Heckflosse Posted March 22, 2012 Share I was cycling with a mate of mine at Virginia Trails yesterday. About 15 km into the ride, I heard this hissssss sound next to with my mate on my tail. As I look, I just saw this huge black Mamba about a meter from me and with his front body about a meter in the air. Due to the long grass, could not see how long he was, but was about as thick as my wrist. From that sise I presume he was BIG and not something to make friends with. As I went passed, he start sailing in the opposite direction lowering his head slowly. I stopped a few meters later, just to get all my brackets and bearings in order and to make sure my pants is still fine! Lol Sheeesh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted March 22, 2012 Share Saturday afternoon at Tranquilitas in Watervalboven, I wake up after my afternoon snooze to discover a number of people crowded around in a semi-circle. A small puffie had got hold of a frog which must have been bigger than itself as it battled to slither away. Everyone watched until it slithered towards the ladies toilets and disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlight Posted March 22, 2012 Share hahahahah mamba's dont grow to 8ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covie Posted March 22, 2012 Share Mambas have hoods? My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covie Posted March 22, 2012 Share hahahahah mamba's dont grow to 8ftblack mamba's can grow to 4.5m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianMTB Posted March 22, 2012 Share My thoughts exactly. Not as big as a cobra's, but when they rear up they do spread the neck area in a similar way - damn frightening. See pic above (addition) Edited March 22, 2012 by BrianMTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted March 22, 2012 Share A Black Mamba is not something I want to come across. It seems in america keeping this snake is the latest craze think I'll skip that on my list of creepy crawlies. A bit off topic, but I heard that there are now more Tigers kept in captivity in the Staes then there are in the wild. Thats flipping crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianMTB Posted March 22, 2012 Share hahahahah mamba's dont grow to 8ft Ah... yeah they do. 8ft is actually on the small side for a Mamba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted March 22, 2012 Share A bit off topic, but I heard that there are now more Tigers kept in captivity in the Staes then there are in the wild. Thats flipping crazy. "Tigers" as in the feline species or the "reptile" species.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted March 22, 2012 Share "Tigers" as in the feline species or the "reptile" species.? Tigers as in the feline persuassion, was something I heard in a documentry the other day. Its terrible if its true. Just the comment about the people in the States keeping Black Mambas made me think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted March 22, 2012 Share Tigers as in the feline persuassion, was something I heard in a documentry the other day. Its terrible if its true. Just the comment about the people in the States keeping Black Mambas made me think about it. Yeah, its possible I guess although I wouldn't know. I saw a show once in Vegas the Siegfried and Roy show with an apparently tame White tiger, it was a fantastic show and it was a magnificent beast who actually lived in the lap of luxury, was well cared for as you can imagine, no food issues, but one day it turned on Roy, grabbed him by the base of the neck and dragged him off stage before the audience, he suffered massive blood loss and damage to his throat but he survived and of course that was the end of the show.  Turns out he was a big advocate of the plight of the Tiger and bred them at his ranch in Vegas, at one time he had about 40 tigers on his ranch, ironic hey, but there you go, they remain wild animals no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flymango Posted March 22, 2012 Share Last Sunday at Oak Valley I came within cm's of a Puffy. At first I thought I had a tubeless puncture, but then the hissing was too long and loud for the speed I was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outoftowner Posted March 22, 2012 Share Seeing the picture of that mamba....Now am I suppose to sleep tonight? Very irresponsible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted March 22, 2012 Share This has probably been posted before, but I saw it for the first time a couple of days ago. still trying to figure out how this happened. but it's a good reminder of why you shouldn't ride alone - would be a much more complicated task if you had no one else to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodTi Posted March 23, 2012 Share This has probably been posted before, but I saw it for the first time a couple of days ago. still trying to figure out how this happened. but it's a good reminder of why you shouldn't ride alone - would be a much more complicated task if you had no one else to help Ja look. If that were me, and I was alone - I'd be walking home... Interesting insurance claim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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