Revision as of 23:07, 15 April 2023 edit 2607:fea8:919c:7800:416:c18c:f6e1:318c (talk) Robert mertens death was very similiar to Karl's 20 years earlier when interacting with a venomous colubrid from africa. ← Previous edit		Revision as of 03:43, 16 May 2023 edit undo Atakdoug (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 1,476 edits m copyedit Next edit →
Line 15: Mertens died after being bitten while feeding his pet savanna twigsnake, ''[[Thelotornis capensis]]''.<ref name=EDR/> Because no applicable antivenom existed at that time, he suffered for 18 days before dying.<ref name=EDR/> He kept a diary of his deteriorating condition, noting that it was the "''für einen Herpetologen einzig angemessene Ende''" (the only appropriate demise for a herpetologist).<ref name=EDR/> The death of Robert Mertens ~~mimics~~parallels that of another well known Herpetologist, Karl Patterson Schmidt ~~from~~, almost 20 years earlier. ~~Both~~Each ~~were~~was ~~Herpetologists~~a herpetologists, ~~both~~each ~~were~~was bitten by a venomous colubrid native to Africa, and ~~both~~each documented ~~their~~his symptoms until ~~their~~his death. ==References==

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