venomous dealers out of control

not sure if I am supposed to post this here or not, so if not I apologize.

I am the Curator of Reptiles at the Black Hills Reptile Gardens in Rapid City South Dakota and I wanted to share the phone call I recieved today.

I got a call from a guy in E. South Dakota. today, who just ordered an E. A. Green Mamba, A Death Adder and 2 albino Monocled Cobras. His questions to me was:
"How dangerous are the bites by these snakes?
Which one is worse?
How do I get them in there cage?
If he were to be bitten, would I care if he used our antivenom?"

He was told by the dealer that if bitten by any of the three, they would knock him unconcious and he would be sick for a couple days, but not to worry about it!

Right after answering a couple of the questions above, I started to ask where he bought them, just as he started to respond his cell phone started to cut out..... he said he would call me back. I think he didn't really like a good a_s chewing so he never called back....

I wish I knew the dealers name....does anyone know who has been selling death adders recently?

Also, I asked him if he had any venomous snake experience and his response was " a couple rattlesnakes "

I can't believe the dealers are that desperate for money to be willing to kill one of there customers!

There needs to be some morality in that buisness! In order to make a couple hundred bucks at most!!!

Outragious!!

If anyone knows of a dealer that has been selling Death Adders, I would love to know who they were, so I can black list them from any future purchases from our zoo as well as pass this story on to all the zoo Curators that I deal with. Which just so happens to be alot!

I posted this here, thinking that most dealers probably visit here occasionally to see if there name is being discussed. So I apologize if this is the wrong place for this.

Terry