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Puff BiteCouple of months previous this 12 year old girl got tagged by a puff. She lost her leg

 

 



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That looks so painful i would hate to get bit.

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Wow, that is some serious damage caused by her bite.


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The 12 year old had her leg amputated below the knee a short time later.

 

So the moral of the story is watch ones step.evileye



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aww poor girl. that looks real nasty. Jsut shows you what sort of damage it can do and to look at the piccie of it it dotn looke like it could do much harm, but thankfulyl most of us know how dangerous they can be.

Take it she was out walking or something when it happened.

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Lizardlover wrote:

...she was out walking or something when it happened.




Yip that is what happened. The Puff is responsible for the most bits of any snake in Africa. The Cytotoxic venom does tremendous tissue damage so amputations are not uncommon.



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