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nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

Apparently, one of my students has a pet snake, a Mamushi. These snakes are native to Japan, Korea, and China and are venomous, the most venomous in Japan, in fact.

Anyway, the snake bit one of the other students. He had to go to the hospital and spend some time there. Now he's got his arm wrapped up and he's showing it off, so proud of his snake bite.

My kids are idiots. I just wanted to share that.

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

Is this snake a small brownish snake that can fit into one of those small coffee cups? Because I think I saw one of those once, our resident priest/teacher scoped it up in a coffee cup after the girls in his class started freaking out, since one sneaked into the adjacent class during class once, and let it go outside.

I had absolutely no idea it was poisonous though.

nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloydius_blomhoffii_brevicaudus

Here is a photo of it on Wikipedia. Definitely not picking it up in a coffee cup, unless you're talking like a Big Gulp, and even then, having captured rattlesnakes before, you wouldn't find me playing hero with a cup...

J Rock · Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Location: The center of the Earth, Suji

I wouldn't give any homework or mess with this kid in the near future. I hate snakes.

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

Thanks for the photo link. I didn't know this bad boy was a Pit Viper. In spring, we had a really big one of these snakes (4 foot) living in the teachers' office. The cleaning kids found it, and the custodian removed it by wrapping it's head in a piece of folded cardboard, and then carrying it chopstick style (with 2 long sticks). I got some great photos, and I knew it was a nasty because of it's diamond shaped head.

I hate snakes. I was fishing at a mountain lake 2 weeks ago (in sandals), and when I was walking down a mountain trail when, for no particular reason, I suddenly stopped. I looked down, and I was about to stand on a snake playing possum on the trail. I cartwheeled backwards, and the snake slithered off. Yikes!!!!!

TexasChicken · Joined: 05 Jul 2007

This isnt a Co-teacher flame?

milspecs · Joined: 19 Jun 2008

Do you want him to feel ashamed?

Kid got bit by a poisonous snake and survived. Of course he's going to feel proud.

Kaypea · Joined: 09 Oct 2008

I'm glad my middle schoolers, boys and girls, freak out at bees (ok, so some of the boys LOVE playing hero and killing them)... I hate to think that somebody might bring a snake! Ugh, I'd go home...

KimchiExplosion · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: Nowhere near Seoul

Just say to your co-teacher "I sick of these mother-******* snakes in this mother-******* school!"

nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

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nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

If it's the giant hornet, you'll know. These things are huge, about as thick as a thumb, a small hummingbird perhaps. The Asian Giant Hornet has a stinger that is 1/4 inch long, and they CAN drip venom (and sting multiple times), that might have been what was coming out the rear.

Also, as long as you are healthy, you'll probably be fine. The people who die from these stings usually are the very young/old/sick, so don't worry TOO much. Of course, if you ARE stung, you'll probably be in the hospital, at LEAST for a few hours.