"Catch of the day"

[Hazmat]

Originally Posted by MuniAddict

Cool! Looks like a corn snake, but I'm not sure. Don't think it's venomous.

Just in the past year I've caught about 5 king snakes, 3 gopher snakes (one almost 6' long!) 2 ringnecks and then a couple years back about 3 rattlers! For every 1 you see in a given area, there's probably hundreds you don't see!

This is a taipan, possibly 1 of the most deadliest (if not) the deadliest snake in the world. 1 bite from this and you're sure to be dead.

[samsta002]

Originally Posted by sutton629

I catch snakes when I see them but I can play with one any time I feel like it. I will have to get some pictures of my pet snake sphinx. He is a ball python over 5 feet and he is awesome. (good at keeping annoying people out of my room also.) It is always fun when your tie moves and people freak out.

We keep snakes, have about 10 different ones, all australian species aswell as millions of other critters; giant centipedes, giant cockaroaches, stick insects, tarantulas and scorpions
Plus our birds and dogs, we have a big family

[DarkTom]

In Galloway, SW Scotland, where I grew up, you get loads of adders. Britains only poisonous snakes. The only snakes I've ever seen in the wild have all been adders, so I tend to stay away from anything slithery. Just in case.

I had a mate who had a fooking massive snake, a big constrictor of some type. It was 14ft long and as thick as your thigh. If it wanted to, it could have gotten out of it's (flimsy) cage/tank and killed the whole family as they slept. That guy was a nutter. (the owner)


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[kington99]

Originally Posted by jamessd

[us brits only get grass snakes (i think anyway... water snakes maybe?) and i've never seen one, so I don't know much...]

Grass snake, smoothe snake and adder are the only three in this country. The adder is lethally poisinous, but easily treatable, the last death was in 1986 i believe. I've seen a number of adder skins in the woods over the years, a couple of dead grass snakes and a live one that went to ground in our garage, but never whilst unicycling.

[tobbogonist]

there is three snake species in Tassie. All three posioness and two are capable of killing someone.

Tiger Snake,
Copper head Snake
White Lipped Snake

Have never seen a white lipped snake, the other two can kill me i stepped on a tigersnake once but it didn't bite me... i was lucky i guess. I just give anything with no legs a wide berth.

Black mumbas can travel at 60km/h and when they do there whole body goes rigid, like a speeding pipe/stick thing. lols

[MuniAddict]

This guy was literally sleeping right in the middle of the trail as I approaced, but at first I thought it might have been run over by a biker and might be dead. Nope. I picked it up and it suddenly sprung to life...and seemed a little hungry lol!

Alligator Lizard:

[Jerrick]

Those are some sweet pictures.

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by Jerrick

Those are some sweet pictures.

Yeah they came out pretty nice, esp since I inadvertently had my camera set to the absolute *lowest* resolution! Here's one more:

[jamessd]

I would have legged it if I saw that, let alone picked it up and let it bite me .

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by jamessd

I would have legged it if I saw that, let alone picked it up and let it bite me .

I used to catch tons of those and other repltiles as a kid, but I always let them go, even if I kept them for a while to feed and observe them. And always in the same general area that I had found them. Btw, the bite is painless with gloves on, and only marginally so without them. And it's definitely UNcool and totally CRUEL to hurt, mutilate, abuse or kill any animal, especially the latter unless it's a dangerous animal and then only in self defense.

[DarkTom]

That thing looks ill, man. It's got a hole in the side of it's head!


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[JerryAttrick]

Ill?

Are YOU ill? You have a couple of holes in the side of YOUR head (I presume). I know I do!

JerryAttrick

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by DarkTom

That thing looks ill, man. It's got a hole in the side of it's head!


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"Ill", as in cool? Lol I think that's what you meant. I remember that term from my DJ days in the early 80's-90's. Ladies & Gentleman, please say hello to Run dmc:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sfDafkKetA

Yeah those are the lizard's ears, unlike snakes which do not.

[DarkTom]

Nah, man. I meant ill as in unwell. So if the hole is its ear, what are the lumpy bits to the right of that?

Of course I have holes in the sides of my head, but mine have flappy bits to keep stuff out and direct sound in.

My mother has some protected species type newt in her pond. Fookin lizards n shit, britain?


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[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by DarkTom

Nah, man. I meant ill as in unwell. So if the hole is its ear, what are the lumpy bits to the right of that?

Not sure they could be ticks or some other type of parasite. That's quite common with reptiles found in the wild.