A seasoned snake catcher is fighting for his life in intensive care after he was bitten by a highly venomous tiger snake while responding to a relocation request over the weekend.
Mark Pelley, commonly known as 'The Snake Hunter', was called out to a property in Diamond Creek in Melbourne's northeast on Sunday morning and was just about to catch the snake when one of his tools — a pinning stick used to safely control snakes — broke which resulted in the snake biting his hand. The effects of its venom were almost instant. Vineyard Post


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