Noneking Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 I rode over this poor little fikker earlier this year. He did not survive a Conti Mountain King and my fat ass. Is that twig snake??
Noneking Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Mozambique Spitting Cobra!! Found this one in the garden, kids were crying because it just ate their favourite toad........ They had been playing and swimming right next to it all afternoon!! The youngest one wanted to catch it and retrieve the poor toad... Phoned an experienced snake catcher to move the little guy to nature reserve next to our house. You can actually see the toad in its belly....
Vetseun Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Correct my friend , a skaapsteker it isSkaapsteeker.
Vetseun Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Mozambique Spitting Cobra!! Found this one in the garden, kids were crying because it just ate their favourite toad........ They had been playing and swimming right next to it all afternoon!! The youngest one wanted to catch it and retrieve the poor toad... Phoned an experienced snake catcher to move the little guy to nature reserve next to our house. You can actually see the toad in its belly....
Mackie Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Correct my friend , a skaapsteker it isalso commonly known as an Australian or New Zealander...
zonker Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 i have had a few snake encounters onthe mtb.durban and surrounding areas is full of the buggers.have seen black mamba,a friend of mine rode over a baby mozam spitting cobra a few feet ahead of me,rode past a night adder in the sugar cane near umhlanga,another mate of mine had a black mamba strike at his wheel and flip into the air(giba gorge),another mate nearly rode over a mamba at giba as well.oh and saw my wife ride past a natal black snake about two feet from her.she was completely onlivious until i mentioned it to her.very wary when riding anywhere in the sugar cane,especially in summer.snakes are **** scared of us and will just move away most of the time,they will come towards us only if threatened or if we are in thier escape route.beautiful creatures,but i crap myself for them.respect
Vetseun Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 also commonly known as an Australian or New Zealander...
Audible Anarchy Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 also commonly known as an Australian or New Zealander... +10
intern Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Prepare for some name-dropping! On the first Cape Pioneer Trek as we were heading into the Kamanassie, we rode past 2 big puff adders; the third one jumped up at Christoph Sauser and tried to schnack his hand. It actually got a tooth to his glove - and I was right behind him. Saw the thing strike out of the grass and bounce off his glove. Brown trouser moment of note!
Noneking Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 hectic!! Prepare for some name-dropping! On the first Cape Pioneer Trek as we were heading into the Kamanassie, we rode past 2 big puff adders; the third one jumped up at Christoph Sauser and tried to schnack his hand. It actually got a tooth to his glove - and I was right behind him. Saw the thing strike out of the grass and bounce off his glove. Brown trouser moment of note!
DJR Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 also commonly known as an Australian or New Zealander...Skaapsteker! Bastards! I just hope they don't develop a taste for Springbok next month.
banna Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Was cycling in the Baardskeerdersbos area (close to Gansbaai) a few years ago. So I came around a corner and there was a long branch lying across the road. So I moved to the side to pass it... and then the branch started to move in my direction...on closer inspection it was a beaut of a Cape Cobra. But ja, I did k@k myself in several shades of brown, and ja, I did have my eyes tested the following week.
Noneking Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 (edited) Correct my friend , a skaapsteker it is Never seen one before........We have loads of Twig snakes in the garden, and thought it might be one (see pic below,taken off google search) Edited August 26, 2011 by Noneking
Benjamin Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 I once phoned the snake catcher cos I saw a huge mamba in my garage as I was moving a cement bag. Thick as my arm. Closed the door and bolted across the road. Dude said just watch the door and wait for him. About an hour later this lighty pulled in with his girlfriend, armed with big catching stick. I opened the garage from across the road and he went in. Fanned around for a while inside and then calls his chick, she walks out with a 10 cm long house snake around her hand and a big smile. They thought it was too funny to take my money, dude said I need to be a bit braver though. My neighbors still wind me up about it.
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