Snakes

droenn said:
www.abc.net.au

Cyclist bitten by brown snake caught in her bike chain

The woman, in her 60s, was riding on a northern NSW rail trail when she ran over a two-metre snake that became trapped then bit her.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

Nightmare. I was going to say to should get better at carrying a compression bandage, but then fighting with a cut snake to get it off the bike wouldnt be fun either 😅
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I used to work on a banana farm on the old rail line in Burringbar. I can tell you those browns are super aggressive up there. I had many encounters with red bellies, brown and green tree snakes, and copperheads. Most of the time they would let you step around them or were wrapped around the banana bunch you were carrying and you would let them out before loading the bunch on the trailer. The browns were terrifying, they would spot you and come after you at full speed. I carried a bandage, the boss didn't. He was of the opinion that if one got him he would just lay down and die. Some great people up there but a bit odd.
 
saw this little bloke at Wylde - I assume he was still alive enjoying the sunshine but I didn't want to test my theory!


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beeb said:
Cool! What is it, and where is it? (ie: in Australia or not?)
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He’s in Singapore. So many slithery things over there. I figured it was some sort of tree snake though the pic looks like it’s down in the leaf litter. Maybe it’s familiar to QLDers?
 
sane said:
He’s in Singapore. So many slithery things over there. I figured it was some sort of tree snake though the pic looks like it’s down in the leaf litter. Maybe it’s familiar to QLDers?
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That strikes me as some kind of viper...so Queensland checks out?
 
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