Temmylee01:
If only they have good hospital around that place or there's a vet around since the snake is available he will be given an antidote for the venom of the said snake that bit him. Some of this reptiles venom are poisonous and can spread quickly if the antidote is not given ASAP.

The issue with snake is wahala.
You need to get a dedicated snake biologist who will study ALL the types of snakes in a region.
Catch each specie, then take a sample of the snake venom from its mouth, take the venom to a laboratory and use it
to create ANTI-venom medicine.
Then store the Anti-Venom medication...
AND THEN BE physically available to administer the exact anti venom for the exact snake that bit you.
I used to watch this program on cable TV called Snake city, and the man explained what I just wrote here, that that is exactly his work.
Which person does this kind of work in Nigeria? And who will pay him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMLaJm7LIx8

We have a lot of innovative work to do in this country Nigeria, instead of sitting down, complaining everyday, blaming superstition and waiting for white men to come and solve all our problems.

May the victim's soul rest in peace.

AmuRubber:


Please, what belief forbids the killing of puff adders?

This is not a Puff Adder..

It is a Gaboon Viper..

Luigi02:
Some people are saying if a puff ader or Gabon viper bites you, you won't survive. Well what if a black mamba or king cobra now bite you?

The black mamba victim probably won't be given chance to explain what happened to him, at least this victim was given chance to explain even though he said nonsense by saying the snake flew at him and the Facebook poster made it worse by saying the snake was sent

Black mamba or king cobra - no time for story antidote or death

uuzba:

The issue with snake is wahala.
You need to get a dedicated snake biologist who will study ALL the types of snakes in a region.
Catch each specie, then take a sample of the snake venom from its mouth, take the venom to a laboratory and use it
to create ANTI-venom medicine.
Then store the Anti-Venom medication...
AND THEN BE physically available to administer the exact anti venom for the exact snake that bit you.
I used to watch this program on cable TV called Snake city, and the man explained what I just wrote here, that that is exactly his work.
Which person does this kind of work in Nigeria? And who will pay him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMLaJm7LIx8

My Favorite program on NatGeoWild..

Snake In The City..

No one has sent it. The snake is in it's natural habitat and felt threatened by the farmers presence when the man came too close, that's why it struck.
A puff adder has great camouflage and not easily spotted from afar that's why human encounters with this snake has been reported all over the world.
The man did a great job killing it but it was failure of the community not having an antidote readily (the more reason nigerians always kill snake in the first place) "bush meat caught the hunter". May his, soul rest in peace, amen.

That's an adder

Luigi02:
Some people are saying if a puff ader or Gabon viper bites you, you won't survive. Well what if a black mamba or king cobra now bite you?

Black Mambas are not dangerous because of their Venoms..

Their danger lies in their aggression..

And their speed..

Unlike the Viper and Adder..

Their instinct is to go on the offensive..

They will actively attack when provoked..

Lazenby007:
Dey there dey form oyinbo.

Dey there with your delusional thoughts .... The whole scenario happened at his farm, if it happens in his house , well I could believe someone truly send the snake , but he went to farm and snake bite him , it's Normal, it's nature work , and also the snake is the type that attack even if you don't attack him .... Don't be delusional ....

Dat snake bad
Very venomous

Wawelexy:
.......... Ur mumu dey give buhari hope.

you are the real mumu here, this is simple. Its called the Darwin law of natural selection, he was bitten by a dangerous snake and instead of him to source for medical attention immediately, but believe in marabout of someone attacking him. he was too dorm to survive a simple brain test of going to the hospital. If your brain is not developed enough to know what is right to do in this dangerous world, Darwin theorem must come to play as brain power is a fitting survival strategy. Survival of the fittest by selection animal kingdom.

When I was bitten by a snake, I drank kerosene for the first time in my life. Snakes are evil. If only you know what was going on inside my body, you'll hate snakes.

In my native Ngwa we also call it Ajuala.
But I was told it doesn't bite easily.
Story has it that a victim of its bite may have unsettled spiritual issues.

OlayemiAshraf:
Puff adder bite person , you dey talk sey unknown person sent the snake ... Naija una no go kiii person

It's a Gaboon Viper snake

OlayemiAshraf:


Dey there with your delusional thoughts .... The whole scenario happened at his farm, if it happens in his house , well I could believe someone truly send the snake , but he went to farm and snake bite him , it's Normal, it's nature work , and also the snake is the type that attack even if you don't attack him .... Don't be delusional ....

Dey there dey type oyinbo.

R.I.P Tony I remember our days way back in school, Auchi, waterboard were we stayed together as neigbours. u were more than nice,Hard working and respectful everyone around you loves you because of your simple ways of life. Rest on bro I will miss you forever �

ANDREW91:


Its 100% possible.
I remembered one incident dat happened back den. A man turn to grasscutter and enter his brother trap after eating d grasscutter he died. It was during his burial that d man confessed

Are you high?. so it was at his burial, he confessed?. do dead people confess?

lawalosky:
Sent by an unknown person..
.
. Iocation cannot escape SE

Haha haha ah

Conner44:
gaboon viper

there is a saying in my place, if while you work on the farm and this snake bites you and you are able to resist the urge to kill it and immediately run across to another plot of land you will survive.

Where are you from?

Conner44:


Babara1994 killingit for a potent antivenom won't suffice because you'd be dead before the next hour and only specialized personnel in the medical field can make the antivenom on short demand from the body of the specimen that bit you. saving your life is paramount in this case.

the gaboon viper is the only snake that delivers the most amount of venom into its victim with a single bite. once you are bitten you will have excess venom in your blood stream. as you struggle to pick cutlass and chase it to kill fhe snake your heart will beat faster thereby pumping more blood around your system to give you the energy you require but at the same time the venok is also spreading faster around your body. that is why you shouldn't bother killing the viper when you notice it has bitten you but immediately and calmly cut a eope/cloth and tie it around the affected part of your body where you were bitten to stop the flow of the venom to your heart, cut open the bite area so blood oozes out and slowly but quickly rush to seek medical attention.

if other vipers inject 50 milligramms of venom into you as they bite you this particular one injects 1 centilitre, meaning it injects over 50 times he usual dose of other vipers in its class.

we call it AjuAla in our place

I don't think anyone bitten by this snake can follow through all these procedures. I read that the bite burns/ hurt alot.

OlayemiAshraf:
Gaboon viper bite person , you dey talk sey unknown person sent the snake ... Naija una no go kiii person

That's a puff adder not a gaboon viper.

Babara1994:

The snake must be killed to make a potent antidote

fallacy

Conner44:


Babara1994 killingit for a potent antivenom won't suffice because you'd be dead before the next hour and only specialized personnel in the medical field can make the antivenom on short demand from the body of the specimen that bit you. saving your life is paramount in this case.

the gaboon viper is the only snake that delivers the most amount of venom into its victim with a single bite. once you are bitten you will have excess venom in your blood stream. as you struggle to pick cutlass and chase it to kill fhe snake your heart will beat faster thereby pumping more blood around your system to give you the energy you require but at the same time the venok is also spreading faster around your body. that is why you shouldn't bother killing the viper when you notice it has bitten you but immediately and calmly cut a eope/cloth and tie it around the affected part of your body where you were bitten to stop the flow of the venom to your heart, cut open the bite area so blood oozes out and slowly but quickly rush to seek medical attention.

if other vipers inject 50 milligramms of venom into you as they bite you this particular one injects 1 centilitre, meaning it injects over 50 times he usual dose of other vipers in its class.

we call it AjuAla in our place

Well-done
Thanks for this information

Babara1994:


Imagine o. Something that happened in a farm. Nigerians are funny people. That snake is extremely poisonous

Snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous.

Jacobx007:
Incredible.

So after 10 years on Nairaland, I have finally achieved FTC status!! Lols

Like seriously? For this kin news abi?

sorry bro.
RIP

Mpanyi:


My Dad just cut the place and put one native medicine like that. Just once. And that was it. Unfortunately nobody knows where the medicine is now as the old man is late. But I must attribute the whole thing to God.

Either the bite wasn't deep or the snake wasn't dangerously venomous. If dem insert needle into your body can a superficial cut be able to reach what was injected inside you?

Very possible. Since we have unknown gunmen, we should have unknown snake sender

iLegendd:
When I was bitten by a snake, I drank kerosene for the first time in my life. Snakes are evil. If only you know what was going on inside my body, you'll hate snakes.

how you serious? Drank kerosone it pour kerosone on the affected part.

OlayemiAshraf:
Gaboon viper bite person , you dey talk sey unknown person sent the snake ... Naija una no go kiii person

No mind the guy and those that aligned with his view. How many people have survived it's bite before.
In Yoruba, there is this saying that death is the boundary for any animal or person that the snake bite. Even when it bite a tree, the tree withered over a period of time.

Conner44:
gaboon viper

there is a saying in my place, if while you work on the farm and this snake bites you and you are able to resist the urge to kill it and immediately run across to another plot of land you will survive.

Lies

Mpanyi:
Very deadly snake. We call it echieteka. That is tomorrow is too far. The bite will hardly see you see tomorrow. But thank God I was bitten by this type of snake and I have seen a decade plus.

Wait bro I don't understand, how did u survive it?where were you treated abeg?