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Post by hopwheels on Mar 29, 2007 21:02:24 GMT -5
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Post by thumperbill on Mar 29, 2007 21:47:24 GMT -5
Only 4 kinds of snakes I dont like. Big, small, live and dead. Give me the willies!
Bill
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 29, 2007 21:57:38 GMT -5
Well, considering the number the local gopher population does on my lawn, I was glad to release this little guy back where he can do some good. Hopefully he grows up fat and happy on the gophers and ground squirrels 'round here. ;D
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Post by thumperbill on Mar 29, 2007 22:23:41 GMT -5
Darn cat brought one into bed with the little woman last summer while she was napping. Was not a funny situation at the time. She still gives the cat a dirty look when I mention it.
Bill
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 29, 2007 22:34:21 GMT -5
A SNAKE!?? Gnarly... goodbye mr. puddy tat.
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Post by StewRoss on Mar 29, 2007 23:09:24 GMT -5
Interesting little creature Gary...no poison? SR
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 29, 2007 23:45:26 GMT -5
No, gopher snakes are rodent killers and not venomous... in my little world that means f r i e n d.
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Post by StewRoss on Mar 30, 2007 0:33:12 GMT -5
That's OK then...lots of the snakes over here are venemous...unfriendly creatures... SR
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 30, 2007 0:40:29 GMT -5
Yes, my friend, how you deal with the creatures you have there... I'll never know! Man I saw a photo online just the other day of some huge poisonous toad that some guy caught there... yikes! It looked like a frikkin' alien toad.
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Post by wotavidone on Mar 30, 2007 0:50:20 GMT -5
Reminds me of the time one came up the shower drain - while I was showering. Brown snake - nearly as venomous they come. I sat on the handbasin in the nude while he slithered out through the lobby and into the kitchen. The commotion that occurred when he slithered over the lino and sutrprised my old man was priceless. Nearly as priceless as the time my mate tried to eat a death adder. Very, very tough. Mind you, I was of the opinion that the adder would have been tastier and tenderer if he had skun it and cooked it first. Mick
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 30, 2007 0:55:08 GMT -5
OH MAN! Now that is a story!
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Post by milkman on Mar 30, 2007 0:58:16 GMT -5
That would put the Hop in Hopwheels
Best thing we ever had in our hay/grain shed was a big fat carpet python. Best rat eater there was. Still scares the be-jesus out of you when a black snake pops up behind a hay bale!
Reminds me of teh time a funnel web popped up on the toilet sink to say hello to my mum one evening. 3/4 of a can of spray later, it was still kicking and 100's of babies came flying of its back.
I took it to school in a vegemite jar for news the next day.
ALWAYS shake out your boots before you put them on people.
Great photos Gary.
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 30, 2007 1:07:57 GMT -5
Man your guys' stories are giving me the willies!
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Post by davedunsboro on Mar 30, 2007 7:15:07 GMT -5
Great yarns, I could go on , but would be better over a beer ! The tiger snakes & dugites get thick down here in spring ( end August - Nov ) Very deadly , OK to see but don't touch ! Gaz next time you take some shots of your steed hows about a nude babe & lose the Joe blake ? Cheers from Dave .
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Post by hopwheels on Mar 30, 2007 9:19:05 GMT -5
The wifey may take issue with either being the model, or me inviting another, er, young lady to pose... ;D
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