At 1.48am overnight,paramedics attended North Point Camp Ground on Moreton Island after a man was bitten on the foot.
The victim,who was in his 20s,was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.
A day earlier,a woman in her 30s was taken to Logan Hospital in a stable condition after being bitten at a Beaudesert property about 10.30pm. The type of snake was not specified.
A couple of hours earlier,a man in his 30s was taken to Bundaberg Hospital for a snake bite. He was also reported to be in a stable condition,with no confirmation of the type of snake.
And a man in his 20s was bitten at a suburban property before being taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.
The latest reports follow news last week of a woman in her 20s being bitten on the hand by a brown snake while she slept at a rural property west of Brisbane.
She was woken by the snake at a Western Downs property,where a photo showed the reptile poking its head out from under a doona.
Sean Cade from Australian Snake Catchers is receiving regular calls to domestic settings for snake sightings.
“Ninety-five per cent of people are bitten either trying to catch or kill snakes,” said the Sydney-based catcher with more than 25 years’ experience.
“The eastern brown snake has a very active defence mechanism,and a lot of people mistake that for aggression,but it’s just a warning.
“So people grab a stick or a shovel and might miss,but the snake doesn’t miss in response.”
Some snakes,including the eastern brown and red-bellied black snake,are still in their breeding and birthing season,but Cade said “the most crucial thing to remember is that if snakes are left alone,they are not going to pose a threat”.
“There is a lot of infrastructure work and therefore habitat destruction going on,and that displaces[snakes] and means they’re on the move,” he said of regular sightings in urban settings,to which snakes have adapted.
Immediate snake-bite treatment includes pressure and immobilisation,while calling triple-zero.
–AAP
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