LIZARD

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

Vince wrote:

So, nope....ain't every rubbed one's belly. Now if we were allowed to hunt them it would be a different story. Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

Ya might be able to rub the belly of one of those Metrosexual Crocs Vince I hear there a little on the sissy side ROFL

Joe

Vince · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

shrpshtrjoe wrote:

Vince wrote:

So, nope....ain't every rubbed one's belly. Now if we were allowed to hunt them it would be a different story. Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

Ya might be able to rub the belly of one of those Metrosexual Crocs Vince I hear there a little on the sissy side ROFL

Joe

Sounds like a pretty good idea Joe. Now, do you think that they would mind if I rubbed their belly with the muzzle of my 12g?....just to make sure that they are awake Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

Vince wrote:

Sounds like a pretty good idea Joe. Now, do you think that they would mind if I rubbed their belly with the muzzle of my 12g?....just to make sure that they are awake Very Happy

Cheers, Vince

Thats about the only way I would try it Buddy Very Happy

Thay got way too many teeth for me Shocked

Joe

glockman55 · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

I'd be more worried about the snakes than the Croc's, at least you can see them coming..

Vince · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

glockman55 wrote:

I'd be more worried about the snakes than the Croc's, at least you can see them coming..

Awww....poor harmless snakes. They gotta survive too. Have a look at this one:

A big Aussie Snake

Photos of a snake caught on an electric fence on a sheep & cattle station
near the NSW town of Nyngan....a country town in north western New South Wales.

Some tourists on holidays came across the snake caught in an electric fence, being continually shocked, and getting very angry!

The group wondering what to do, decide to divert the current cut the wire
AND let the snake go! (As you should do). When the property owner found
out he went ballistic, besides being upset about his fence, the snake had been eating lambs in the area, and he'd been trying to track it for ages.

He did not appreciate the help!

Australians are used to a big snake or two, but wait till you see this oldfella! The snake is a Carpet Python. Been a while since I saw one this big though.

Cheers, Vince

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

Just a harmless house pet Vince.
A neighbour used to lose a few chickens,
They knew it was the local carpet snake.
Then one night when they went to bed their dog wouldn't settle down.
They had to get a broom to shoo the snake out of the house.
I picked a small one up one day and was surprised that the mouth opened up over 180 degrees.

WileyWapiti · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:44 am Post subject: Re: LIZARD

Damn! Look at the chompers on that sucker! If that is a carpet viper than I am switching all my floors over to either wood floors or tile, I will go home right now and cut out all my carpets! Sorry mate, you may like the little legless beasties, but I am not a fan at all - used to until I got bit by a momma rattler when I was 12, ever since then I avoid them at all costs - never could get back up on that horse and try again. I have a hard time watching shows on the telly about snakes - let alone sharing a continent with them. I think I will move to Ireland and learn to thatch roofs.

Bushmaster · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

As big as a sissy as you seem to be Wiley. ROFL

:fence:(takes one to know one) Hiding

You may not want to learn how to thatch roofs when you get to Ireland. You wouldn't believe what lives in those thatched roofs... Very Happy

roklok · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

Nice thing about Alaska, I dont have to worry about snakes, spiders, ticks, or most other creepy crawly stuff. Just Grizzlies and freezing to death!!!

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3571 Location: Utah

Man the fangs / teeth on that snake give me the willys!!!

roklok wrote:

Nice thing about Alaska, I dont have to worry about snakes, spiders, ticks, or most other creepy crawly stuff. Just Grizzlies and freezing to death!!!

... and 200 trillion mosquitos, clouds of "no-see'ums" that blot out the moon during dusk... am I forgetting anything? I use this thing when fishing in alaska...

... sometimes its not enough Sad

-DallanC

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

That Snake is Huge. You wouldn't catch me near that thing Vince Hiding

Joe

strieg · Rookie Member Joined: May 02, 2007 Posts: 19

Well can you say nice boots

Vince · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: LIZARD

Hey, don't get me wrong guys.....as much as I like snakes I would give this guy an extremely high dose of healthy respect.

Carpet Pythons are generally pretty docile and although they will bite it is really only after pretty well extreme provocation. I am actually looking for one to put into the roof of my house to stop any rats, mice or possums taking up residence....its quite common over here in this part of Australia, in fact most people don't even know that they have one living in their roof. Shocked

There are a number of different types of pythons in Australia and one that is usually kept as a pet, by those that have a reptile keepers licence, is a Children's Python....a lovely snake. Confused

Hey Wiley.....he's only a python mate....not a viper. He's non venomous, but will bite if he feels the need to; and I wouldn't like to feel those fangs burying themslves into my meat.....be a tad painful methinks.

Cheers, Vince

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

When they bite, it is to hold and swallow, things are really hard to get untangled from those teeth.
I think a bear or large cat has got to be heaps scarier then a couple of teenage reptiles.

Vince · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:50 am Post subject: Re: LIZARD

tikkat3 wrote:

I think a bear or large cat has got to be heaps scarier then a couple of teenage reptiles.

You won't get any argument from me mate. I can out run a snake, and have done on a number of occasions....but out run a bear or big cat....I don't think so.....my freckle would be draggin' on the ground behind me, slowing me down. Shocked

Cheers, Vince