Slowbee Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 ND, I am not an expert, but are you sure that is a puff adder?
Nancy Drew Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 ND' date=' I am not an expert, but are you sure that is a puff adder? [/quote'] Very sure slowbee
hagar Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 i was watcjing a national gegraphic program where they said that a person does not necessarily die for a puffadder bight but you might loose a limb cos your tissues vrot away where as with the mamba's you vrek !!! they also say the puffy is one of the fastest striking snakes ..... in the west coast park we often see them lying on the road basking themselves .... red devil almost rode over one last year !!! was very close but they are beautiful creatures if they werenot around just imagine how may rodents there would be !!!
Gasping Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 ND' date=' I am not an expert, but are you sure that is a puff adder? [/quote'] Very sure slowbee To hell with the Puffadder. If I saw that, it would be emptymybl-adder!
dirtrider Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 The puffies we get here in our are are not as colorfull as the cape ones . But that is definitly one as shown by ND
428 others Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 As daai outjie jou byt, soek net 'n lekker groot boom en l? in die skaduwee, sodat jou lyk nie te gou begin stink nie...
HomerSimpson Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Met a puffy in Jonkershoek (on the "newish" uphill ST Meurant built on the south side for the XC), just as I was making one of those little switchbacks...fastest I've ever gone from struggling to make the corner to spinning out the gear.I quite like snakes, but I hate puff adders. They will just lie there and let you step on them. Be very aware this time of year of snakes, particularly on sunny, windy days.
Gasping Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 As daai outjie jou byt' date=' soek net 'n lekker groot boom en l? in die skaduwee, sodat jou lyk nie te gou begin stink nie... [/quote'] Best advice yet
Christopher Brunsdon Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 OK, so its time to get the snake-bite kits out of the closet and back into the Camelbaks then.
Brighter-Lights Posted October 8, 2009 Author Posted October 8, 2009 Nice big one Nancy... I've seen colour variations here too... from dark brown to even bright yellowish green. This is one is brightly coloured, but maybe it recently shed skin... I've seen one extremely bright coloured one before which were almost green where the yellow normally is, like it was glowing... but normally they are dark and almost black like (dark brown like Nancy's one) in mid summer...
leet22 Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 snake bite kits are a waste, you can do more damage with them. U need antivien for a bite and that can be more dealy than a bite. Carry a bandage with you and if u DO happen to get bitten then u start above the bite and bandage as tight as you can going back towards on over the bite. but not so tight that u stp all blood flow. and try relax
jugheaddave Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I can across a huge cape cobra last year. Very awesome to see.
Delgado Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I can across a huge cape cobra last year. Very awesome to see. Did it stand up and flare at you by any chance?
Dirt*girl™ Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 omw! that's a fattie!! But no need to panic, they'll still be a bit lazy after their long sleepies. Won't panic if I see a puffy...rinkhals on the other hand, uh oh!
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