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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Croc Centre Conservation Manager Bitten by Green Mamba

In a shocking turn of events, Mark Robertson, the Conservation Manager at St Lucia's Crocodile Centre, was bitten by a Green Mamba snake.  

The incident occurred at the Croc Centre's tea garden this morning, 9 April.  He was rushed to a hospital in Richard's Bay where emergency treatment was administered. 
According to a reliable source, his condition is improving and he hopes to be discharged tomorrow, 10 April.

Although a highly dangerous snake with dangerously neurotoxic venom, the Green Mamba snake is a "tree living species that seldom ventures to the ground... Bites are rare and are most commonly inflicted on snake handlers." (information from Johan Marais' Snakes & Snake Bite of Southern Africa).  Unlike the Black Mamba which has the ability to inject large quantities of a "very potent venom", the Green Mamba usually leaves its victims with few symptoms, following a 'dry bite' (little to no venom injected).

We, at St Lucia News, wish Mark a speedy recovery and a quick return to St Lucia.
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