KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

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

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

The banded krait -- native habitat includes Burma --

Beautifully translated too--the aging is beautifully done--the giving up of hope.

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