Well yesterday my friends and I decided to go on a little herping mission, and our chosen location was mount moreland.The day had begun on a very good note our first catch was a hatchling Water monitor Varanus niloticus then an unknown species of thread snake (unfortunately no pics). After much searching the mission became a little pear shaped my brother and my one friend had walked up ahead while I was searching some rubble, all of a sudden I heard a lot of shouts and screams as I quickly ran there, my friend had said he had got bitten and they were both convinced it was a mamba. As I was not there to identify the snake I was going to have to take their word for it, so I immediately got hold of my father who came and fetched us and took us to the hospital. By this time he said the bite site was burning and that he was getting a tingly sensation in his hands and feet. Anyways I was still unconvinced it was a mamba as an hour had past and he wasn't showing any serious signs other than sore muscles and the bite site was swelling up, to cut a long story short he has spent the night in ICU and will be out today. Whatever the snake was he was seriously lucky it wasn't anything to serious this has been a very important lesson for both him and my brother as I had warned them not to grab any snake unless they could identify before hand. The friend that got bitten understands his mistake, and does not blame the snake but himself for being very stupid. I think he'll be a lot more careful if and when he comes herping again
Pics of the hatchling monitor