I'm John Batchel and Jeremy Zackas is here. This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

We're in Australia, where I have gested over the years that Jeremy and I have been talking,

that there are many exotic creatures and they'll all try to kill you if you let them.

In this instance, though, this is a story that requires some attention to why.

We're talking about a young woman who was bitten, probably by a venomous snake.

Yes, Jeremy? It confirmed venomous snake.

But then what happened?

Well, miraculously, John, she was bitten by the snake,

and then despite being lost in the Australian wilderness, which is just about three hours

drive south of Sydney, so very, very rugged country, she continued to be lost for another four

days with a snake bite, harsh, harsh conditions,

extremely vulnerable to the wind,

to the hot desert temperature winds that were coming across the region at the time.

She survived for four days after the snake bite

to be discovered by rescuers who managed to get to her hospital

and actually, she fully survived the whole incident.

But I think what the amazing part here,

John, is the fact that she got bitten by this snake about seven days into a ordeal where she

actually got lost in the basically Mount Cosiosco National Park, which is just south of Canberra.

But the fact that she got bitten by a snake managed to do everything right with first aid

and then survive four days after a venomous snake

bite and i have to say too the snake was called a copperhead so while it's not quite as venomous

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