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Cyclist bitten by brown snake caught in her bike chain (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 weeks ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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A woman is recovering after she was bitten by an eastern brown snake that got caught in her bike chain on a northern NSW rail trail.

Eastern brown snakes are among the world's most deadly but it was the bike rider's lucky day, coincidentally a day before World Snake Day, and the reptile's bite failed to deliver venom.

A local snake catcher says snakes are common on the rail trail and users should always carry compression bandages.

wtf?

as an Aussie I've ridden over a few snakes in my time as they are sunning on trials, always feet well up for this reason! scary!

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 26 points 4 weeks ago

I’ve ridden over a few snakes in my time as they are sunning on trials

Please avoid this if at all possible. The snake is not likely to survive being run over by a bicycle. It will break their spine and some ribs.

I understand if you're going too fast to stop and the snake is stretched across the entire trail. But if you can avoid it at all, please do.