OMFG snake

[Und3ertak3r]

herpetologists

one who study herpies?

Hey! That's not an Adelaide Trouser Snake, is it?

at one metre, it would rate as a small queensland trouser snake.

[debwalin]

How do you know so much about the size of other people's trouser snakes Undies?

I feel your pain with the snake. I walked outside barefoot one night during the summer here and stepped directly on a ratsnake who was apparently enjoying the still-warm sidewalk. He didn't like being stepped on and wrapped himself quite firmly all the way around my foot and ankle. I'm not sure who was more surpised or horrified, me or the snake, but if he was nearly as ****-scared as I was, I really feel bad for him. The bad part was that the more I screamed and yanked at it, the tighter it wrapped itself around my leg. It took 2 of us to finally get him off of me, although I will admit to not being particularly calm or rational by that point, so it's possible that I could have done it myself if I'd calmed down a bit.

[nihil]

Hmmm,

at one metre, it would rate as a small queensland trouser snake.

Now I know why big reds can jump so far

[The Texan]

Whatever kind of snake it was, it looks poisionous to me! I would leave it the ***** alone! lol

[Relyt]

Originally posted here by debwalin
... I'm not sure who was more surpised or horrified, me or the snake, but if he was nearly as ****-scared as I was...

Instant "Charmin Moment" ! I'd be loading the undies if that happened to me. I don't do snakes.

cheers

[debwalin]

I didn't realize until that point that it is possible to go straight past a Charmin Moment into something altogether different.

Fortunately, snakes have never really bothered me...I'm not at the head of the line waiting to pet one, but they don't really bother me that much. In that scenario I was less than pleased, but if it'd been a lizard or frog of some type (honest to god, they scare me worse) I would have probably had a heart attack and died right there on the spot.

[Und3ertak3r]

Whatever kind of snake it was, it looks poisionous to me!

the statement is "VERY" and, if the information I have is correct, it would rate as number 2 or 3 in the world...

As for length of a T-Snake.. Where i currently work.. all the buildings are of thge transportable type.. The Gents was imported from interstate.. the trough is at about Waist height.. too dambed high. needs to be at about floor height.. all the Euro imports, tanks, asian and southerners ar happy with it.. but for the locals and some africans it is way to high

[nihil]

Hey Fronties~ good job you didn't get bitten. They found out three months ago that the antivenin doesn't work properly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1506704.htm

if the information I have is correct, it would rate as number 2 or 3 in the world...

That's right Undies~ it is #2. You also have #1 which is the "Inland Taipan" or "Fierce Snake"

I am talking venom toxicity, and the Inland Taipan is way ahead of anything else in the World.

The strange thing is that there are no recorded deaths from it at all, and that even before advanced treatment techniques the Eastern Brown only had around a 10% mortality rate.

On the other hand if you get a good Taipan bite and it remains untreated the mortality prospects are >90%.

A lot depends on the quantity of venom and the efficiency of the delivery. I guess it is nature's way of compensating, the guys with the poor delivery mechanism are more toxic.