A man working to clear trees and shrubs in the Australian outback was bitten by venomous snakes twice in three days. After treatment, he returned to work in the same field and was bitten on his left arm by a brown-coloured snake on Sunday. “This incredibly unlucky fellow wasn’t very talkative as he was in a great deal of pain when we arrived at the hospital,” on Sunday, the statement said. The man was almost certainly bitten by different snakes, said Claudia Corrigan, an expert from Canberra reptile zoo. Both were probably eastern brown snakes, also known as the common brown snake, which is world’s second most venomous land snake after Australia’s inland taipan, Corrigan said.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2016 10:03 UTC