View Full Version : Snake almost got me.
stinkyboy69
02-12-2007, 08:34 PM
I was riding alone my dirt road tonight about to turn around to do the jumps on the embankment and this snake fell down the embankment into the gutter. It was a 4ft in lenth tiger snake that was a good couple of inch's thick.
I stopped and had a look and realised it had flattened out it's head and then STIKE!:eek: at my leg. Missed my leg by about 5cm. I'm sorry if it's in the wrong section but fffaarrkk, I gotta warn you's because those snake are getting pissed off, there out and the funny thing is five minutes later it started raining. It was around 5pm and it was sitting at 24*c. So just warning you's. It really shakes you up and makes you think twice before hitting the trails.:rolleyes:
Josh
patto_15
02-12-2007, 09:14 PM
First problem... You were standing to close when you were having a look
Snakes have always been there and its their teritory, we just need to learn to cope and live with them =] I <3 snakes and love seeing them around =]
contagion
02-12-2007, 09:22 PM
First problem... You were standing to close when you were having a look
Snakes have always been there and its their teritory, we just need to learn to cope and live with them =] I <3 snakes and love seeing them around =]
That's pretty much what I wanted to say but I couldn't find the words without sounding like I was flaming you.
pinned--->
02-12-2007, 09:23 PM
Yep, would be bloody scary. Like people always say, they are more afraid of you then you are of it. It would have just been defending its self from feeling threatened. Hope I don’t even get in contact with one!
bitterbro
02-12-2007, 09:25 PM
Wow, freaky. Do you have a new outlook on life?
I can't believe you actually took the time to write "you's". Way to go that extra mile to be totally bogan.
derelikt
02-12-2007, 09:27 PM
Damn, It only nearly got you.......Maybe next time......
tim_69
02-12-2007, 10:17 PM
Same thing happened to me other day cant say i got close enough to them for them to get angry, but yeah you got to deal with thats what we got building jumps in a bushy area next to a river.... Went down other day to find 3 brown snakes. Scary stuff when they surprise you.
flying high dh killer
03-12-2007, 10:58 AM
You started a thread because it almost got you? Bah! write one when you actually get bitten.
BM Epic
03-12-2007, 11:08 AM
You were lucky!
Up the blue mountain's,because of heat,high humidity,the browns and red bellies are out in force,i have come across heaps already lately.
Kind of scares you,but this is there territory and we are just visiting!
By the By-tiger snakes ,are they deadly,i seem to remember they are?
Cheers
jmeers
03-12-2007, 11:28 AM
They sure are about , hit a big diamond python last weekend around 7 foot long and fat as.
Just about shat myself when i saw it across the track , picked it up to have a look at the part where i ran over the python seemed ok . Very nice looking snake.
You were lucky!
Up the blue mountain's,because of heat,high humidity,the browns and red bellies are out in force,i have come across heaps already lately.
Kind of scares you,but this is there territory and we are just visiting!
By the By-tiger snakes ,are they deadly,i seem to remember they are?
Cheers
Yes the Tiger snake is more likly to go you, they are the aggresive buggers!
Mr Peabody
03-12-2007, 01:58 PM
How awesome is it when the flatten their neck like a cobra, looks so good !!!
Red Rocket
03-12-2007, 02:06 PM
Damn, It only nearly got you.......Maybe next time......
Either you know this guy personally, and there's an in-joke I'm missing out on...or you're just being a try-hard tool.
I ran into the same problem a few days ago coming up some single track. Big brown snake sunbaking across the track. Luckily I saw it with plenty of distance to spare, so I just sat there for ten mintues hoping it'd move. I eventually had to roll rocks towards it to get it to slither off, as I had to get home
harry.indy
03-12-2007, 03:47 PM
Nice to see people giving theese wonderful creatures the respect they deserve. Funny how people are so afraid of them, yet they don't think twice about driving a car. (regarding potential death or injury)
Some lists may vary, but the Tiger snake is usually listed in the top 5 of the worlds deadliest land snakes.
derelikt
03-12-2007, 05:08 PM
Either you know this guy personally, and there's an in-joke I'm missing out on...or you're just being a try-hard tool.
I ran into the same problem a few days ago coming up some single track. Big brown snake sunbaking across the track. Luckily I saw it with plenty of distance to spare, so I just sat there for ten mintues hoping it'd move. I eventually had to roll rocks towards it to get it to slither off, as I had to get home
I'm not trying to be a tool, I know I am one.....
stinkyboy69
03-12-2007, 05:36 PM
How awesome is it when the flatten their neck like a cobra, looks so good !!!
Yeah its looks sweet,, I saw it REAL flat 2 seconds before it went.
pinned--->
03-12-2007, 05:59 PM
Started my new job today on site. Got inducted and had a surprisingly large talk about brown snakes, they have had 6 on site so far and one if which was in the roof of the factory which i was in. Pretty scary! Dunno how the buggers would get in a factory size roof made from brand new steel.
julianwisbey
03-12-2007, 06:06 PM
mabey when the framing is sitting on the ground for ages in long grass and in the sun heating it up all day seems like a pretty sick place for a snake to live
pinned--->
03-12-2007, 06:09 PM
mabey when the framing is sitting on the ground for ages in long grass and in the sun heating it up all day seems like a pretty sick place for a snake to live
I'd hate to be the blokes loading it onto trucks and pallets. Would want to be bloody carefull sticking your hand around them, I know I will.
Booost
03-12-2007, 06:12 PM
Started my new job today on site.
Thank god. Hopefully now you won't spend so much time whoring on farkin!
pinned--->
03-12-2007, 06:15 PM
Thank god. Hopefully now you won't spend so much time whoring on farkin!
:)I like to touch my pony.
I think I'll be sleeping half the time now. Considering I was sitting on my ass all day every day for the past 6-8 weeks. Not cool, its really over rated..
Giantrider
03-12-2007, 06:39 PM
Wow, freaky. Do you have a new outlook on life?
It gave him inner peace
demo9pro
03-12-2007, 09:07 PM
:)I like to touch my pony.
I think I'll be sleeping half the time now. Considering I was sitting on my ass all day every day for the past 6-8 weeks. Not cool, its really over rated..
That explains the 1400+ Posts in just a few months then... Surely you could of found something better to have done..lol
sxereturn
05-12-2007, 05:10 PM
It's strange, lots of people "almost" get bitten by snakes. No one every actually does, or it's their friends who do.
It is prime weather and time of year for snake activity at the moment, with the high humidity, rain and warmth. In reality, they are far less dangerous than just about everything, and as long as you follow the golden rule of "stand still", you have almost no chance of been bitten.
The majority of Australia's large venomous snakes rank in the top 20 in the world, but this has little correlation with regards to human fatalities, as the tests are conducted on mice.
stinkyboy69
05-12-2007, 05:16 PM
Golden Rule stand still. I'll agree with that, but I'll probley stick with piss bolting.
BLAKE-2234
05-12-2007, 05:24 PM
Started my new job today on site. Got inducted and had a surprisingly large talk about brown snakes, they have had 6 on site so far and one if which was in the roof of the factory which i was in. Pretty scary! Dunno how the buggers would get in a factory size roof made from brand new steel.
where abouts do you work that happened on the site im on maybe we are on the same site?
I didn't know that you commute to Brissy every day from the Sutherland Shire;)
Sinder
05-12-2007, 08:00 PM
Yep, their out & about all right... almost ran over a few whilst coming down the Big Hill track on the weekend. Didn't have time to stop... just kept pinning it down the hill. It's that time of year I guess...
morto1980
05-12-2007, 09:20 PM
Do you guys ever think....
Somewhere on the Internet is a snake forum where a tiger snake is bitching about "Some sick bastard almost flattened me on his mountain bike! They're all out and about this time of year..."
Ok. Maybe not. :rolleyes:
PINT of Stella, mate!
05-12-2007, 09:58 PM
Do you guys ever think....
Somewhere on the Internet is a snake forum where a tiger snake is bitching about "Some sick bastard almost flattened me on his mountain bike! They're all out and about this time of year..."
Ok. Maybe not. :rolleyes:
Yeah, nice one Einstein.
How the hell are they going to type?
:rolleyes:
:;):
Matt H
05-12-2007, 10:45 PM
Haha, snake forum, that seriously made me laugh out loud.
axertes
06-12-2007, 12:11 AM
Yeah, nice one Einstein.
How the hell are they going to type?
:rolleyes:
:;):
Hahaha.
That reminds me of something my Mum once said. Remember those XXXX ads with the Brahman cattle talking to each other, at the pub playing pool? My Mum said "that's stupid, cows don't have thumbs".
I still give her shit for it.
Tripper2
06-12-2007, 03:53 PM
My dads mate was driving up to Cairns, had his arm resting on the window sil as you do. There was a tiger snake on the side of the road all coiled up. Thats what he thought it was. At 100 + km/h the snake got up and bit his arm. Who else thinks thats pretty insane? Hahaha same guy also had a huge hornet (big wasp) hit his arm and bounced off down into his shirt through the armpit hole =]
stinkyboy69
06-12-2007, 08:12 PM
That same guy is an unlucky fuck.
sxereturn
07-12-2007, 11:15 PM
My dads mate was driving up to Cairns, had his arm resting on the window sil as you do. There was a tiger snake on the side of the road all coiled up. Thats what he thought it was. At 100 + km/h the snake got up and bit his arm. Who else thinks thats pretty insane? Hahaha same guy also had a huge hornet (big wasp) hit his arm and bounced off down into his shirt through the armpit hole =]
Old mate doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story. The distribution of Tiger Snakes along the coast stops at a very small locality on the Sunshine Coast. They are very rare until you get about 700km south of there. Snake's don't jump, and there's no way one is going to be able to somehow bite someone as they drive past at 100km/h. In summary, your dads mate is a shit talking wanker.
stinkyboy69
10-12-2007, 05:02 PM
I'll agree with that too.
PINT of Stella, mate!
10-12-2007, 05:06 PM
My dads mate was driving up to Cairns, had his arm resting on the window sil as you do. There was a tiger snake on the side of the road all coiled up. Thats what he thought it was. At 100 + km/h the snake got up and bit his arm. Who else thinks thats pretty insane? Hahaha same guy also had a huge hornet (big wasp) hit his arm and bounced off down into his shirt through the armpit hole =]
Do you realise just how fast 100km/hr is?
:rolleyes:
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