset. Don’t bother me. I don’t want you to touch me.'”

Having owned a variety of 67 venomous snake species since 1973 and an important permit to purchase some of his snakes, Coritz said he has loved the unique reptiles since he was young and grew a passion for educating people about the venomous creatures he owns.

Some of the snakes he owned have consisted of a blue insular pit viper, water cobras and even a taipan himself.

“This has been a lifelong passion. I first started keeping nonvenomous snakes when I was a teenager and acquired my first venomous snakes in probably 1973,” Coritz said. “I had my own passion towards these very specialized animals that have modified over the centuries.”

“Certain components available inside their bodies, turning them into toxins and developing a delivery system for these toxins, primarily for predation,” he continued. “So I’ve always been very interested in that, you know, a biologist pretty much by training. So naturally this all all fell into place.”

Having invested so much time and passion into learning about his pet snakes, Coritz said having antivenom on-hand should be a necessity for all venomous snake owners.

Though Coritz said it can be very expensive, some upwards of $4,000 a vile — it’s worth it. Leibowitz is having his antivenom flown in from another state.

“This one happens to be a polyvalent, which means it will neutralize the venom of many of the Australian snakes all in one bottle,” he said. “It’s like, you live 10 hours from the nearest firehouse and your house catches fire. What’s going to be left in your house in 10 hours when the fire department finally arrives? Not much. So, this is having your own local fire department in your house.”

As many in the reptile community purchase their nonvenomous and venomous snakes from reptile shows, owner of the Ultimate Reptile show, Maria Marinopoulos, said that their show travels across the U.S and was at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center last month.

She said each state has different laws and regulations, but that Leibowitz did not get his from their show.

“It wasn’t sold at our show. It was delivered to the show,” she said. “It had nothing to do with the show. It was a deal that was made over Facebook and another vendor that was a friend of the person that sold the snake. They delivered it for Jeff.”

She said although the Ultimate Reptile Show holds no liability toward Leibowitz’s situation, their staff will continue to go through protocols with snake vendors and implement new safety measures in the near future.

Coritz said that the venomous snake community should come together and practice safe handling, wishing Leibowitz a safe recovery.

Maulface thread.

Was this a religious ceremony gone bad?

I think you have to be fucked in the head to want one snake as a pet, let alone 14.

Some dicks kind of resemble snakes.

It's no longer the black mamba?

[quote] Some dicks kind of resemble snakes.

Gram the One-Eyed Snake

Was it a cold-hearted snake?

Sssssss

R21 Straight up now tell me