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29-Apr-08, 02:18 PM
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I had a call out today... about 10 minutes ago, that there was a snake about 30cm long in a shed about 5 minutes from where i was. I told the caller to do all the usual stuff, don;t touch it, keep an eye on it etc etc.
I got there and i saw a bloke lying on the ground. I got out of my car, he got up and walked over to me and handed me a garbage bag.. handed is the wrong word, he kind of shoved it into my chest. I put my hands underneath it, just like a normal sort of reaction, opened it a bit and saw a bloody WESTERN BROWN reared up at me!
Snake catching is a dangerous enough job without freaking cowboys trying to do it for you. I'm counting my lucky stars that i didn't get tagged at all, let alone in the face/neck.
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29-Apr-08, 02:25 PM
|  | LEHOOO ZE HURRRR ^_^ Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: herpin on the gold coast ;D Gender:  | | | geez thats annoying, people like that are just plain silly >: (
i know you get people like that, but do you get many 'good' call outs? and educate people and what not?
im looking at getting a mit permit by the end of the year 
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29-Apr-08, 02:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: melbourne australia Age: 45 | | | | Wow Gordo,
The cowboys are out there mate. Why was he lying on the ground ?
You are very lucky not to have been bitten.
Was the snake ok ?..Not damaged by the cowboy ?
Take care
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29-Apr-08, 02:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Yeah we get alot of good calls, but it only takes one bad call to ruin your day, week, month.
He was lying on the ground cause he was blindly sticking his arm inside a wall to pull it out. The snake seems ok but i haven't had a good look at it. It doens't look like any other western i've caught around here though, I think it may be a hitch hiker from south. I'll try getting a picture of it if i can safely.
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29-Apr-08, 02:39 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisvegas | | | | I read that the guy was lying on the ground and immediately thought he'd been bitten and collapsed |
29-Apr-08, 02:56 PM
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29-Apr-08, 03:04 PM
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29-Apr-08, 03:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | Why bother calling you out in the first place if he was going to catch it himself? More guts than brains from the sound of it!!!!  At least the snake is ok. |
29-Apr-08, 03:40 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | did he reach for it not knowing what it was or was he just stupid? |
29-Apr-08, 03:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thesilverbeast  did he reach for it not knowing what it was or was he just stupid? | If i was uneduacted i wouldn't touch it!
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29-Apr-08, 03:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Dammit you were too quick lol. I think he just wanted to be a hero.
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29-Apr-08, 03:44 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | This is him  
The best looking one i've had around here, which is why i don't think he is from here.
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29-Apr-08, 04:16 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Western Australia Gender: | | | | It looks like a Dugite??????? |
29-Apr-08, 04:19 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Well... it could be. I really don't think it is a local snake. But westerns are really variable, or you could hacve mistook a dugite for a western, i think their ranges overlap.
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29-Apr-08, 05:14 PM
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No harm intended of course 
