ABC Online | Man, 77, dies six days after being bitten by a taipan in his lounge room at Yorkeys Knob ABC Online An elderly far north Queensland man has died in hospital six days after being bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes. David Pitt, 77, from Yorkeys Knob, north of Cairns, was bitten in his living room by the highly venomous coastal taipan. He had ... Qld man dies after being bitten by taipan Australian man bitten by taipan snake dies after six days in hospital Elderly man dies after being bitten by taipan |