Platypus rescue spurs rare venom emergency
The 62-year-old was left in severe pain and required surgical debridement of two wounds from the platypus’ barb.
A woman’s attempt to rescue a wild platypus left her in excruciating pain and requiring surgery in a rare case of envenomation reported in the Medical Journal of Australia.
The 62-year-old presented to ED with severe pain just two hours after handling the monotreme, according to clinicians from the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania.
