Austin Stevens - Black Mamba - C5 NOW

[Lamp]

This week Austin Stevens is tracking black mambas - the world's deadliest snake

Its on Channel 5 now (20:00 UK time, UK terrestrial TV)

The guy's nuts.

Worth watching

 

[Lamp]

The venom of this snake is extremely toxic. Its bite delivers about 100-120 mg of venom on average, however it can deliver up to 400 mg of venom; 10 to 15 mg is deadly to a human adult. Mortality rate is approximately 100% unless the snakebite victim is promptly treated with black mamba antivenom, which is rare, expensive, and generally only kept on-hand by people who anticipate the possibility of encountering a black mamba. Death is due to suffocation resulting from paralysis of the muscles used for breathing. Even though its venom is not the most toxic gram for gram, due to its aggressive nature and large quantity of venom delivered as well as its speed, it is widely regarded as the most dangerous snake in the world. Black mamba bites can potentially kill a human within minutes depending on the health, size, age, and psychological state of the human. Other factors include penetration of one or both fangs, amount of venom injected, location of the bite, and proximity to major blood vessels. The health of the snake and the interval since it last used its venom mechanism is also important.

 

[Cozak]

No fun when you know they probably have alot of the anti-venom.

 

[Congax]

No fun when you know they probably have alot of the anti-venom.

Yeah, he should die irl, that would be good fun...or not.

I don't really get what inspires people to do such stupid things tbh - is it just for attention? :-/

 

[tris-]

I don't really get what inspires people to do such stupid things tbh - is it just for attention? :-/

yes, it is indeed stupid to want to learn about our world.

 

[Congax]

yes, it is indeed stupid to want to learn about our world.

Well, chasing Black Mamba's doesn't really get me to keen to learn about our world

But I'll just be a big puss

 

[Lamp]

Did you SEE what he was doing with the black mamba

Holding it's head and going "this is the most dangerous snake on the planet - one bite can drop an elephant"

Quite quite mad

Leave the snakes alone, and the snakes will leave you alone.

 

[Cozak]

Yeah, he should die irl, that would be good fun...or not.

I don't really get what inspires people to do such stupid things tbh - is it just for attention? :-/

Oh, apparantly I forgot my /SARCASM ON/OFF tags. Sorry, thought it was obvious.

 

[Congax]

Oh, apparantly I forgot my /SARCASM ON/OFF tags. Sorry, thought it was obvious.

Yes, you little Devil, next time I'll need the tags

 

[Thadius]

No fun when you know they probably have alot of the anti-venom.

Nah, they have John Lock on hand to suck out the venom!

 

[Urgat]

Did you SEE what he was doing with the black mamba

Holding it's head and going "this is the most dangerous snake on the planet - one bite can drop an elephant"

Quite quite mad

Leave the snakes alone, and the snakes will leave you alone.

Appart from the fact that this particular Mamba had been roaming nearer and nearer to people.

Yes, one could argue that we are pushing into such a dangerous creatures domain by our selfish expansion, and i would agree with you.

However, whats done is done, and the fact was, that sooner or later that snake would have killed someone, and then it would have been hunted down and killed for doing the only thing it new how to do... defend itself.

The guy genuinely wanted to make sure that snake would be safe, and that no one was accidently hurt by it. So he hunted it down to relocate it.

He risked his own life to ensure both other humans and the mamba were safe.

Mad? nah... i wish i had the balls to do such good work for our planets creatures.