Sunday, June 22, 2008

The banded krait -- native habitat includes Burma --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungarus_fasciatus

During the recent cyclone Nargis, many people reportedly died of snake bite.

Wiki article above says a water buffalo bitten by a banded krait died in 20 minutes.

Presumably a human or child would die faster.

Kyi May Kaung

An excellent, excellent movie--The Burial--On a par with Mississippi Burniing--

You can see it on Amazon Prime--based on a real life case and the original story in the New Yorker. Court scenes--the funeral monopoly that...