Good Samaritan is left hospitalised in ‘excruciating pain’ after savage PLATYPUS attack

A good Samaritan who managed to save a ‘cute little’ platypus has been hospitalized after the marsupial viciously attacked her.

Tasmanian woman Jenny Forward spotted the semi-aquatic animal stuck in a gutter on the side of a road in Kingston, Hobart.

As soon as she picked up the creature, she was immediately hit by poisonous stimuli on its hind legs, injecting ‘torturous’ poison into either side of her right hand.

Only male platypuses are armed with quills, usually used to repel others during mating season and to defend themselves when attacked.

They are the only mammal that produces venom, and although it is not strong enough to kill a human, it causes excruciating pain and swelling.

Good Samaritan Jenny Forward (pictured) did everything to save a ‘cute little’ platypus but was hospitalized after the marsupial viciously attacked her.

Ms Forward discovered that the platypus had punctured her hand so badly that she was unable to remove it at first as it was stuck.

Despite the pain, Ms Forward carried the platypus back to her car with plans to release it safely elsewhere.

“I don’t know how I got home, the pain was so bad I had to drive with one hand,” she said. Seven.

“My head felt like it was going to explode.”

A friend rushed him to the hospital, where he lay in agony for days as painkillers did little to cure the infection.

Hospital staff knew little about procedures for treating a platypus flare-up because the incidents were so rare.

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary director Greg Irons said A B C that he could recall only three or four instances of incitement in 22 years.

Ms Forward spotted the platypus (pictured) on the side of a road stuck in a ditch

Platypus venom is not enough to kill a human, but it will cause ‘excruciating’ pain and swelling.

Irons urged anyone who believes a platypus is in trouble not to pick up the animal, but instead take photos or videos and send them to wildlife rescuers.

He said Ms Forward’s situation was an opportunity to warn others not to touch a platypus.

While still feeling the effects of the stimulus and with her arm in a sling, Ms Forward is now more passionate than ever about helping to protect the local platypus population.

“It’s an iconic Australian animal, (it’s) motivated me to do a lot more for them,” she told the ABC.

Being gored by a platypus can have lingering effects for decades after the incident, even for Australia’s toughest soldiers.

Keith Payne, a former Australian soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, was gored by a platypus in 1991 and continued to feel discomfort in 2006.