Legion, do you have one of these in your collection?

Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.:mad:

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one mroe question.


whose approach to handling snakes do you like (or approve of) more: Steve Irwin (ie, gently by the tail and with a branch) or Jeff Corwin (by the neck with his metal stick)?

I once saw that British guy (big red gotee) say something about how crazy handling them by means other than by the back of the neck was. He didn't outright mention Irwin, but you could kind of fill in the blanks and tell that he was refering to Irwin..

Ironically, that guy (name?) had been filmed gettig tagged and taken to the hospital and in deep trouble. Irwin, despite the freak accident with the ray, was never once bitten by a venomous snake.

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That's Mark O'Shea I used to love watching him, weird little skinny fella who would leap topless out of his canoo into some minging swampland disappear under water and pull out a 30 ft long Anaconda. That dude was crazy!

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Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.:mad:

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It's actually the active ones you would want at night; because they sense you long before you know they are there, and will most of the time run off. It's the ones you might interrupt in a bush or somewhere napping, and they get startled. I know sometimes I will go into my room and there will be some snakes right up against the glass, totally knocked out. If I tap on the glass gently they won't even budge, but if I slap the glass hard they freak out and are looking to defend themselves vigorously. It's quite funny as I do it to my monocled cobra Blondie all the time; that girl is totally knocked out in sleep and I scare the crap out of her.

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Originally Posted by Von Milash

one mroe question.


whose approach to handling snakes do you like (or approve of) more: Steve Irwin (ie, gently by the tail and with a branch) or Jeff Corwin (by the neck with his metal stick)?

I once saw that British guy (big red gotee) say something about how crazy handling them by means other than by the back of the neck was. He didn't outright mention Irwin, but you could kind of fill in the blanks and tell that he was refering to Irwin..

Ironically, that guy (name?) had been filmed gettig tagged and taken to the hospital and in deep trouble. Irwin, despite the freak accident with the ray, was never once bitten by a venomous snake.

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That's Mark O'Shea I used to love watching him, weird little skinny fella who would leap topless out of his canoo into some minging swampland disappear under water and pull out a 30 ft long Anaconda. That dude was crazy!

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I already told him it was Mark O' Shea:lickish: He is very respected in the reptile community, though him telling people his method is the only way is dumb, seeing as how he has been bitten several times. There is a vid on youtube of O 'Shea almost getting whacked by a zebra cobra, a fairly new identified species.

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Originally Posted by Von Milash

one mroe question.


whose approach to handling snakes do you like (or approve of) more: Steve Irwin (ie, gently by the tail and with a branch) or Jeff Corwin (by the neck with his metal stick)?

I once saw that British guy (big red gotee) say something about how crazy handling them by means other than by the back of the neck was. He didn't outright mention Irwin, but you could kind of fill in the blanks and tell that he was refering to Irwin..

Ironically, that guy (name?) had been filmed gettig tagged and taken to the hospital and in deep trouble. Irwin, despite the freak accident with the ray, was never once bitten by a venomous snake.

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That's Mark O'Shea I used to love watching him, weird little skinny fella who would leap topless out of his canoo into some minging swampland disappear under water and pull out a 30 ft long Anaconda. That dude was crazy!

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I already told him it was Mark O' Shea:lickish: He is very respected in the reptile community, though him telling people his method is the only way is dumb, seeing as how he has been bitten several times. There is a vid on youtube of O 'Shea almost getting whacked by a zebra cobra, a fairly new identified species.

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I must admit I find the fact that you socialise within the reptile community quite endearing. It's nice to have a quirky slightly eccentric interest I think.

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Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.:mad:

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It's actually the active ones you would want at night; because they sense you long before you know they are there, and will most of the time run off. It's the ones you might interrupt in a bush or somewhere napping, and they get startled. I know sometimes I will go into my room and there will be some snakes right up against the glass, totally knocked out. If I tap on the glass gently they won't even budge, but if I slap the glass hard they freak out and are looking to defend themselves vigorously. It's quite funny as I do it to my monocled cobra Blondie all the time; that girl is totally knocked out in sleep and I scare the crap out of her.

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Hmm :( Adders just under the tracks in the beach sand eh! walking into the bush tracks to the beaches of a night could be the one to watch then. Funny hey, we'll paddle out and surf a full moon in black water, but sh!t bricks the whole way down there and back now.

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That's Mark O'Shea I used to love watching him, weird little skinny fella who would leap topless out of his canoo into some minging swampland disappear under water and pull out a 30 ft long Anaconda. That dude was crazy!

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I already told him it was Mark O' Shea:lickish: He is very respected in the reptile community, though him telling people his method is the only way is dumb, seeing as how he has been bitten several times. There is a vid on youtube of O 'Shea almost getting whacked by a zebra cobra, a fairly new identified species.

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I must admit I find the fact that you socialise within the reptile community quite endearing. It's nice to have a quirky slightly eccentric interest I think.

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I know you find it amusing and rather odd, but we all have different interests. Snakes are mine; seeing how much semen you can't drink in one night is yours:)

Seriously Bilb's, alot of diseases are going to be cured once the unlock all the secrets of venom. Some south american vipers venom is already being used in cancer patients; hemophiliacs are starting to be helped with extracts from snakes such as the tiger snake, and Parkinson's will be cured through the use of venoms from snakes such as the Stokes, beaked sea snake, kraits. So those animals everyone hates may one day benefit them.



SOAPBOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;D

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Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.:mad:

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It's actually the active ones you would want at night; because they sense you long before you know they are there, and will most of the time run off. It's the ones you might interrupt in a bush or somewhere napping, and they get startled. I know sometimes I will go into my room and there will be some snakes right up against the glass, totally knocked out. If I tap on the glass gently they won't even budge, but if I slap the glass hard they freak out and are looking to defend themselves vigorously. It's quite funny as I do it to my monocled cobra Blondie all the time; that girl is totally knocked out in sleep and I scare the crap out of her.

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Hmm :( Adders just under the tracks in the beach sand eh! walking into the bush tracks to the beaches of a night could be the one to watch then. Funny hey, we'll paddle out and surf a full moon in black water, but sh!t bricks the whole way down there and back now.

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Snakes are only 1/2 your problem; you gotta be insane to go into the water at night. You got jellyfish, stonefish, sharks, blue ringed octopus. Do you guys have nets set up around where you go in the water?

Here's a guy on another forum I go to. He's from Melbourne and gets called out ot alot of snake rescues. He knows his Oz elapids for sure. Don't know if this link will work.

Hot March

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I already told him it was Mark O' Shea:lickish: He is very respected in the reptile community, though him telling people his method is the only way is dumb, seeing as how he has been bitten several times. There is a vid on youtube of O 'Shea almost getting whacked by a zebra cobra, a fairly new identified species.

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I must admit I find the fact that you socialise within the reptile community quite endearing. It's nice to have a quirky slightly eccentric interest I think.

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I know you find it amusing and rather odd, but we all have different interests. Snakes are mine; seeing how much semen you can't drink in one night is yours:)

Seriously Bilb's, alot of diseases are going to be cured once the unlock all the secrets of venom.


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So what your basically saying is that your hobby will one day cure the diseases that Bilbos get from their hobbies.

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I must admit I find the fact that you socialise within the reptile community quite endearing. It's nice to have a quirky slightly eccentric interest I think.

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I know you find it amusing and rather odd, but we all have different interests. Snakes are mine; seeing how much semen you can't drink in one night is yours:)

Seriously Bilb's, alot of diseases are going to be cured once the unlock all the secrets of venom.


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So what your basically saying is that your hobby will one day cure the diseases that Bilbos get from their hobbies.

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I don't know if I'd go that far:rolleyes:................;D

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I already told him it was Mark O' Shea:lickish: He is very respected in the reptile community, though him telling people his method is the only way is dumb, seeing as how he has been bitten several times. There is a vid on youtube of O 'Shea almost getting whacked by a zebra cobra, a fairly new identified species.

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I must admit I find the fact that you socialise within the reptile community quite endearing. It's nice to have a quirky slightly eccentric interest I think.

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I know you find it amusing and rather odd, but we all have different interests. Snakes are mine; seeing how much semen you can't drink in one night is yours:)

Seriously Bilb's, alot of diseases are going to be cured once the unlock all the secrets of venom. Some south american vipers venom is already being used in cancer patients; hemophiliacs are starting to be helped with extracts from snakes such as the tiger snake, and Parkinson's will be cured through the use of venoms from snakes such as the Stokes, beaked sea snake, kraits. So those animals everyone hates may one day benefit them.



SOAPBOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;D

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Nah as I said I find it endearing, it's nice to have a slightly wacky interest.

I used to have a Garter snake myself when I was growing up. Beautiful snake, black with a red, white and yellow racing stripes if I remember correctly.

I called him Streak and he lived on earthworms and the very occaisional guppy fish.

Looked very much like this

http://randsco.com/_img/blog/0805/garter_snake.jpg


Completely harmless of course, if you had him you'd probably feed him to one of your proper snakes :)

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It's actually the active ones you would want at night; because they sense you long before you know they are there, and will most of the time run off. It's the ones you might interrupt in a bush or somewhere napping, and they get startled. I know sometimes I will go into my room and there will be some snakes right up against the glass, totally knocked out. If I tap on the glass gently they won't even budge, but if I slap the glass hard they freak out and are looking to defend themselves vigorously. It's quite funny as I do it to my monocled cobra Blondie all the time; that girl is totally knocked out in sleep and I scare the crap out of her.

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Hmm :( Adders just under the tracks in the beach sand eh! walking into the bush tracks to the beaches of a night could be the one to watch then. Funny hey, we'll paddle out and surf a full moon in black water, but sh!t bricks the whole way down there and back now.

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Snakes are only 1/2 your problem; you gotta be insane to go into the water at night. You got jellyfish, stonefish, sharks, blue ringed octopus. Do you guys have nets set up around where you go in the water?

Here's a guy on another forum I go to. He's from Melbourne and gets called out ot alot of snake rescues. He knows his Oz elapids for sure. Don't know if this link will work.

Hot March

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I only done it twice ,paddled out one day came in the next, nnnn no nets down south here the great white is protected.

speaking of snakes chasing you down, i hear mambas will chase you til they catch you. fact or fiction? or a bit of both?

those people that walk through the south american wetland looking to find anacondas by stepping on them, that's just f'ed up.

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Hmm :( Adders just under the tracks in the beach sand eh! walking into the bush tracks to the beaches of a night could be the one to watch then. Funny hey, we'll paddle out and surf a full moon in black water, but sh!t bricks the whole way down there and back now.

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Snakes are only 1/2 your problem; you gotta be insane to go into the water at night. You got jellyfish, stonefish, sharks, blue ringed octopus. Do you guys have nets set up around where you go in the water?

Here's a guy on another forum I go to. He's from Melbourne and gets called out ot alot of snake rescues. He knows his Oz elapids for sure. Don't know if this link will work.

Hot March

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I only done it twice ,paddled out one day came in the next, nnnn no nets down south here the great white is protected.

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You were in the Armed Forces right? Probably had you do crazier sh#t than that. Sharks are terrifying to me; nothing but perfectly created killing machines. Eat, swim and make baby sharks. I love the ocean though from when I lived in California till I was 8; but those sharks are bad news.

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speaking of snakes chasing you down, i hear mambas will chase you til they catch you. fact or fiction? or a bit of both?

those people that walk through the south american wetland looking to find anacondas by stepping on them, that's just f'ed up.

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They won't chase you unless you get them in a tight spot. Mambas typically in the wild will take off if you get closer than 50 ft. But if you get them in a corner you better watch your ass. They can get close to 14ft and can raise 1/2 their bodies off the ground. That means they can hit you in the face and you're basically f#cked. Corner any animal and they'll fight, but mambas are in a class of their own, with only the taipans and brown snakes equal in ferocity.

You guys probably just sit back and laugh at how much I ramble abut snakes:mad: