Rob Coulter worked in South Africa as a game ranger. He knew the animals, insects, and reptiles of Africa very well. Rob knew them so well that he became careless.
One night, while camping alone, Rob reached out to pick up a large piece of wood and felt something hit his arm. Rob didn't think much about it, but a little later, his arm began to ache. When he looked closely at it, he saw two fang marks in the skin of his arm. He realized that a venomous snake had bitten him. His pulse became rapid.
Rob's mind raced as he thought about what he had to do to survive. Rob knew that he should remain calm, stay still, keep the injured arm below the level of his heart, and avoid eating or drinking anything, especially anything with alcohol in it. He also knew that cutting the wound to suck the poison out was a bad idea.
He used his two-way radio to call for help. As he waited, he washed the bite with soap and water. To help slow the spread of the venom, he wrapped a bandage around his arm two inches above the bite. The band was loose enough to slip a finger under it so that it would not cut off the flow of blood from the veins. After about half an hour, his friend Mike arrived. Mike took Rob to the local hospital, where Rob was given antivenin—an antidote to snake venom.
Rob still enjoys camping, but he is now very, very careful not to disturb snakes.
羅伯．庫勒特在南非當野生動物公園管理員。他對非洲動物、昆蟲和爬蟲類瞭解甚深，也正因如此而失之大意了。
一天晚上，羅伯一個人在外露營。在他伸手撿拾一塊大木材時，感覺手臂被什麼東西碰了一下。當時他不以為意，不一會兒，手臂竟開始疼痛。他靠近一看，手臂皮膚上有兩個齒痕，他明白自己被毒蛇咬了，他的脈搏開始加快。
羅伯的思緒不斷湧出，想著該做些什麼才能保命。他知道自己必須保持冷靜，不能亂動，讓被咬的手臂保持低於心臟的位置，而且不能吃也不能喝，尤其是含酒精的飲料。他也知道，切開傷口將毒液吸出並不是個好方法。
他利用無線電對講機求救。等待救援時，他以肥皂和清水清洗傷口。為了減緩毒液的擴散，他在傷口上方兩吋的地方綁上繃帶，但不能綁太緊，必須留下一根手指頭可以插入的空隙，避免血液不流通。大約半個小時後，他的朋友麥克趕到了。麥克帶羅伯到當地醫院注射抗蛇毒血清──一種對抗蛇毒液的解毒劑。
羅伯還是很喜歡露營，只不過現在他會非常、非常小心，不會再打草驚蛇了。
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