Snakes Bite (October 24, 2007)

Matt is 26 years old and he lives in America. Matt loves snakes. Some people have hamsters as pets. Some have parrots. Some have turtles and some have fish.  Matt has snakes as pets. He has a tank at home with all his pet snakes. Every other day, he buys live mice to feed his snakes. When the snakes are full, he will take them out and play with them. Snakes usually don't bite if they’re full.

On his birthday in September, his friends organized a barbecue party at the country park to celebrate. They ate a lot of food and drank many bottles of beer. They had chicken wings, sausages, and burgers. Everyone had a great time. One of his friends asked Matt to get some sausages out. When Matt put his hand in the sausage bag, he picked up a snake instead.  Remember that any park with lots of grass and bushes could have snakes.

All his friends screamed but Matt told them that the snake was not dangerous. He said "Look at me." He put the snake's head in his mouth. The snake bit his tongue and the poison from the bite made his face turn bright red. His friends took him to the hospital immediately. Fortunately, the doctors were able to save him and Matt is doing okay now.

He is telling everyone what happened and he wants everyone to know that drinking too much beer will make people do silly things. He also wants everyone to know that snakes can be very dangerous. Don't touch them or play with them and NEVER put a snake's head in your mouth.  Snakes will bite if they think they are in danger.