lazarus Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Don't pet the alligator... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, lazarus said: Don't pet the alligator... Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, lazarus said: Don't pet the alligator... The spectator that jumped in there to help the staff member has some large ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Damn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, lazarus said: Damn. No eye protection (they can spit venom) and no real equipment? And only near the end grabbing in the right spot directly behind the head? It doesn't really add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Freee!! said: No eye protection (they can spit venom) and no real equipment? And only near the end grabbing in the right spot directly behind the head? It doesn't really add up. putting on a show? ... pet snake? ... typical Asian disregard for safety? ... set up? As far as spitting goes... "...king cobras can't spit their venom, they tend to deliver it in a more conventional manner: injection. They raise around a third of their body up to 5 feet off the ground and then quickly strike their prey..." https://animals.mom.com/can-king-cobras-spit-venom-5616.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, lazarus said: putting on a show? ... pet snake? ... typical Asian disregard for safety? ... set up? As far as spitting goes... "...king cobras can't spit their venom, they tend to deliver it in a more conventional manner: injection. They raise around a third of their body up to 5 feet off the ground and then quickly strike their prey..." https://animals.mom.com/can-king-cobras-spit-venom-5616.html Didn't notice/know it was a king cobra, know just enough to recognize it as a cobra and to know some cobras spit, so I am on the "not taking chances" side. Edited August 20, 2021 by Freee!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Freee!! said: Didn't notice/know it was a king cobra, know just enough to recognize it as a cobra and to know some cobras spit, so I am on the "not taking chances" side. It's the little ones you really have to watch out for... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Freee!! said: Didn't notice/know it was a king cobra, know just enough to recognize it as a cobra and to know some cobras spit, so I am on the "not taking chances" side. No other cobra gets anywhere near that size, can only be a king…… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 At a snake show outside BKK I was at the guy ended it by grabbing 2 of the snakes, one in each hand. To get the last one he dived forward, rolled and stood up with it between his teeth. Then he milked that snake to show it had venom.... Hell of a show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, fygjam said: That's awesome and serves them right. Hopefully the Gator was ok after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Check out the 6m croc at min 3:15... 😮 Edited September 12, 2021 by lazarus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Jesus Christ. 6 meters of perfectly evolved apex predator. 2.5 - 5k lbs of biting pressure! that is bloody insane, when a human has approx 70lbs (according to the web). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Gators-1 Human-1 Alligator suspected of killing man after Hurricane Ida found with human remains in stomachInvestigators are working to determine whether the remains belong to 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee, officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/15/alligator-man-hurricane-ida/ ... Satterlee had been at his home in Slidell, about 35 miles northeast of New Orleans and close to Lake Pontchartrain, when the hurricane hit, causing devastating floods. He had waded out in knee-deep water to check on his shed, when his wife heard a noise and rushed out to find him being attacked by the reptile. She fended off the gator, forcing the animal back into the water before returning inside to get first aid supplies. On realizing the severity of her husband’s injuries, however, and with no electricity or cellphone service, she decided to travel to higher ground by boat, about a mile away, to get help. When she returned home her husband was gone, she told police... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 ^^^^^^^^^^ She never thought to take her injured husband with her then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 I know of one on this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) the bear facts... Edited October 1, 2021 by lazarus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampariO Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Striped bronzeback - bites but no venom. Was hiding in the door frame and got stuck. I had to remove the door and get the snake out by hand Do you think I am now ready to start my own snake TV show? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Rather you than me I would have decapitated it just to make sure it couldn't bite me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 f**k me - my tummy gets queezy looking at this stuff. Especially the guy with that giant cobra. Dear Buddha.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 Nice technique 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 1000lb.+ hungry Alaskan bears. What could go wrong? https://snowbrains.com/3-men-charged-for-entering-brooks-river-ak-to-get-closer-to-feeding-bears-are-facing-jail-and-5k-fine/?fbclid=IwAR22i1bpxHm1KLNJnpJUpnz1lIt1-BJg5JEe8LVJxKTMUnMj_WVQhsGyLKU Edited October 1, 2021 by lazarus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Will make a lot of neck ties... 🐍 92 rattlesnakes retrieved from under Santa Rosa home https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/92-rattlesnakes-retrieved-from-under-Santa-Rosa-16531448.php The leader of a Bay Area reptile rescue retrieved 92 Northern Pacific rattlesnakes from underneath a Santa Rosa home in early October. Al Wolf, the director of the Sonoma County Reptile Rescue who has been rescuing snakes and other reptiles for the past 32 years through his nonprofit, responded on Oct. 2 to a resident’s call about a rattlesnake den underneath her home, located in the northeast section of Santa Rosa on the Mayacamas Mountains. After finding an adult rattlesnake and several rattlesnake babies within just a couple minutes of dropping beneath the home — and after getting a whiff of the unmistakable, “special smell” of rattlesnake defecation — Wolf went to his car to retrieve more tools. He returned to the dark underbelly of the residence with two, red five-gallon buckets, a snake-grabber tool and slipped thick Hexarmor safety gloves over his hands. One bucket was for baby snakes and small snakes, and the other bucket was for adult snakes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, lazarus said: after getting a whiff of the unmistakable, “special smell” of rattlesnake defecation 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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