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wallace · « **Reply #30 on:** July 07, 2008, 08:37:45 AM »

quote:
Originally posted by bikerchickblonde

I've got a viper and black scorpions and loads of frogs!

lol that should gain you some privacy

Eric · « **Reply #31 on:** July 07, 2008, 12:00:42 PM »

The clinic on the road to Fethiye (opposite the Camlik) carries anti snake venom and anti scorpion venom serum.

pookie · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2008, 12:49:22 PM »

Thats good to know, thanks Eric. Hope you don't know from personal experience [xx(]

tillyfloss · « **Reply #33 on:** July 07, 2008, 16:33:26 PM »

Thanks Eric.

Do you have the telephone number for the clinic and the doctor?

alec · « **Reply #34 on:** July 07, 2008, 16:35:22 PM »

Of snakes, only the vipers are poisonous - and they're seriously dangerous - other snakes are more or less harmless, including the big black ones, and anyway they do a good job eating the rats and mice. The big black scorpions are said to be much less dangerous than the little yellowy ones, which can be very painful but with luck shouldn't kill you. But reading the Turkish press, it seems the biggest danger these days is ticks, which can carry a very nasty disease.

hamilton · « **Reply #35 on:** July 07, 2008, 16:36:08 PM »

if you are unlucky and get bitten by a snake it is very important to identify the snake that bit you, or even better catch it, as all venoms are different, so i was told when I worked in the middle east.
Tony

wickwilly · « **Reply #36 on:** July 07, 2008, 18:00:46 PM »

further to Alec's mention about ticks.There are several varieties of ticks here but there is a new strain that has been monitored for the past couple of years.If you could see it through a magnifying glass you would see that it has a red back and looks a bit like a colorado beatle.However, Beware, these little blighters bury themselves under the skin and under no circumstances should you try and remove them yourselves. You must go to a hospital or clinic where they will remove them for you.If you try and take them out they emit a highly toxic poison into your bloodstream.There have been 700 cases in Turkey so far this year and 35 people have died through trying to remove them themselves.They are not thought to be in this area yet but are expected to do so at some stage.

WW

julesbob0303 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 07, 2008, 18:59:37 PM »

Oooooh, they sound nice, WW

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Rindaloo · « **Reply #38 on:** July 07, 2008, 19:27:27 PM »

Sweet!

pookie · « **Reply #39 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:29:25 AM »

anyone want to buy a villa in Uzumlu.....

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