Can't have a mongoose? House cats and pigs make good snake killers. Do you know that house cats kill more snakes every years in the US than just about any other animal.
What kind of snake is this?
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i hate to tell ya but that is the dreaded kamalathon. if you touch it it will slide up your hand/arm up to your head and take over your brain and you will start voting dfemoncrat even when yer dead and talking in revolving cliches.
Timber rattler...and...yes, the young ones are very potent. But...eh...you ain't got snoikes. We got snoikes: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2012/07/australias-10-most-dangerous-snakes/This good 'nuff forya'?
The arrow points to a clue to it's ID:
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Young, but still deadly.
I had a Taipan kill my cattle dog in about five minutes and the same snoike killed a bull latched onto its dewlap in about 20. I got the critter by running over it...but, not before it smacked at my closed (thankfully) window a few times.
One of the reasons I never went to Australia. It's worse than Montana everything that walks, creeps, crawls, slithers, and flies can kill you in a matter of minutes then throw in your crappy government which is now worse than ours and it's a deadly country.
I've come across two timber rattlers that didn't have any rattles, I told them that it wasn't fair not to let me know. One time a wild turkey let me know there was a rattle snake in the weeds , I thanked her and gained a lot of respect for her letting me know.
Maybe it's the Beach Bunnies!!! The most deadly denizen...is a tiny little jellyfish!
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Your rattlers over there are similar to our death adders we have here in Australia both are ambush type that lie in wait and strike at the right moment only difference is the death adder mostly found in remote/upper coastal parts of NSW,SA,WA,QLD and NT
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The only snake that gives me the heebie jeebies is the cottonmouth. Bad temper and will sometimes attack for no apparent reason (most likely defending their territory). They are slow, so when they feel threatened or get mad, rather than flee, they will often fight to the death and not back down. Like other snakes they are deaf, but they can feel the vibration from loud noises like from a gunshot or chainsaw and will attack the source of the noise. I have seen that happen.
And sometimes they will attack just because you trespass on their territory. I have seen that too.
And sometimes they will attack just because you trespass on their territory. I have seen that too.
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@CrocDundee most of your poisonous snakes look harmless and camouflaged! Sneaky little impostors! Death adder and copper snake look quite dangerous.
Yeah, my method of determining lethal snakes, (short, fat, wide head) won't work down there.
Agree completely. Depending on what I'm doing I might ignore a copperhead or rattler a few feet away. Not a cottonmouth!!! I immediately look for an escape path. They will come right at you!!! Statically they rarely bite... but they will convince you otherwise.
This summer I've been looking for a new creek to harvest yellowroot. Both creeks I found are in deep gullies. 6 to 8ft banks, there is no running to get away, climbing is the only option. I'll be harvesting in the next week or so. I dread it!!! Both places are loaded with snakes. I can think of only few things worse than being trapped in a gully with a cottonmouth.
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I've never been ID'ed as a lethal snake before. I'm not sure what to make of this.Yeah, my method of determining lethal snakes, (short, fat, wide head) won't work down there.
King snake. I looked online for about an hour at snake pics and the King snake is the closest. Shorter than a racer but thicker. It let me come right up close to it and look, never moved for a couple minutes then just kind of shifted position a little. I took that as my que to get lost so we did. Could be it was thick because it just ate another snake? I don't kill anything unless I'm going to eat it. That goes for termites, grubs and worms too. Red wasp another story. Black mud dobbers we play with.
It's got a rattle on it.
He was talking about the one he encountered and mentioned in his previous post.
Not the one in the OP.
Our childhood pets, a king snake. Notice the unmistakable spots:
Spots not found on any 'bad snake' (not including Australia
).Ah, OK. I guess I'm a little slow on the uptake here.
Pretty snake in your picture above.
You still wouldn't catch me within 10 feet of it though.
Aw c'mon! They are friendly and fun!
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It’s a friendly looking snake, he even smiled for the photo.Aw c'mon! They are friendly and fun!
I just "learned" that we've got some deadly ones here in the US as well. On the "Yellowstone" TV show. We're catching up on that one, in reruns - just starting Season 4. In this episode, someone threw a rattlesnake at someone else. The snake managed to strike the victim, in the face, while wiggling in midair. Ignoring for the moment the phenomenal nature of this feat - the victim was dead in 30 seconds. My my. Either rattlesnakes are a lot more deadly than I thought they were, or this TV show needs to get themselves some better advisers. I don't think even the Australia killer serpents will bury you this fast.
A rattler can bite you in mid-air. It can even bite if you pick up by the tail. It can even kill bite you if the snake is dead if you come in contact with the fangs.
How fast you die or don't die depends on where the bite happens, how healthy you are, how big you are, whether it's a dry bite, how big the snake is as baby snakes are more deadly sometimes than an adult, etc. So could die in 30 seconds from a rattler bite quite possible especially if you allergic to the venom.
Inland Taipan has the most toxic venom, but I don't think any are deadly with timely treatment.
If you get multiple bites as you would running into a ball of snakes all bets are off.
Of course a blood vessel injection will be very likely to be deadly.
Most are tissue injection and absorption, an upper 1/4 bite is much worse than a leg bite.
If you get multiple bites as you would running into a ball of snakes all bets are off.
Of course a blood vessel injection will be very likely to be deadly.
Most are tissue injection and absorption, an upper 1/4 bite is much worse than a leg bite.
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black-tailed rattlesnake, (Crotalus molossus),
https://www.britannica.com/animal/black-tailed-rattlesnake
https://www.britannica.com/animal/black-tailed-rattlesnake
Every time I have a wandering thought about leaving Alaska (snake free) a thread like this pops up. While I have little love for music, I’m reminded of a song about spiders and snakes.
Don't forget you may well be far away from everything! Fire depts do have the anti-venom, but, is there one out there in Woop Woop?
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The killer serpents as you refer them as that could bury you very fast here in Australia are
*King brown (Mulga snake)
* Eastern/Western brown snakes
* Tiger snake
* Death Adder
* Coastal/Inland taipans
I came awfully close to being tagged by a juvie tiger snake in mid 2020 trying to lure it into a bin for relocation away from my front yard it got very stroppy and lashed out even though i was a standing at a safe distance
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When I was a BSA leader I taught a class in Venomous animals ( snakes, insects, spiders) & Poisonous Plants.
My research found that six of the ten most Venomous snake are from Australia, Tiger Snake being one of them.
North America has some of the lesser Venomous snake & none of them are in the top ten, THANK GOD!
They will still kill an adult, just not as fast as other snakes.
The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is number thirteen or was a few years ago, been out of BSA for about fifteen years.
Australia not only has the highly venomous snakes, but aren't they highly aggressive ones too? That's a dangerous combination.
Africa's got some pretty venomous snakes too, but I can only think of one off the top of my head that gets the highly aggressive label as well - the Black Mamba. The Puff Adder? It's quite venomous, but I don't know about the aggressive part. India has the Russell's Viper - not quite as super venomous (but still bad), however it's high on the aggressive list. Also the King Cobra, but I don't know if that one is considered super aggressive (maybe just big and highly venomous).
I don't think the Americas or Europe have anything close to these bad-ass snakes. Australia, Africa and southern Asia seem to have come out on the short end of the bad snake deal.
Australia doesn't just have the snakes. They have monster crocodiles. Killer jellyfish. Great White sharks. Even their birds are dangerous (the Cassowary can go after you like a velociraptor, can't it?) I was a nervous dad when my daughter did "study abroad" in Tasmania, since she really likes exploring out of the way places. But doesn't Tasmania have slightly more cuddly animals than the rest of Australia?
Africa's got some pretty venomous snakes too, but I can only think of one off the top of my head that gets the highly aggressive label as well - the Black Mamba. The Puff Adder? It's quite venomous, but I don't know about the aggressive part. India has the Russell's Viper - not quite as super venomous (but still bad), however it's high on the aggressive list. Also the King Cobra, but I don't know if that one is considered super aggressive (maybe just big and highly venomous).
I don't think the Americas or Europe have anything close to these bad-ass snakes. Australia, Africa and southern Asia seem to have come out on the short end of the bad snake deal.
Australia doesn't just have the snakes. They have monster crocodiles. Killer jellyfish. Great White sharks. Even their birds are dangerous (the Cassowary can go after you like a velociraptor, can't it?) I was a nervous dad when my daughter did "study abroad" in Tasmania, since she really likes exploring out of the way places. But doesn't Tasmania have slightly more cuddly animals than the rest of Australia?
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Australia have a very venomous spider, Funnel-web spider (family Dipluridae), which is highly aggressive during mating season.
White sharks are on the west coast USA, too. They have been spotted of the east coast too, but it is a little to cold for them, so they are not here often.
White sharks are on the west coast USA, too. They have been spotted of the east coast too, but it is a little to cold for them, so they are not here often.
You need to post some pictures of them things, since we 'Muricans never see them.
