Most dangerous reptile in Thailand?

**Whiteshiva** · 16-02-2007, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by lom

^ Understandable, you don't just stand still pretending to be a tree when a lethal snake is heading in your direction

Wrong, that is exactly what you should do.

**blackgang** · 16-02-2007, 03:09 PM

I have never seen that Taipan but I have seen a lot of sea snakes, and one is supposed to be sure death if he bites you, we had a German diver in the water from a barge I was on at Basra Iraq and he was bitten on the skin between his thumb and first finger, we did get him out of the water, but he did not last long and there was no known anti venom for that snake.
The doctor we had on board said it was the most deadly snake in the world, rarely bit anyone tho..

But he must have been wrong, but it really makes no diff if no one ever lives from the bite whether he is the most poison or not.

**hillbilly** · 16-02-2007, 05:43 PM

Remember the topic was the most deadly reptile in Thailand.

From my upcountry home we recently visited the nearest hospital in regards to a possible snake bite. There response? Was to wait and see if a reaction happened. Then they would suggest the patient going to the main hospital in P-Lok.

Needless, to say in the event of a snake bite we will bypass the local hospital.

**El Gibbon** · 16-02-2007, 07:02 PM

Whiteshiva:

While in my position at the time would you be willing to risk the "advice" to stand still would hold true?

Like I said before the Thais were going nuts, and BTW the nearest hospital is 20 Km away. I am thankful the dude mashed him...

I had nothing to do with the death of said snake. I'm just damn grateful the digger operator reacted as he did... nuff said.

E. G.

**ENT** · 16-02-2007, 07:09 PM

When planting cane near Cairns one day it was so hot that the furrows shimmered and waved in the haze, and one of them furrows turned into a taipan heading straight downhill for me, pissed off it'd been disturbed!

It moved at incredible speed and seemed hell bent on having a chew on me so I parried it off with a rake I was using to cover the cane while the cocky
went to call the herpetologist.

After about 20 minutes of stand off in which the damn taipan would just keep on heading at me, even when I put distance between us, the herp lady arrived and put a grip on it and bagged it after giving it an antibiotic because I'd nicked it with the rake. Told me off for hurting it! Didn't mean to, but she wasn't convinced!

She told me that it would have kept at me, one of the few snakes along with the Ozy tiger snake that can literally out-pace a human and do attack, unlike most snakes which tend to shy away from humans

**blackgang** · 16-02-2007, 09:10 PM

Well why didn't you hit the bitch up side the head with your rake then??

**ENT** · 17-02-2007, 04:37 AM

Didn't want to kill her.

^^^

Ya mean the snake not the herpy, like?

**Whiteshiva** · 19-02-2007, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by El Gibbon

While in my position at the time would you be willing to risk the "advice" to stand still would hold true?

Yes I would, and I have on more than one occasion had snakes sliding right past me (and once, in the case of a small cobra, over my naked foot). I learned this from some Malaysian ex-Army dudes I used to go trekking with many years ago, and what little I managed to learn from them has served me well on more than one occasion. Now some folks seem to have a fear of snakes, and therefore panic, but if you can manage to keep your cool, you are much more likely to avoid being bitten.

The only aggressive snake I have come across in Se Asia is the rat snake - completely harmless, but with a vicious temper.

Originally Posted by El Gibbon

Like I said before the Thais were going nuts, and BTW the nearest hospital is 20 Km away.

Since when were Thais going nuts an indication of anything......

**phunphin** · 19-02-2007, 03:45 PM

I have spent a good part of 1.5 years living in a rural resort in the south, and have come across a few snakes, and lizards.

anyone who has lived or worked in the bush knows most snakes will never bother you unless you bother them.
I have walked over cobras, kraits and many types of tree snakes, with out any trouble.
and i mean walked over as In walking though long grass.
I think the pit vipers are the most dangerous, they are short tempered and have a long strike.
One night a banded krait(yellow/black) came into our reception area and just stopped across the walkway... I wacked it with a broom handle and it didn't budge... went off later, by it's self.
and all the cobras i've seen have avoided me, only one hooded up slightly.

**ENT** · 19-02-2007, 03:50 PM

Whiteshiva,

I go along with you on your above post.
Once, squatting for a shit over a log in the bush in Qld, a brown snake slithered along the log, under my (VERY TIGHT) arse and past before I could do much about it.

I do remember looking it in the eye and it looking back at me before it made its run under my fundamental orifice!

Harmless, but never again!

**Eliminator** · 19-02-2007, 10:13 PM

I say let whiteshiva live the same experience and say the same. If it's a poisonous snake and it's that close that it can strike me and I have NO escape from it's path, then I would be thankful for anyone stopping it from gettin to me. If you're in a trench obstrupting it's path of escape, I would think, the snake will bite you to get you to move.

**Whiteshiva** · 20-02-2007, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Eliminator

I say let whiteshiva live the same experience and say the same. If it's a poisonous snake and it's that close that it can strike me and I have NO escape from it's path, then I would be thankful for anyone stopping it from gettin to me. If you're in a trench obstrupting it's path of escape, I would think, the snake will bite you to get you to move.

Get real - Snakes don't bit to get people (or animals) to move, they bite to catch prey, or because they feel threatened. A snake running away from a threat will not stop to bite obstructions, it will simply move around them. Stand still, and you will not be perceived as a threat.

If you try to swat it with a pink handbag, though - all bets are off!

**vito** · 04-04-2007, 10:58 PM

some members have one pic about snake "moniter lizards"

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