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词条 Kevin Budden
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Taipan capture and death

  3. Legacy

  4. External links

  5. References

Kevin Clifford Budden (1930[1] – July 28, 1950)[2] was an amateur Australian herpetologist and snake hunter. Budden was one of the first people to capture a live taipan and died from a snake bite in the process of doing so. His work was instrumental in developing a taipan antivenom.[3]

Early life

After leaving school, Budden worked as a retail assistant in Randwick, New South Wales.[4] At this time he joined the Australian Reptile Club and began hunting snakes as a hobby. He built his own snake pit and spent weekends in the bush collecting snakes.[5] In 1948 he caught some 59 snakes and was bitten five times.[4]

Taipan capture and death

In March 1950, Budden traveled to Queensland with two colleagues in an attempt to find and capture a taipan for the purpose of antivenom research.[3] The group had previously visited Cape York and the Northern Territory on a similar quest.[6][7] On July 27 Budden found a six-foot taipan near Cairns. While attempting to bag the snake, he was bitten on his left thumb. Budden was able to place the captured snake in a bag, and was taken for medical treatment. Although doctors were initially hopeful he would recover, he died the following afternoon.[3][8][9]

Legacy

At the time of Budden's death, there were various rumours about the taipan, but it was not until Budden had captured this specimen that serious consideration was given to the potency of its venom.[10] The captured snake was sent alive to the Commonwealth Research Laboratories in Melbourne,[8][9] where its venom was successfully milked by zoologist David Fleay,[11] who was at that time the director of Healesville Sanctuary.[9] Venom from the captured taipan was instrumental in researching and developing an antivenom, which became available in 1955.[12]

In a 2014 article published in the Journal of Proteomics, University of Queensland venomologist Bryan Fry reported finding specimens of the venom harvested from the taipan that killed Budden. His study found that the venom had retained its toxicity after almost sixty years in dry storage.[3][13]

External links

  • [https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/specimens/340619 Specimen D 8175], picture of the taipan Budden caught, as kept by Museums Victoria.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=946087|title=Catalogue listing (Kevin Budden papers, 1948-1950)|publisher=Library of New South Wales|accessdate=16 January 2014}}
2. ^Mirtschin, P. (2006); "The pioneers of venom production for Australian antivenoms", in: Toxicon, Vol. 48, p. 899-918. Retrieved online, 17 June 2017.
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/snake-venom-keeps-its-bite-80-years-on-20140115-30v38.html|title=Snake venom keeps its bite 80 years on|last=Atfield|first=Cameron|date=16 January 2014|work=Brisbane Times|accessdate=16 January 2014}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130240510?|title=Catches snakes as a hobby|date=19 January 1949|work=News|page=13|accessdate=17 January 2014|location=Adelaide, South Australia}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49579411?|title=Taipan Victim's Many Snakebites|date=14 August 1950|work=Barrier Miner|page=8|accessdate=16 January 2014|location=Broken Hill, New South Wales}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48589228?|title=Leaving on snake hunt|date=30 March 1949|work=Barrier Miner|accessdate=17 January 2014|location=Broken Hill, New South Wales}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71412051?|title=Snake Scalpers|date=11 April 1949|work=Worker|page=4|accessdate=16 January 2014|location=Brisbane, Queensland}}
8. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131128699?|title=Taipan "belonga devil"|date=1 August 1950|work=News|page=11|accessdate=16 January 2014|location=Adelaide, South Australia}}
9. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Cushing|first1=Nancy|last2=Markwell|first2=Kevin|title=Snake-Bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park|year=2010|publisher=University of New South Wales Press|isbn=978 174223 232 4|pages=53–54|chapter=5}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109471733?|title=The Taipan - Deadly Snake on View in Renmark|last=Orrell|first=John|date=26 October 1950|work=Murray Pioneer|page=11|accessdate=16 January 2014|location=Renmark, South Australia}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63097255?s|title=Budden's Parents to Visit Grave|date=12 August 1950|work=Townsville Daily Bulletin|page=7|accessdate=16 January 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kingsnake.com/aho/species/extras/budden.html|title=The Death of Kevin Budden|last=Williams|first=David|date=January 2004|accessdate=17 January 2014|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/107967/20110506-1206/www.kingsnake.com/aho/species/extras/budden.html|archivedate=6 May 2011}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/14/80-year-old-vintage-snake-venom-can-still-kill/|title=80-Year-Old Vintage Snake Venom Can Still Kill|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=January 2014|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=17 January 2014}}
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