What is it
Feb 24, 2021 12:44:34 #
Down here most snakes are very venomous...
Most people that get envenomated, are those that attempted to kill
the snake.
Our common Brown Snake is occasionally found in
suburban back yards and is responsible for about
60% of snake bite deaths. It's the second deadliest
snake on the planet... our Taipan, a large, aggressive, fast moving snake
being the deadliest. Having said that, they dont kill as many people
as the Brown snake though, as there are lots more Brown snakes
than Taipans.
Anyway, if you visit Australia and see a snake, just back away,
and leave it alone, as many snakes here, including the Brown snake, can become
aggressive when threatened. And Brown snakes can "stand up" and flatten out like a Cobra
and strike high on the body which is more fatal than being bitten
down low.
Most people that get envenomated, are those that attempted to kill
the snake.
Our common Brown Snake is occasionally found in
suburban back yards and is responsible for about
60% of snake bite deaths. It's the second deadliest
snake on the planet... our Taipan, a large, aggressive, fast moving snake
being the deadliest. Having said that, they dont kill as many people
as the Brown snake though, as there are lots more Brown snakes
than Taipans.
Anyway, if you visit Australia and see a snake, just back away,
and leave it alone, as many snakes here, including the Brown snake, can become
aggressive when threatened. And Brown snakes can "stand up" and flatten out like a Cobra
and strike high on the body which is more fatal than being bitten
down low.
Feb 24, 2021 12:49:33 #
Abo wrote:
Down here most snakes are very venomous... br Most... (show quote)
Yea, you guys have some nasty critters there.
Feb 24, 2021 13:21:36 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Why in the hell did you kill it 
It WAS a Ring-necked Snake. They eat bugs and are totally harmless. I'd like to say a lot more but I won't.
It WAS a Ring-necked Snake. They eat bugs and are totally harmless. I'd like to say a lot more but I won't.
Feb 24, 2021 13:38:45 #
JimBart wrote:
I was doing a little gardening here in Fl today and came across a little creature. Since it resembled a snake and about 6-10” long and the size of a pencil I cut it in half twice. The head had the orange band around it and the entire underbelly was a very similar orange in color. There were no legs.
A cell phone pic of a portion of the head area is attached
Any ideas.
A cell phone pic of a portion of the head area is attached
Any ideas.
So much for the old saying " do no harm ". Just a little critter trying to get by.
Feb 24, 2021 13:39:52 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Longshadow wrote:
I'd dispatch coral snakes and water moccasins.... nothing else.
But don't kill a black racer!
But don't kill a black racer!
There are 6 venomous snakes in Florida:
Pit Vipers (Crotalinae)
Florida Cottonmouth
Southern Copperhead
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Elapid (Elapidae)
Eastern Coral Snake
The Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake also has orange in its color pattern.
Feb 24, 2021 13:50:39 #
Too bad you killed a good snake.
There are many poisonous ones to watch out for. Like the Eastern Diamondback, Coral Snakes and Water Moccasins.
Coral Snakes are the most deadly and look like Scarlet king snakes that are harmless. You need to learn the difference that is in the sequence of their stripes.
Water Moccasins aren't always in the water. They can be found up on tree branches or on land.
I learned all this when I first moved to Central Florida back in the 60s when there was a lot of wilderness areas full of them. I was always on the lookout for them when I lived there. Now I live in the Pacific NW where there are no poisonous snakes. It took a while for me not to be looking on the ground for them when on hikes.
Enjoy adapting to the Florida habitat that nature had there before people took it over.
There are many poisonous ones to watch out for. Like the Eastern Diamondback, Coral Snakes and Water Moccasins.
Coral Snakes are the most deadly and look like Scarlet king snakes that are harmless. You need to learn the difference that is in the sequence of their stripes.
Water Moccasins aren't always in the water. They can be found up on tree branches or on land.
I learned all this when I first moved to Central Florida back in the 60s when there was a lot of wilderness areas full of them. I was always on the lookout for them when I lived there. Now I live in the Pacific NW where there are no poisonous snakes. It took a while for me not to be looking on the ground for them when on hikes.
Enjoy adapting to the Florida habitat that nature had there before people took it over.
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Feb 24, 2021 16:34:59 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
Canisdirus wrote:
...I don't even try to educate him...he's 75 years old...he's hardwired to be unenlightened.
Nothing to do with snakes but I like this way of describing some people. It fits far more people than you might ever imagine.
Feb 24, 2021 17:37:13 #
TheShoe wrote:
There are 6 venomous snakes in Florida:
Pit Vipers (Crotalinae)
Florida Cottonmouth
Southern Copperhead
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Elapid (Elapidae)
Eastern Coral Snake
The Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake also has orange in its color pattern.
Pit Vipers (Crotalinae)
Florida Cottonmouth
Southern Copperhead
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Elapid (Elapidae)
Eastern Coral Snake
The Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake also has orange in its color pattern.
Six explicit, 3 families.
I forgot about rattlesnakes. Haven't been living there for 15 years.
Isn't the copperhead only in north Florida/panhandle?
Feb 24, 2021 18:02:42 #
chrissybabe wrote:
Nothing to do with snakes but I like this way of describing some people. It fits far more people than you might ever imagine.
Not all of us tho.
Feb 24, 2021 18:27:29 #
chrissybabe wrote:
Nothing to do with snakes but I like this way of describing some people. It fits far more people than you might ever imagine.
Feb 25, 2021 12:11:32 #
I hope people can just calm down!
This is a what people did in times past, as it was what was taught by our elders. We are all products of our time.
This is a what people did in times past, as it was what was taught by our elders. We are all products of our time.
Feb 27, 2021 20:48:08 #
Longshadow wrote:
Yea, you guys have some nasty critters there.
I think we have 21 of the 26 deadliest snakes on Earth.
The thing that tickles me, is what the Queenslanders call "stingers"...
"stingers" would have to be a candidate for the Guinness Book Of
World records in the category of gross understatements.
"Stingers" are any of three varieties of Jellyfish.
1. Box Jellyfish.
2. Portuguese Man Of War Jellyfish... that's not a Jellyfish but
a colony of zooids forming a Siphonophore... apparently.
3. Irukandji Jellyfish... The most poisonous (and virtually fvcking invisible in the water) jellyfish there is
in the known universe.
Any one of these 3 can cause a grown man to scream bad enough to damage vocal cords.
Their venom can kill you... but only if the shock of the pain does not kill you first...
But don't worry... they only inhabit Queensland waters for 6 months of the year
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