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

Moving Poems--Kyi May Kaung and Lisa DiLillo--Tongue Don't have Bones--c 1998

https://www.movingpoems.com/2009/08/tongues-have-no-bones/