General News
2 March, 2025
Slither safely through summer
NO NEED to get hiss-terical ... but snakes are sticking their fangs out in all types of places. Last Friday evening in Wedderburn, a tennis club volunteer went off to hospital after a suspected bite when putting her hand into a water plug hole at...
NO NEED to get hiss-terical ... but snakes are sticking their fangs out in all types of places.
Last Friday evening in Wedderburn, a tennis club volunteer went off to hospital after a suspected bite when putting her hand into a water plug hole at the lawn courts.
And at Mologa last week, Guido Assmann found a snake beaten by a web-weaving spider.
Ambulance Victoria say it has responded to 129 suspected snake bites so far this summer - 24 in the Loddon Mallee region.
Director emergency management Dale Armstrong said: “With hot weather continuing, the snakes are out, which means we need to be vigilant.”
“Bites can often be avoided simply by being observant in areas that are likely to attract snakes, such as near rivers, long grass or sheds.”