Pieter1 Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 Skaapsteeker. 'n Australianse slang? Ke ke ke...
jusbob Posted September 1, 2011 Author Posted September 1, 2011 HAPPY SPRING DAY, or in the case of this thread, HAPPY 'SNAKES ARE GOING TO BE OUT NOW' DAY :)
ngala24 Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 Chatting to a friend of mine over the weekend, he has a house on game farm along with several others. A couple was riding recently around the farm on there mtb's, husband a metre or two ahead. Without realising it he rides over a black mamba, wife being a little behind comes acroos pissssssed off snake and gets nailed 3 times on her knee.They managed to get back to there house and drove to part of farm where the helicopter could land, she spent a couple days in ICU in PTA somewhere and was discharged after about a week. Doctor recons the fact that she was wearing lycra cycling pants saved her life cause its only once they cut those off the symptoms started showing rapidly
Iain Olivier Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 Just Out of Interest.... Have any of you guys riding in the Cape Town Area ever seen a Rinkhals? Really awesome snake and would be very cool if any of you had confirmed sightings with a photo?
Rapunzel Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 a group of us came across a rinkhals in Cedarberg a few years back - amazingly beautiful snake (we got a bit close and he reared up and spread his hood). Sadly not seen any on the tygerberg trails.
Rapunzel Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 a group of us came across a rinkhals in Cedarberg a few years back - amazingly beautiful snake (we got a bit close and he reared up and spread his hood). Sadly not seen any on the tygerberg trails.
jusbob Posted September 20, 2011 Author Posted September 20, 2011 Not cycling related, but a guy across the road from my girlfriend keeps snakes, and apparently whilst trying to take pictures of his Egyptian Spitting Cobra to sell, it spat right in his eyes. By the time his friend had put the snake away and went to check on the guy who was washing out his eyes, he was dead. Freaky stuff man! Begs the question though, should people be able to own such crazy snakes? Permit or not? Imagine if that got out and did the same to some poor sod on the street??
HowellingWulf Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Not cycling related, but a guy across the road from my girlfriend keeps snakes, and apparently whilst trying to take pictures of his Egyptian Spitting Cobra to sell, it spat right in his eyes. By the time his friend had put the snake away and went to check on the guy who was washing out his eyes, he was dead. Freaky stuff man! Begs the question though, should people be able to own such crazy snakes? Permit or not? Imagine if that got out and did the same to some poor sod on the street??Not this bugger perhaps?http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Snake-snapping-owner-killed-by-pet-Cobra-20110919
HowellingWulf Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 I have seen a couple of puffies on Breedtsnek. One small, baby one on a training ride and one mafuta during last year's Magalies Monster on the way down towards the shebeen. The oke was as thick as coke can.
jusbob Posted September 20, 2011 Author Posted September 20, 2011 Not this bugger perhaps?http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Snake-snapping-owner-killed-by-pet-Cobra-20110919 Yup, thats him! Crazy stuff man! 89 snakes, holy hell!
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