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31-Mar-08, 08:48 AM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Close call with a whip snake....
There's times when I absolutely wished I had taken my camera along with me for the ride and this was one of those times.
I was taking my new girlfriend for a bike ride around the sugar cane - I normally ride around the cane down the wide tractor paths. They're normally short grass and clear of wildlife.
The track takes you up past the shooting range and then down beside the local creek. It is beautiful with some beautiful views over the steadily sloped land.
I normally get down to the creek and turn around and come back. But this time, with my new girlie we decided to press on in the hot humid conditions. So for the first time I had gone down this track.
And to my suprise I was so excited I saw a juvenile RBBS, absolutely stunning colours. It quickly scampered off into the cane. But while I was watching the RBBS scampering and still riding forward I saw the grass move at my feet (wheels). I steered away and the head of a black whip snake (most likely) reared up and thrashed around, I passed it quickly enough, but my girlfriend was following close and she got a very good look at this poor snake - although I am still not sure which one was more freaked out.
The snake also scampered off very quickly and I couldn't see where it went. It was easily over a metre long. And the grass was only 10-15cm deep. But I didn't see it until I was actually on top of it.
We stopped our bikes and decided that we wouldn't press on under the current conditions because the grass is too long. We cycled back.
It just makes me wonder just how many snakes am I missing and not seeing because of how well they hide.
And I would think I am living in a high snake density area. But i see so few!
Anyways, i just wanted to share the story with you - maybe you have had a close call? Or maybe a nasty bite in the wild when you came across a hidden snake?
What do you do to avoid running them over if you're cycling? Is there a good snake warning system? I'd hate to run one over 
Anyways, thanks for reading. |
31-Mar-08, 11:47 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Nhulunbuy Gender:  | | | | the aboriganies had just burnt off and my brother and his friend found lots of
dead snakes my brother thought that the one he was looking at was dead to but then it stood up and
struk at him and he rode off and it chased
him!! you kinda had to be there.I thought it was wierd because snakes don't chase but it did!
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31-Mar-08, 05:42 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Somewhat Ashamed To Say On This Site Now! Age/Gender: 24  | | | | when i was about 12 - 13 i was up riding our little hack about motor bike at my grandparents place, they had about 21 acres up near the barrossa....
was riding on down towards the creek they had, when i stopped for a while to admire the nice view.... looked down at my feet and there was a decent sized brown slithering around my feet under the warm bike! needless to say i got out of there pretty quickly!
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31-Mar-08, 06:53 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | | | i go lookin for herps on my mountainbike,you just gotta keep your eye out
ive always spotted the herp before ive run over it luckily
have come across alot of herps on the bike |
26-Apr-08, 09:30 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Adelaide Gender: | | | | Does any APS breed whip snakes or have any for sale? |
26-Apr-08, 09:38 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: QUEENSLAND Age/Gender: 40 | | | | LMAO SLIMEY since when do snakes scamper isnt that more a move that fluffy animals do say like a rabbit or such lol............but love the story i was closing my eyes imagining you in a pair of tight bike shorts riding along with your sweedish lover and wallah you were introducing her to all the beauty of reptiles the birds were singing it was a glorious day ................and then you wrecked it by using the word scamper cause i wet myself laughing ..............lol |
26-Apr-08, 11:48 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Age/Gender: 12 | | | | late last year - early this year my family went bush walking at thredbo and me and my bro we saw a snake and we slowly backed away so we could get mum and dad to see it but something must have scared the daylights out of it because it turned around and when we went looking for it over the edge it wasn't there
shouldn't really have posted this here should I because it's got nothing to do with bikes has it?
sorry | |
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