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| Australian man bitten by taipan snake dies after six days in hospital | |
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| An elderly man bitten by a taipan at his home in Queensland has died after spending nearly a week in hospital. | An elderly man bitten by a taipan at his home in Queensland has died after spending nearly a week in hospital. |
| David Pitt, 77, went into cardiac arrest after the highly venomous snake bit him on the foot at his home in Yorkeys Knob, Cairns, on 20 December. | David Pitt, 77, went into cardiac arrest after the highly venomous snake bit him on the foot at his home in Yorkeys Knob, Cairns, on 20 December. |
| Pitt was attempting to remove the snake which had slithered into his lounge room when he was bitten. He was revived and taken to intensive care at Cairns hospital but died on Boxing Day. | Pitt was attempting to remove the snake which had slithered into his lounge room when he was bitten. He was revived and taken to intensive care at Cairns hospital but died on Boxing Day. |
| The coastal taipan is Australia’s largest venomous snake, with some adults growing two metres long. | The coastal taipan is Australia’s largest venomous snake, with some adults growing two metres long. |