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09/17/2005 05:08:22 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by burtct:
Came across this King Brown when walking in the outback - it was about 2 meters away - but didn't seem to care that I was there.
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Wow Chris, that is way to close to a king brown, I suppose you do realise how deadly they are. Even my wife won't rescue these unless she has another handler with her.
You were lucky this one was docile, they are actually quite aggresive. I have seen them striking out at anything and everything and even through the bag they were kept in. |
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09/17/2005 06:52:24 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Niten:
Around my house we have 2 kinds of snakes, dead ones and ones that are about to be dead. ;)
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How fortunate for the neighborhood rats ... |
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09/17/2005 07:18:43 PM · #28 |
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09/17/2005 08:09:55 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Niten:
Around my house we have 2 kinds of snakes, dead ones and ones that are about to be dead. ;)
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How fortunate for the neighborhood rats ... |
Rather sad that macho men can gauge themselves by their ability to kill slithering creatures..... there is something to be said for those entities that can offer some semblance of resistance.
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09/17/2005 09:02:32 PM · #30 |
Come on guys, snakes are good pets, and an essential part of the eco-system. Recent development near my parents house has decimated the local king and rattle snake populations. as a result the groundsquirrel population has exploded, founadtions are being undermined, and we had a yearling colt step into a hole and snap his leg. Same thing happened to a neighbour's filly.Both had to put down. Snakes are needed. |
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09/19/2005 08:00:56 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by burtct:
Came across this King Brown when walking in the outback - it was about 2 meters away - but didn't seem to care that I was there.
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Wow Chris, that is way to close to a king brown, I suppose you do realise how deadly they are. Even my wife won't rescue these unless she has another handler with her.
You were lucky this one was docile, they are actually quite aggresive. I have seen them striking out at anything and everything and even through the bag they were kept in. |
You are right they are very nasty, and I was very careful not to disturb it. Let 'sleeping' snakes lie I say.
Living in rural South Africa when I was young I came across a number of the less pleasant species - puff adders, Cape cobras, and once a green mamba (very poisonous but not agressive). Fortunately never a black mamba in the wild. But I'd like to be able to take some pics of the mambas one day - they are very beautiful snakes - especially the green one.
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09/19/2005 10:11:54 AM · #32 |
Mohave Rattlesnake. Nicknamed the three stepper because it's venem will let you get about three steps away before you drop dead.
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09/20/2005 12:15:48 AM · #33 |
I stumbled upon this fellow "sunning" itself on my back sidewalk a while back. Apparently it was as suprised to see me as I was to see it. We both took off in different directions. Of course, I ran in to grab my camera.
JV
Message edited by author 2005-09-20 20:41:48. |
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09/20/2005 12:42:43 AM · #34 |
My son Isaac with one of my dad's pythons.
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