bondi vet is useless

[mysnakesau]

tonights ep, he cant even tell a diamond python from a broad headed snake.. haha. thats like seeing a worm and saying step back it may be a centerpede........
she should have called a snake catcher instead

Actually there is a venomous snake that is considered very easy to mistaken for a diamond. Can't remember if its the broadheaded or the Stephens Banded but at a first glance an untrained eye can get themselves into trouble thinking they have found a diamond python, and pick it up.

tattooedkitten I thought the music was real scarey. I was yelling at the TV for him to just pick it up. "Use your hands you woose." But in reality I'd never do that to anyone. Snakes aren't everyone's cuppa tea so its easy for us to criticise those who aren't so keen.

 

[thals]

Hopeless! :lol:

 

[phantomreptiles]

He is a tv vet, just like dr harry, they hardly practise, at he least released it and he looks good with no shirt even if he is crap with reptiles : )

 

[mysnakesau]

...... at he least released it and he looks good with no shirt ........)

Yeah, I thought so too...hehe

 

[Snakewise84]

yeah he said boredheaded and diamonds like alike

 

[FusionMorelia]

i will call his 6pac and raise a keg
(rubs belly)

 

[mysnakesau]

Ok. I didn't see the first of it. Was arguing with a cranky daughter and I heard the words "diamond python" on tele. Great way to snap a kid out of a bad mood I said, "quick Mel, snakes on tele." She bolted to the lounge room, forgetting about anything else and didn't remember afterwards either. Yah

 

[hypochondroac]

It's television, most of it is a fabrication anyway. He went to some girls house to drop off their sick puppy for gods sake, vets don't do that and anybody who knows anything about reptiles doesn't announce on national television that they hibernate.

He's a ken doll goob.

(How is anybody finding this guy attractive?)

 

[Snakewise84]

haha yeah my girls are the same

 

[mis-devious]

to add to the negativity..lol.. when he came to the reptile park he acted like the most stuck up guy ever.. pretty much yelled out.. chiks dig me cause im a vet.. and i know im hot.. and everyone loves me (didnt really yell lol obviously but may as well have)

 

[hypochondroac]

ps ugmug.

 

[Ozzie Python]

i think a few off you should get of your high horse.

regardless of it being a gee up or planned for the show (which it probably was), not every vet is a reptile specialist, much like every vet isn't a specialist with livestock.

Sure majority on here can probably pick a python from an elapid or colubrid, but we are all snake nuts and get to look at them everyday.

At the end of the day he portrayed the right message, if you're not sure don't grab it. how many of you can ID every snake in your local area? very few of you i bet (just look at how many on this site incorrectly id snakes on here when someone puts a pic up). Yes he's a vet, but i'm sure he doesn't spend his spare time in the bush chasing snakes. better to be on the side of caution rather than go in and cop a bite from an elapid.

 

[hypochondroac]

I'm not bad mouthing anything he said about being careful, i've only seen the show once or twice but i just hate people who give out information without thoroughly researching it first, especially when it's being aired on television. I know if it was me, i'd take the time and learn.

 

[ssshazza]

And you expect the same vet that you attend to,at a glance, tell the difference between a staffordshire bull terrier and an american pit bull? He is not a reptile vet,If you really need to slag someone off then pick on the dude that built your side fence,it is nowhere near straight.

:shock: wow, are you serious? If your vet can't tell the difference between Staffys and PitBulls i'd be pretty worried!!!! It takes about 4 seconds to determine the difference

 

[phoebe]

to add to the negativity..lol.. when he came to the reptile park he acted like the most stuck up guy ever.. pretty much yelled out.. chiks dig me cause im a vet.. and i know im hot.. and everyone loves me (didnt really yell lol obviously but may as well have)

Fortunately I have only seen him there in passing...have not had a proper run in with him yet haha.

 

[jenene283]

i think a few off you should get of your high horse.

regardless of it being a gee up or planned for the show (which it probably was), not every vet is a reptile specialist, much like every vet isn't a specialist with livestock.

Sure majority on here can probably pick a python from an elapid or colubrid, but we are all snake nuts and get to look at them everyday.

At the end of the day he portrayed the right message, if you're not sure don't grab it. how many of you can ID every snake in your local area? very few of you i bet (just look at how many on this site incorrectly id snakes on here when someone puts a pic up). Yes he's a vet, but i'm sure he doesn't spend his spare time in the bush chasing snakes. better to be on the side of caution rather than go in and cop a bite from an elapid.

Well said Ozzie Python, I agree 100% - couldnt have said it better myself !!1

 

[LiasisKing]

the thing that i liked about it was that he was being cautious (so people didnt get the idea that if you have a snkae in your pool to just grab it out) the thing that i HATED was that he let it go 20 metres away from a major HIGHWAY !

 

[stockhorse]

bondi vet

:shock: wow, are you serious? If your vet can't tell the difference between Staffys and PitBulls i'd be pretty worried!!!! It takes about 4 seconds to determine the difference

That is why now DNA has to be taken before a dog can be declared a dangerious dog based on breed identification?

 

[jenene283]

Broad headed python

Diamond Python


Pretty similar to the un-trained eye, I reckon

 

[mis-devious]

but that is the whole point... he is ment to be trained