Thread: Just had an encounter with a snake...

Originally Posted by Beautiful World

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^ only when they play Newcastle... I am a proud supporter of these:

You should show more respect to the memory of BR then.

H"way the Lads and not Howay the lads

Last year i nearly stood on a baby cobra in Phuket. Walking through the garden on the way to the pool and it was lying between the stepping stones....maybe 30cm. I didnt see it...GF pulled me back before i put my foot down less than 6-10 inches from it.. would it of attacked?....it always good to know where the nearest anti venom is to be found. (Phuket Bangkok Clinic laguna). Gardener confirmed it was a Cobra.

See loads of those coconut tree snakes...seem's those critters can jump...and they can move very quickly..First big snake was a massive dark coloured 2-3m snake crossing the dual lane 44 highway in Krabi...strange thing was it seemed to stop in the right hand lane and let me pass (doing 140km/hr) before crossing my lane...(btw not a python)

took me 2 years in Thailand before i saw a live snake....business partner saw a 7m Python in ko Phangan a few years back. Traffic backed up as it crossed a 5m road.

Is there a Dangerous snake thread on here? maybe pics and advice would be a good idea?

FTM

A very good idea to have a dangereus snake-thread, but why not just a dangereous animal-thread (and I do NOT think of working women i Patty!) - beside snakes are a lot of other animals who are dangereous .. would be good to see them and learn about them!

Originally Posted by crocodilexp

I lived in Thailand for 3 years and never saw a live snake... I guess I should consider myself lucky.

Whats lucky about not seeing one? AS long as they don't bite, there cool.
Biggest one i saw was when we were building my home in the hills above Kamala,
was at least 6' long and as big around as my wrist. The Burmese killed it and had it for dinner. WE often see the green tree snakes around the house

WE also used to have many scorpions behind the house. My daughter & I caught a few and took them into class for show and tell

^
When I was stationed in Colchester, Paul Mariner and Eric Gates used to come into my sister in laws bookmakers and place big bets on a daily basis.
They were on great money at Ipswich at the time. They used to train at Ipswich in the morning and had the after noons off.

The owner of Ipswich at the time was also the owner of the Tolly Cobbold Brewery in the town and he had banned all the players from gambling and drinking in pubs and bookies in Ipswich, hence Colchester was used.

Mariner had a big house in Manningtree, not sure where Gates stayed but they sure blew a wad of money in my sister in laws shop.

apparently she is happy liveing here, 2nd year in a row she came back and hatched her eggs..last year we gathered 19 little fellas and released them some where safer..apart from the little bugger that somehow made it into me office and decided to live in me laser printer..scared the crap out of me when i printed off and a bloody snake came flying out..love ozzie sometimes