Snakes in WC Spring Time

[El Duderino]

I have had it with these mother trucking snakes on this mother trucking thread. (With apologies to the inimitable Samuel L Jackson. 

[tinmug]

Snakes are wonderful. What do you think our trails will look like without something keeping rodents in check?

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, tinmug said:

Snakes are wonderful. What do you think our trails will look like without something keeping rodents in check?

 

Are you trying to derail a fear-fest with facts .... on a FRIDAY .... 

Edited November 11, 2022 by ChrisF

[tinmug]

19 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Are trying to derail a fear-fest with facts .... on a FRIDAY .... 

Oh, you wanted fear?

Cobra ...

[ChrisF]

8 minutes ago, tinmug said:

Oh, you wanted fear?

Cobra ...

 

Thats fine .... no trails in sight ....

[porqui]

4 hours ago, El Duderino said:

I have had it with these mother trucking snakes on this mother trucking thread. (With apologies to the inimitable Samuel L Jackson. 

What do you expect when trail sections are named Cobra, Mamba, Boomslang, Rinkhals and Snake Eyes and a series of them known as The Snakes

[Robbie Stewart]

16 hours ago, ChrisN said:

Saw this little guy at Bloemendal this week. Great to see the awareness of riders and effort taken to gently nudge him off to the side !

 

That's a mole snake. They are not venomous but it will still moer you if you mess with it.

Edit - they are a necessary part of the greater ecosystem. Those berms are often tunneled into by moles so they actually do us great service

Edited November 12, 2022 by Robbie Stewart

[Jbr]

What would you say this is ? Almost ran him over in duynefontein the other day 

[babse]

Looks like the same guy... Spotted by a colleague outside his home yesterday 

[splat]

1 hour ago, Jbr said:

What would you say this is ? Almost ran him over in duynefontein the other day 

 

Definitely a Nope Rope !

[The Ouzo]

Cape Town - Cant ride in the streets, cant ride on the trails. 

[ChrisF]

6 hours ago, Robbie Stewart said:

That's a mole snake. They are not venomous but it will still moer you if you mess with it.

Edit - they are a necessary part of the greater ecosystem. Those berms are often tunneled into by moles so they actually do us great service

 

Nasty mole hole on a fast section of Bloemendal Homerun today ....

 

As much as I prefer runners on their own trails, and snakes in the bushes ....

 

Snakes most certainly are a vital part of the ecosystem ....

[Robbie Stewart]

21 hours ago, Jbr said:

What would you say this is ? Almost ran him over in duynefontein the other day 

Mole snake

 

20 hours ago, babse said:

Looks like the same guy... Spotted by a colleague outside his home yesterday 

Also a mole snake

[Jbr]

So of it’s black and big it’s a mole snake ? 😜

[ChrisF]

Badly mangled remnants of a snake on Bottelary this morning.  

 

Another enroute to Klipheuwel ....

 

Lots of sticks and ropes ... each one getting the spidey senses going until the all clear ... 😉

[Jono]

On 11/11/2022 at 9:19 PM, porqui said:

What do you expect when trail sections are named Cobra, Mamba, Boomslang, Rinkhals and Snake Eyes and a series of them known as The Snakes

Nearly rode over a boomslang on snake eyes this morning