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A-Z
of Tourism
Covers
bites in general, as well as crocodile, alligator, shark and
snake attacks. 
http://www.a-zoftourism.com/travel-tip-320-c47-Animal+Attacks.htm
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Airvac.com
All about
poisonous snakes and lizards, how to avoid them and what to
do if you are bitten by one of them.
http://www.aircav.com/survival/appe/asappetoc.html
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American
Association of Poison Control Centers
Locate
your nearest poison center using this site.
http://www.aapcc.org/
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Australian
Snake Bites
All about
identifying Australian snakes and treating their bites.
http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/anaes/snakebite.html
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BBC.couk
Tips on
bugs, bites and how to avoid them both.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/travel/beastie_bites01.shtml
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BugBog
Advice
on treating jellyfish stings.
http://www.bugbog.com/travel_safety/dangerous_animals/jellyfish_stings.html
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Dangerous
Sea Life
Familiarize
yourself with dangerous sea creatures with the aid of this
article.
http://www.nativeplanet.org/health/dangeroussealife.
htmhttp://www.voicenet.co.jp/~jeanphi/dangeroussealife.htm
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eNature.com
American
wildlife guide that covers over 5,500 different species.
http://www.enature.com/home/
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Gringoes.com
Although
its snake farm is the principal draw for outsiders, the world
famous Butanta Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is also an
important research and production center for antivenoms and
vaccines. Unfortunately, we could not find the official homepage
of the Institute, just this unofficial website.
http://www.gringoes.com/registro.asp?ID_categoria=5&ID
_SubCategoria=53&ID_registro=1780
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HealthCentral.com
Snakebites:
a photographic gallery of bites, definition, considerations,
causes, symptoms, what not to do tips, first-aid and prevention.
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000031.cfm
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Herbison
Consulting Index
A guide
to the different types of snakes you are likely to encounter,
ordered by region. The site also contains many other snake-related
links.
http://herbison.com/herbison/snakes.html
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National
Travel Health Network and Centre
Insect
bite avoidance tips.
http://www.nathnac.org/travel/misc/travellers_mos.htm
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Online
Bangalore.com
Basic advice
on treating snakebites.
http://www.onlinebangalore.com/heal/tips/snakebite.html
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Protect
New Zealand
Learn to
identify creepy crawlies such as spiders, insects, bugs and
worms.
http://www.protectnz.org.nz/
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Randall's
Adventure Training (RAT)
Contains
a number of very informative manuals on travel survival and
travel health including one on overseas travel and wilderness
first aid. The manuals are in PDF format and free to download.
http://www.jungletraining.com/
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Royal
Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Comprehensive
guide to dealing with snake bites in Australia and Paua New
Guinea. Free to download in PDF format.
http://www.flyingdoctor.net/monographs/snakebite.pdf
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Sea
and Sky
Explore
life under the sea.
http://www.seasky.org/
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Singnet.com
Online
guide to scorpions.
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~chuaeecc/venom/venom2.htm
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Surgery.UCSD.edu
Contains
common names of snakes, scientific names, protocol lists and
information on antivenoms.
http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ENT/DAVIDSON/snake/index.htm
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Survival
Instinct
Tips on
treating snake bites quickly and safely.
http://www.survivalinstinct.com/snakebitetips1.html
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Survive
Outdoors
An excellent
outdoor survival reference guide with special chapters on
snake and spider bites, and animal attacks. Be warned, certain
sections of the site contain some quite grizzly pictures.
http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/
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Tender
Corporation
Treatments
and repellents for bites and stings available to buy online.
http://www.tendercorp.com/
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University
of Florida
Snakebites
- the facts, the fiction and what to do in an emergency.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd/docs/as31600.html
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What's
That Bug?
Online
insect identification resource.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
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Wilderness-Survival.net
How to
avoid being bitten by insects or arachnids such as scorpions,
spiders and centipedes. Be warned, this site is not one for
arachnaphobics.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appd.php
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Wilderness-Survival.net
Advice
on what to do if you are bitten or stung by ticks, mosquitoes,
flies, bees, wasps, fleas or lice.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/medicine-5.php
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Xmission.com
Snakebite
emergency first-aid information: an explanation of what to
do if you are bitten by a venomous snake.
http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/herpmed/snbite.htm
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