Torneyboy Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Sorry to put a damper on your parade ..i grew up in Broken Hill ...bushy enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Well ..8 years anyway before i hit the big smoke.. Still a brown snake was to be given a wide birth out there .... So a cobra in my backyard would have me calling in the troops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 We used to play a game on the farm as kids, collect bits of rope and string, my brother lost when he tried to tie a brown snake to his length of rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hi, We've so far had 3 snakes in the garden. A green one, a black and green one and a 2 meter long python. Oh, and I live in the middle of Bangkok. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 That was just me old hippie and SD having a piss in your backyard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Didn't know you had a worm farm KS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 If threatened,these...erect themselves, spread out their neck and hiss. I think I was dated her in the states once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 If I saw a Cobra the subject line would read Cobra: 1 Chocolat Steve: soiled pants. I'm like Indiana Jones "I hate snakes! Why does it have it to be snakes!" There goes my plans of retiring to the country side. No way I'd live around those damned things! I'd have to have a dog. He'd find the snakes before I would discover them. Okay, he may get bit but better him than me. He'll get an heroes funeral, how's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Funny, I've never really worried about snakes even though they were a constant part of growing up. If they were away from the house they were left alone but if they were a danger to chickens or pets they were disposed of with the nearest blunt object. The Australian venomous snakes are the most deadly in the world, the Inland Taipan being the most poisonous. Australia is the habitat for quite a number of the worldâ??s most lethal serpents. The Inland Taipan is a very rare species and believed to be the most toxic of all snakes, it makes the Cobra look like a garter snake. One bite delivers enough venom to kill around 100 people. A close cousin, the Taipan, reaches a length of over 10 feet and is very aggressive. It strikes without warning, not once, but several times, injecting a venom that clots blood and can kill in minutes. The Death Adder, relative of the Cobra, has a bite that is lethal in 50% of cases that go untreated. Other potential killers are the Tiger snake, the Australian Black snake and the Brown snake, whose bites cause the most deaths in Australia. Hiss hiss, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hi..i am with you mate ..hate them ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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