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23-Nov-07, 09:22 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25  | | |
Hi Everyone,
I know (I think) this is a bandy-bandy, but I know nothing else about them. Are the venomous? Introduced? What's their range?
Sadly this little guy looks like he met an untimely demise 
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23-Nov-07, 09:25 AM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | |
Venomous, eat blind snakes, look good, easily confused with stephens (?).
A man last year was air lifted to Cairns Base Hospital after being bitten by one - he was a tour guide who tried to move it off the road. He didn't display any symptoms and was put on 'watch' only (as far as I recall).
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23-Nov-07, 09:26 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: North Brisbane, Qld Age/Gender: 27  | | | |
Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata) for sure. Venomous but not considerd dangerous.
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23-Nov-07, 09:27 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/sn...cella+annulata
Awwwww I quite like the look of them I think a few people have kept, or tried to keep these at one point or another. Apparently they are hard to keep in capivity and are troublesome feeders (I think that's what I heard). They are venomous but I'm not sure they a real bitey snake.
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23-Nov-07, 01:17 PM
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They are not usually bitey at all.
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23-Nov-07, 05:15 PM
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Bandy Bandy for sure
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23-Nov-07, 05:16 PM
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LOL there mouth is so small how did it manage to bite you??
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23-Nov-07, 05:19 PM
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With difficulty. It couldn't get its mouth around my hand on the first two attempts, but on the third attempt it managed to grab a bit of loose skin on my middle finger.
Stewart
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23-Nov-07, 05:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | |
wow,you are of a very priveledged few,well only one ive heard of,
but ive heard of one having a go before .
imagine the terror of having a bandy bandy attack
i can only imagine the emotional scaring you willcarry with you 4 Life  |
23-Nov-07, 05:29 PM
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It was the smallest of the three bandy-bandies we found on the road that night. I'm sort of glad I didn't get bitten by a bigger one, but it would have been interesting to find out what they're capable of. Now, whenever I find a bandy-bandy (or any of the other small, 'non-bitey' snakes like Furina) I'm that little bit more cautious.
Stewart
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23-Nov-07, 05:55 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | |
its interesting to hear,there would be very little research done on these
and the effects of other small elapids ,
what toxins there venoms consist of.
ive been mock striked by a golden crowned snake,
there mouth is closed when they do this haha
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23-Nov-07, 06:28 PM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | |
Before anyone asks, no, I've never been bitten by a Cacophis, yes, I did take the picture, no, I'm not giving out any more details!
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23-Nov-07, 06:47 PM
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Ahh, now that's how you force feed the little buggers 
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23-Nov-07, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sdaji  Before anyone asks, no, I've never been bitten by a Cacophis, yes, I did take the picture, no, I'm not giving out any more details! |
One of Ray's Sdaji? 
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