AN antivenom alert last week turned out to be an anticlimax, due to a case of mistaken identity by a panicky Queensland woman.
The Sippy Downs resident rang her local snake catcher about a purported intruder, frantically saying "I think there is a snake in the backyard, I am sitting still for the time being, can you get someone out as soon as possible?"
The reptile expert, Stuart McKenzie, wrote on Facebook that "she seemed quite stressed over the phone and I got someone there ASAP".
However once the snake catcher arrived, rather than a red-bellied black snake, the offending beast (pictured below) turned out to be a rubber strap.
"They both sort of had a laugh, in the end I think she was a bit relieved it wasn't a snake," he said.
A bar in the Israeli city of Jaffa is clearly targeting a female demographic with the launch of a so-called "Bloody Hour" which gives menstruating women a 25% discount on their drinks.
The ladies who own the bar said females who have their period "deserve a favour," adding that they hoped it would also open up discussion of a taboo topic.
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