UK - NHS doctors treated a variety of bizarre injuries last year including crocodile and alligator bites, scorpion stings and bites from venomous spiders. (Story continues below)
By Nick Collins Exotic animals, many of which can be kept as pets in Britain, caused a number of unusual injuries and maladies last year according to NHS figures. As well as six crocodile or alligator bites, doctors treated 18 victims of poisonous spiders or scorpions, 52 snake or lizard bites and 50 jellyfish stings ... (Continue story) |