On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.

time2lose@lemmy.world · 25 days ago

On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.

Cypher@aussie.zone · edit-2 25 days ago

The inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world, bites are extremely rare so few places stock anti-venom. Also given the snake is from Australia you wouldn’t expect many US hospitals to have it.