Big Australian Snakes

[azz_vt]

2m brown snakes are legit and terrifying. Never fun when you come across them.

 

[StillStunned]

There's something primal about the fear of snakes. Even the tiniest one, if you're not used to them.

My worst moment was underwater in the Great Barrier Reef, when my buddy tapped on my shoulder to draw my attention to a very distinct shark-shaped silhouette. I nearly found out whether humans have an equivalent to a squid hiding in their ink.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Australian snakes are not for the faint hearted:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-07/red-bellied-snakes-found-western-sydney-backyard/104908510

102 snakes here... All venomous

 

[azz_vt]

There's something primal about the fear of snakes. Even the tiniest one, if you're not used to them.

My worst moment was underwater in the Great Barrier Reef, when my buddy tapped on my shoulder to draw my attention to a very distinct shark-shaped silhouette. I nearly found out whether humans have an equivalent to a squid hiding in their ink.

That’s not a fun time in a wetsuit. I feel for the young girl taken at Bribie Island this week.

 

[Cacatua_Galerita]

Pretty hard to tell how big it really is, though.

I wouldn’t want to force your perspective, but the USAAF bought panthers into Australia during the war, as unit mascots. They let them all loose after VP Day.

Now our hunters regularly bag big cats, just like this one pictured.

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Edit: For clarification; no big cats were harmed taking this photo. But one sleepy domestic house cat may have been slightly disturbed.

 

[SimonDoom]

I've always loved this quote from Bill Bryson's humorous but loving tribute to Australia, In A Sunburned Country:

"The taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on Earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: "I say, is that a sn--"

 

[Plathfan]

102 snakes here... All venomous

Ongoing satire... Priceless!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Our biggest snakes are voted into power but our present Kaa is less than 5ft no matter how close he stands to the camera

Here he is, representing our GNP as a human bar graph ( the twat holding a teeny A4 attache case )
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You know that repressing one's emotions is bad for you, right? Just come out and say what you think - it's healthier. No more beating around the bush.

 

[stickygirl]

You know that repressing one's emotions is bad for you, right? Just come out and say what you think - it's healthier. No more beating around the bush.

I'd be grateful for any counselling you may be able to offer. I heard of someone who used to wait under a rail bridge so they could scream when the train went overhead. Apparently that was helpful. In the UK of course trains are quite short - in Canada you could scream all morning

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Just curious, here in Texas we have Rattlesnake roundups where people with either more guts or fewer brains that me go hunting for the venomous reptiles and bring them in to a common location. Prizes for most snakes caught, largest, all kinds of stuff. Of course, we gut them, fry them up and eat them, too. I'm just curious if they do this sort of thing down under.

And, as a side note, this being an erotica sight, I wasn't 100% the post was going to have anything to do with herpetology.

 

[SimonDoom]

And, as a side note, this being an erotica sight, I wasn't 100% the post was going to have anything to do with herpetology.

That's the thing about being at a smut site. Somebody can tout their "expertise with Python" and you can't be sure they're talking about computer programming.

When you ask an erotica writer, "Your mind had to go there, didn't it?" they're going to say, "Well of course it did."

 

[StillStunned]

That's the thing about being at a smut site. Somebody can tout their "expertise with Python" and you can't be sure they're talking about computer programming.

When you ask an erotica writer, "Your mind had to go there, didn't it?" they're going to say, "Well of course it did."

My mind is already there most of the time. Even before "there" even exits:

 

[azz_vt]

Just curious, here in Texas we have Rattlesnake roundups where people with either more guts or fewer brains that me go hunting for the venomous reptiles and bring them in to a common location. Prizes for most snakes caught, largest, all kinds of stuff. Of course, we gut them, fry them up and eat them, too. I'm just curious if they do this sort of thing down under.

And, as a side note, this being an erotica sight, I wasn't 100% the post was going to have anything to do with herpetology.

Never in my life have I seen an Australian snake roundup.
Most people are in the leave them be / hell fucking no camp.
90% of people who get bit are fucking around and find out……

 

[TheLobster]

I've always loved this quote from Bill Bryson's humorous but loving tribute to Australia, In A Sunburned Country: (…)

You sure do love this quote! You posted it a year and a half ago in this very thread

 

[madelinemasoch]

It’s the year of the snake, after all

 

[SimonDoom]

You sure do love this quote! You posted it a year and a half ago in this very thread

I DO like it, but I forgot I had done that. I'm getting more forgetful.

 

[bestkeptsecret678]

either more guts or fewer brains that me go hunting for the venomous reptiles

It’s both.

I Went to the roundup in Sweetwater when I was a kid.

Parental tip: don’t take any ten year old to a rattlesnake roundup. #stuffofnightmares

 

[Rollinbones]

The largest brown i've shot at my present domicile was six foot three inches. That was pretty big for this locale. When i lived out bush along the Balonne river i regularly saw seven foot plus browns cruising the banks. Cranky aggressive bastards too. Commonly, they are around five foot long where i live. I'm pretty lenient on the red belly black snakes. They've been known to eat the browns and chase them off at least so i usually allow one to roam the acreage so long as it doesn't frequent the house.

Welcome to Australia - Have a nice day.

 

[RetroFan]

There's something primal about the fear of snakes. Even the tiniest one, if you're not used to them.

My worst moment was underwater in the Great Barrier Reef, when my buddy tapped on my shoulder to draw my attention to a very distinct shark-shaped silhouette. I nearly found out whether humans have an equivalent to a squid hiding in their ink.

I remember years ago reading about a Sydney man who was bitten by a legless lizard, but obviously thinking it was a snake he immediately suffered a massive heart attack and was dead before he even hit the ground.

A fear of snakes is something that appears hard-wired not only into humans, but other animals too. Even if animals have never seen a snake before, it is easier to get a fear response out of them using a fake snake than with any other animal or object.

I'm personally not afraid of snakes, but obviously are wary of them and would avoid any activity that might lead to me meeting them, such as walking through ankle-high grass in spring when they are awakening from their winter hibernation.

 

[StillStunned]

A fear of snakes is something that appears hard-wired not only into humans, but other animals too. Even if animals have never seen a snake before, it is easier to get a fear response out of them using a fake snake than with any other animal or object.

You can keep cats out of your garden by leaving a few feet of old hosepipe lying around. Move it around every so often and they'll stay away.

 

[SimonDoom]

The largest brown i've shot at my present domicile was six foot three inches. That was pretty big for this locale. When i lived out bush along the Balonne river i regularly saw seven foot plus browns cruising the banks. Cranky aggressive bastards too. Commonly, they are around five foot long where i live. I'm pretty lenient on the red belly black snakes. They've been known to eat the browns and chase them off at least so i usually allow one to roam the acreage so long as it doesn't frequent the house.

Welcome to Australia - Have a nice day.

That video is f'ing insane. And it's SO Australia. The California equivalent would be a shirtless dude telling people how to surf by catching a shark's tail.

 

[bestkeptsecret678]

That video is f'ing insane. And it's SO Australia. The California equivalent would be a shirtless dude telling people how to surf by catching a shark's tail.

“…I got a shit haircut, but…” OMG that guys a winner!

 

[Actingup]

I remember years ago reading about a Sydney man who was bitten by a legless lizard, but obviously thinking it was a snake he immediately suffered a massive heart attack and was dead before he even hit the ground.

A fear of snakes is something that appears hard-wired not only into humans, but other animals too. Even if animals have never seen a snake before, it is easier to get a fear response out of them using a fake snake than with any other animal or object.

I'm personally not afraid of snakes, but obviously are wary of them and would avoid any activity that might lead to me meeting them, such as walking through ankle-high grass in spring when they are awakening from their winter hibernation.

There was a terrible incident in Darwin a few years back where a (field) hockey player (and captain of one of the A-grade teams) cleared a snake off the pitch and then, not realising that he had been bitten, went on a 2.2 km training run around the complex.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/hockey-player-dies-after-on-field-snake-bite/4653048
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...ke-bite-two-kilometre-run-20130426-2iixu.html

This quote from the second story:

Karl's father Ian said his son was a sports-mad bloke who loved his work as a service station manager.
"We'll get there," he said, when asked how he was coping.
"We've had better weeks."

 

[Trionyx]

Just curious, here in Texas we have Rattlesnake roundups where people with either more guts or fewer brains that me go hunting for the venomous reptiles and bring them in to a common location. Prizes for most snakes caught, largest, all kinds of stuff. Of course, we gut them, fry them up and eat them, too. I'm just curious if they do this sort of thing down under.

And, as a side note, this being an erotica sight, I wasn't 100% the post was going to have anything to do with herpetology.

The problem with rattlesnake roundups is the negative effects on the environment. Fewer snakes = more vermin, rats etc. I’m perfectly ok with safe removal from human populated areas but killing them for sport ultimately results in more mice in your grain silos and more rats eating baby birds etc, etc, etc.

 

[Rollinbones]

Our snakes are protected species. Only indigenous peoples can kill and eat them.