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

[LEGION]

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.

As far as handling, it really depends on the particular situation. You should always have a snake hook with you; though Irwin grew up improvising out in the bush and was an expert at handling some of the worst snakes in tight situations. The red goatee guy is Mark O' Shea and he shouldn't be talking, as he's gotten tagged a number of times.

I always use hooks and tailing methods to handle mine. But if I need to medicate a snake or soak it, etc.; I have to pin it and grab the head to control it. O Shea was just jelous because he never received the media attention Irwin did and was just running his gob. You have to know how to handle all situations so both methods are staples in the hobby.

Each snake is different. Cape cobras are notorious for being hard t ohandle, but my male is the easiest snake I've ever had to deal with. Will let me hook him without so much as a hiss, as long as I'm gentle. My egyptian cobra is the devil and you better be on your toes as he will climb the hook and has his mouth open at all times, just waiting to grab something. Forest cobras are the worse and they will chase you across the room and it is quite unnerving; knowing how to control them with a hook is paramount. I could go on and on but I won't.

[Andre]

So do any of our deadly snakes out here hunt through the night in the warmer months?

[LEGION]

Whether they hunt all through the night tbh I forget. I know the coastal taipan and brown snakes will hunt late into the night, but you don't have coastals in your area. The death adder is an ambush predator and will sit in the same place for weeks; so though they aren't active hunters you might step on one at night; though I think where you are the deathies aren't real numerous if they are there at all. Copperheads tend to stay near water but aren't active at night if I remember rightly, though they can tolerate very low tepmeratures for a snake and may be active at night, though they hunt all day in or near the water. The red-bellied black and king brown I don't even know. Tigers are also known to be active at night; so you definately need to watch for them.

[Andre]

Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.

[LEGION]

Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.

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.

[Andre]

Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.

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.

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.

[LEGION]

Puts an end to my night nuddie runs then.

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.

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.

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.

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