"Between 1979-98, there were an estimated 20 horse-related deaths per annum in Australia."Quote:
Originally Posted by crump
I googled it and that was in a paper from Flinders Uni.
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"Between 1979-98, there were an estimated 20 horse-related deaths per annum in Australia."Quote:
Originally Posted by crump
I googled it and that was in a paper from Flinders Uni.
especially if you woke up with one in the bed next to you.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by FenianEel
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Originally Posted by crump
What on earth do you mean by that analogy - you've lost me completely....
sometimes it is tempting to cut the riders head off. Is it true that dying of poverty can be described as a horse related accidentQuote:
Originally Posted by crump
Unless you cross the mob and wake up to find one in your bed!
They are reptiles.
If it was cold and sluggish it is very vulnerable.... until it warms up.
My encounters were with very hot and cranky mothers. There was only me, no dog or family so I really didn't want to kill them. If you understand snakes they really are no match for a piece of wire or a long handled shovel but since they are easy to avoid once you realize they are there I figure the stupider option is killing them....they are only doing what they do.
I got chased to the edge of a billabong and dived in.
Bloody thing came in after me and I had to dive over it as it reached the ledge on the other side I had climbed out on....very aggressive.
I swam back and scarpered but I had to return to this waterhole for water twice a day. I carried a wire and stomped for all I was worth, it was nerve wracking and to be honest I would have killed it at a second encounter.
I cannot see the relevance in the comparison to horses.
what about para and quadraplegias from horses? The snakes thing is a biblical hand me down carry over and is entirely overated in its danger, I used to catch and remove snakes from suburban Brissy, I was in more danger from the traffic on the way to the job then I ever was from the hundreds of Eastern Browns, Red Bellies, Rough Scaleds I held between finger and thumb whilst removing them to a safer location.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigJon
G'day Redback :)
One snake that is a SE Qld resident is the Aggressive Taipan (Rough Scaled Taipan) that is a resident of the Caboolture/sunshine coast areas, has the same temperment as a King Brown:mad: not very friendly, this bloke is often mistaken for the Keelback which has a similar but smaller scale pattern and colour, often refered to around this area as, "Scaley Charlie"
BTW. the Red Belly Black is one of the only snakes that will eat the Cane Toad "Buffo Marinas" the snale kills the toad but the toad's poison kills the RBB, so if you have a yard full of Buffo's you haven't got Red Belly Blacks
the RBB will stand up to have a look at the surrounds, and will then retreat.
My yard,family & dogs protected by sharpened post hole shovel at the back door;) marvelous on Toads:D
cheers
Maybe not publicly executed as some people are in some parts of the world.....Quote:
Originally Posted by crump
But...
If a horse is causing problems - and they do at times - well I'd be happy to supply the bullets or lethabarb.
the relevance is, that as soon as the conversation gets to snakes people have a zero tolerance approach ie, the only good snake is a dead one etc..The idea that the bush is crawling with the things all waiting to bite the unwary traveller, when in the big picture a snakebite actually being the cause of your demise in Australia is actually the most unlikely thing that could happen to you even though we have the deadliest species on the planet.The horse analogy shows there are plenty of activities we undertake with a hell of a lot more risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango51