/out/ - Outdoors » Thread #610271

[82 / 16 / ?]

snek thread

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 22:09:03 No.610271 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610274 >>610294 >>610448 >>610660 >>610692 >>612549 >>613787 >>614106

I have a bit of a phobia of snakes, and the woods around here are full of them. How do you bros deal with walking over rocky areas or through brush that is a very snake-friendly environment? Freaks me out so I avoid going off trail too much. Should I just man up and deal with it? Get decent boots instead of shoes, or do you have some anti-snake methods you use?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 22:11:21 No.610274 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610284

>>610271
are you kidding me?

does no one know how to use the catalog here? There's already a snake thread about dealing with snakes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 22:23:41 No.610284 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610738

>>610274
it's a different thread though. his is about how to get rid of snakes on his property. mine is about how to not get bit when I hike.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO AdobePhotoshopExpress_23c838e5d8 (...).jpg, 438KiB, 1368x825

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 22:34:16 No.610294 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610684 >>610738

>>610271
Same way. Shoot them, skin them, eat them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 04:48:56 No.610448 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610271

Wear gaiters, try to keep to the trail. If you need to bushwack watch where you put your feet. Be wary of hollows in rocks and logs. When stepping over logs, step on top of the log then off rather than over the log.

If you suprise a snake, back off slowly being careful not to fall over. Generally you just want to avoid stepping on snakes or cornering them. If you try and kill one you're likely to get bit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 12:19:31 No.610660 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610271
i envy your problems, if the woods i visit had any snakes i would have eaten some by now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 12:42:16 No.610684 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610957

>>610294
Rossi?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO copperhead.jpg, 77KiB, 396x720

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 12:50:44 No.610692 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610728

>>610271
Boots and gaiters help. Where are you located? Your regional species are should determine your concern. If you are in the mid Atlantic where your primary venomous species is a copperhead then you have little to worry about. Here's one that I moved from my driveway. He never struck at me or showed signs of aggression the whole time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:24:22 No.610728 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611068

>>610692
I have copperheads and cottonmouths.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:33:29 No.610738 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610284
>how to not get bit when I hike.
Watch where you step. Wear leather boots, and loose, thick long pants.

>>610294
The snake that bites you is the one you don't see, if you have time to see it, and shoot it, it isn't a threat.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1442715558860.png, 106KiB, 922x882

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 18:06:46 No.610917 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>613812

1. Walk, don't run, and carefully retrace your steps to get out of the immediate vicinity of the snake and avoid the possibility of stepping on any others nearby. 20 or 30 feet should be more than sufficient, the snake wants to get away as much as you do.

2. Find a safe place to sit down. This is important! Viper venoms in particular contain vasodilating compounds that open up your blood vessels to facilitate rapid diffusion of venom out into systemic circulation, which means you may suddenly suffer a dizzy spell and faint because your blood pressure just dropped too low to pump all the way to your head while you are standing upright. This is relatively common with viper bites and often happens in the first few minutes, so do yourself a favor and sit down so you don't pass out while running and hit your head on a rock.

3. Remove any rings, watches, bangles, anklets, tight clothing, and anything else from the bitten limb because there is a good chance it is going to get a whole lot bigger than it was when you bought that toe ring…Do this because any of these items could potential become a tourniquet when swelling makes them impossible to remove, and that could cost you the limb below whatever is choking off the supply of oxygenated blood. Tourniquets of any sort are not good for snakebite, so please don’t try to tie your shoelaces or belt or anything else above whatever part of you just got bitten. There are somewhere between 5,000 - and 10,000 snake envenomations in the US every year, but most will not suffer any major permanent disability and on average only 5 people will die in a given year (mostly very old, very young, highly allergic, and other high-risk populations). Your odds are quite good, so be grateful you live in the US and make sure you don’t become a (bad) statistic by doing something stupid that makes your situation a whole lot worse than it was already.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO Flag_of_Memphis_Tennessee.jpg, 2MiB, 3648x2736

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 18:07:50 No.610919 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>613812

4. Now that you are sitting, take at least 5 minutes to calm down and put your mind to a productive task: planning your evacuation. Time to break out the two items that I highly recommend for a snakebite kit that will help you save your own hide. First up...Do you have a cell phone? Does it have service here? If not, where did it last have a connection? Since the only effective treatment for a snake envenomation is the right antivenom to neutralize it, a working cell phone is your best means of getting information out to the emergency personnel who will do everything in their power to bring you safely out of the field and into the best medical facility for your current predicament. If you can call right away, those 5 minutes you took to calm down are going to prove helpful in relaying key information such as who you are, where you are, what happened, how you are feeling, as well as pertinent information like any other coexisting medical conditions and medications you currently take. If you take any sort of anticoagulants (blood thinners) then that is definitely something you want to inform them of right away, and please folks - DO NOT TAKE ASPIRIN, ADVIL, OR OTHER NSAIDS AFTER A SNAKEBITE. All of those medicines thin your blood, and they can cause very nasty problems for snakebite patients. Tylenol (acetaminophen) is okay, take up to 2x 500mg tablets if you feel the need as it won't interact with the snakebite in any way but don't forget to tell the medics everything you have taken when they get there to avoid being double-dosed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 18:10:14 No.610921 Report Delete

Quoted By:

I'm from Australia, I've had multiple contacts with snakes, at least twice I've nearly been bitten, or someone close to me has been bitten.
Advice on snakes anyone?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO comfy.jpg, 387KiB, 2764x2073

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 18:17:45 No.610927 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610987 >>611103

The second item I cannot speak highly enough of for snakebites is...drumroll...a sharpie! If you are seriously envenomated, your primary objective right now is to get to the antivenom and get the IV flowing so it can do its job. From a clinical standpoint, there are several things you can keep track of now that will prove immensely beneficial when you reach the hospital and we are assessing the severity of your snakebite to figure out if you need antivenom, how much you need right now if you do, and what other effects the venom is causing so we can treat them with the other drugs we have available and try to make your stay a little more comfortable. Here's how this works. You are going to assess yourself from top to bottom and document significant findings on your person along with the time that you are observing it. Notes can get lost during evacuation or rescue, but your leg is coming with you to the hospital whether you like or not so get ready to mark it up! First thing is to circle the site of the snakebite with the sharpie and write down the time next to it. Draw a circle around the border of the swelling, or if the bite is on a finger or toe then draw a line at the edge of the swelling as it moves up the limb, and once again: write down the time. Write down all of the things that you are experiencing right now that are not normal for you next to or within the circle you just drew - just make sure it’s clear what time you are writing them at. Go through all of your 5 senses and write down everything that is out of place, being sure to include the following:

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 18:54:08 No.610957 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610684
Yep, youth with a .22lr barrel. Ultra compact survival gun. Honestly its a great 410/22 option.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO snakeretic.jpg, 853KiB, 2048x1363

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 19:02:15 No.610965 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610971 >>610972

Snakes are chill they won't do anything wrong. Most of the time they will just try to avoid you and biting is the last thing they will do. Just check to make sure what your locale venomous snakes are and identify those. Try not to flip debris without some distance.

Seriously snakes do not want to fuck with you

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 19:06:11 No.610971 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610965
This. I hunt rattle snakes but they often will slither away from me. Its only if they're over 4' and aggressive that I kill them. Rattlers have a rattle specifically so you know they're there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 19:06:22 No.610972 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611101

>>610965
What this guy said is true.
I'm the Ausfag and I can confirm. They basically teach snake awareness training in prep school.

4/5 times you are near a snake, you do not know it is there, and they move off accordingly.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO x8LJYwV.jpg, 798KiB, 3000x2086

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 19:32:16 No.610987 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>610991 >>614328

>>610927

Metallic taste in your mouth, changes to sense of smell, sudden loss of vision, double vision, visual disturbances, ringing in the ears, headache, nausea and vomiting, bleeding from anywhere, dizziness, shortness of breath, tremors or twitching or cramping that moves up the bitten limb, pain, numbness, tingling, burning, electric shocks, and all manner of unusual sensations, loss of bowel or bladder control, excessive secretion of saliva/tears/snot/sweat, droopy eyelids that feel heavier and heavier and are hard to open, can’t stick out your tongue at your friends like you could a few minutes earlier, can’t shrug your shoulders, feeling of impending doom, and anything else we might want to know about (if you suddenly believe that you have developed a sixth sense you should probably mention that too).

Not only do you get to take a break for arts and crafts immediately after your snakebite, but you are also creating a timeline charting the progression of signs and symptoms as they occur and providing the critical information we medical people need to figure out how serious of a bite you are facing and what steps need to be taken to stay on top of a developing situation. In all seriousness, the importance of doing this cannot be overstated, and it is something that you should continually reassess and update every 15 or 30 minutes as the swelling moves up the limb and your symptoms develop. The other great thing about this is that it gives you something to focus on that will play a large part in saving your life and limb, and having a task really does help you to stay calm and get things done. The first few minutes are going to play a large part in how this whole thing turns out, so stay calm and put on your thinking cap.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO earth from ISS.jpg, 3MiB, 4928x3280

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 19:35:44 No.610991 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610987
5. Try make contact via cell phone if it is easily doable, calm down and carefully assess/document what you find, and if you cannot get in touch with anyone then you need to very carefully think about where you are, how you got there, and what options you have to either get yourself to help or get help to you. I have had patients who walked miles out of the bush after serious snakebites to their legs, they did’t die from exerting themselves like many people fear will happen and they all recovered because they made it out to medical care. You will be much better off walking yourself out, slowly, via the same way you came in than you will be sitting around waiting for help if you couldn’t reach anyone and no one knows you need help. I am not suggesting you skip or do high kicks your whole way out (I think that it would be painful enough that you would be forced to stop doing them before you could do any serious harm), I am suggesting you plan the easiest, most well-travelled route back to civilization, take stock of your supplies and get some food and water in you so you don’t pass out on the way from something preventable like dehydration, watch your footing and move slow and steady to your target destination.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 22:11:00 No.611068 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611084

>>610728
Copperheads are more likely to do nothing uncle you step on them. I'm not super familiar with cotton mouths, but I understand they can get nasty, but are found primarily next to water (another name for them is water moccasins). Baby copperheads are dangerous as they inject all their venom which tends to be deadly, especially without treatment. They are patterned the same except they have a neon yellow/greenish tail. Avoid them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 22:39:33 No.611084 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611251

>>611068
cotton mouths are short little angry chodes that move stupid fast.. AND THEY FUCKING SWIM FAST TOO. I've pissed cotton mouths off and they've chased me ACROSS water. did I forget to say THEY'RE FUCKING FAST.

I've pissed off plenty of snakes in my life time, cotton mouths are by far the most im scared of. cause they don't need to be cornered to attack yo' ass. and will go out of their way to FUCK YOUR DAY UP.

I'm pretty sure they can climb fucking trees too. and levitate in the air to strike you in the eyeballs. never stuck around long enough to find out for sure tho.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO blacksnake.jpg, 150KiB, 720x960

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 23:33:47 No.611101 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611171 >>611190

>>610972

I like red-belly black snakes, who are the broest of bro snakes. They are so shiny and sleek, yet some how matte as well. Absolutely beautiful creatures. They can do that cobra hood thing when they get mad, here's a nice pic of a blackbro eating a tigerfaget, which are not bro snakes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 23:36:38 No.611103 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614113

>>610927
Zomg how fuckin kawaii is that little nigga! :3ccccc

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 01:40:18 No.611159 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>612148 >>612244

Honestly,

You really just want to watch out for rattle snakes. Rattle snakes have neurotoxins, which will fuck your shit up.

That being said, cottonmouths and copperheads aren't really that big of a deal.

I had a herpetologist student teacher a few years ago, who taught me the most I've ever learned about snakes. He has never had a scare with snakes ever, and his hobby is finding them.

This is his YouTube channel, he's fucking awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qYqp2TRc5k

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 02:39:12 No.611171 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611198

>>611101
Thank you based bro-snek

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO black snek.jpg, 265KiB, 800x538

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 04:45:33 No.611190 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611199 >>612966 >>614111

>>611101

>wow
>don't touch
>biet u
>such venoms :3-<

In all seriousness black snek are one of the most venomous in the country but you'd basically have to stick your dick down it's throat to get one mad enough to bite you.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 9973128123_c1e0522479_b.jpg, 282KiB, 1024x662

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:09:44 No.611198 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611200 >>612413

>>611171

:3-<

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:10:58 No.611199 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611202 >>611211 >>612966

>>611190
Agreed, you'd have to be properly retarded.
Those inland taipans are nothing to fuck around with though... O_o

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:12:00 No.611200 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611198
So sxc
So Kawaii

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO image.jpg, 829KiB, 1984x1116

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:15:05 No.611202 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611203 >>611248

>>611199

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:15:54 No.611203 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611205 >>611206

>>611202
God I hope it doesn't coil up like that, before it strikes. Because that's fucking terrifying.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:27:44 No.611205 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611203
Pretty sure they do, they're the most poisonous snake in the world. Lucky they live out in woop-woop and are rare to see.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:28:00 No.611206 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611203
It does. gotta go fast

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:32:35 No.611211 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611212 >>611214 >>612966

>>611199

Yeah taipans are pretty aggro, so are eastern browns for that matter. Still if you take care, you'd have to be pretty unlucky to be bitten by one. It's always good practise to wear shin gaiters when hiking though, even if just to protect from scrub.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:35:22 No.611212 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611216

>>611211
Nah, I'm not wearing those, I don't want sweat pooling at my shins, and it's more effort to walk with.
long pants, a stick and caution / common sense will do the trick for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:37:05 No.611214 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611211

For non-aussies, taipans are the most toxic snake in the world with the brown snake being the second most toxic. The red-belly black bro-snake is very closely related to the brown snake and has the same venom, but is a chill bro who hates other snakes. They are all fairly closely related with other venomous snakes like cobras etc.

On top of being venomous, taipans and brown snakes can get pretty fucking big.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:41:23 No.611216 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611218

>>611212

True enough. Here's a good example of venomous snake behaviour, they're just scared of you and want to be left alone by the big thing so you'd pretty much have to step on one which would be unfortunate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbaSMUWqQ4

Anyway I always feel comfy when I see joe-blakes out. We eye each other off, knowing that we could both ruin each others' day and prefer to just go our own way in peace.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:47:51 No.611218 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611220

>>611216
That's a great vid. Yeah, snakes just want to be left alone, I've had a few really close encounters with a few, but they all move off quickly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:51:48 No.611220 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611225

>>611218

I think most bites are because people accidentally step on them or trying to kill them. Brown snakes are hard to see in the grass where they like to hang out chasing small mammals and stuff.

I don't think you'd accidentally step on a taipan or king brown though, those things are fucking massive and you'd have to be a real stupid cunt to go within a mile of one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:57:43 No.611225 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611228

>>611220
Yeah absolutely.
The close encounters I've had were mostly with chillin brown snakes. I have a mate who nearly stepped on a little one, and got his boot bitten.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 05:57:51 No.611226 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611229

How to get bit off a brown snake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRfD6-2QlQ

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 06:00:47 No.611228 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611231

>>611225

Yeah I see browns a fair bit when I'm MTB riding. They'll hang out under fallen trees in the shadow looking like a stick so you can get a surprise when you dismount to lug the bike over. Black snakes tend to get right out on the middle of the trail for whatever reason, maybe to get a sippy from a puddle or a nice bit of sun but they split as soon as they see you. I love black snakes they're amazing to see in the flesh, photos don't do them justice truly magnificent colouring.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 06:02:56 No.611229 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611226
That's pretty stupid, a wild animal is a wild animal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 06:06:09 No.611231 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611232

>>611228
Yeah, black snakes don't give a fuck, but they're pretty peaceful compared to other snakes.
I've had a black snake move right through a crowded camping spot to get to a damn, and it payed no notice to the people around it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 06:10:49 No.611232 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611231

Cool man. They're so venomous and badass looking you'd pretty much deserve to die if you hassled one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 07:40:46 No.611248 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>612415

>>611202

Does that taipan have red cheeks? Is it tsundere? :3c

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 07:47:21 No.611251 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611252 >>613598

>>611084
I've heard stories of cotton mouths falling from trees into boats while people were fishing so I can believe this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 07:49:49 No.611252 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>612537

>>611251
Most, if not all snakes are very efficient swimmers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 07:55:05 No.611254 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611255

Snakes are cool man; they're only small creatures looking out for their safety in a world of big stampy feets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 07:57:34 No.611255 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611254
:3
I <3 sneks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 09:30:34 No.611282 Report Delete

Quoted By:

Bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 22:08:14 No.611757 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>611758 >>612252

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avtZJKydB-E

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 22:11:07 No.611758 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611757

>buzzbuzzbuzzbuzz

Translation:

>pls go away big thing no squash pls :'3-<

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 16:32:16 No.612148 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611159
He's a fucking absolute qt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 19:59:16 No.612244 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611159
He forgets about the part where a bite from a copperhead that size has the capacity to kill you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 20:18:12 No.612252 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611757
where the fuck do you find a pit of rattlesnakes, that's some indiana jones type shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 03:41:38 No.612413 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611198

>sssssss ohai anon :3-<
>no come close I biet u ;3-<

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 03:43:12 No.612415 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611248

>anon...i...i...sssssss
>delivers most poisonous bite possible >:3-<
>I HATE U ANON :'3

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 11:39:23 No.612537 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611252
Yes, but cotton mouths are the only ones I know of that float on top of the water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 12:04:22 No.612549 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>612584

>>610271
I'll be staying in the Costa Rican rainforest for several weeks. I'm already having nightmares about fer-de-lance and bushmasters.

Anyone have any experience in the jungle?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 13:29:27 No.612584 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>612590

>>612549
I spent 3 months in the Costa Rican rainforest a few years ago. Don't worry. Bushmasters are remarkably chill and fer-de-lances aren't the assholes people make them out to be.

Like pretty much everyone else in this thread has said, snakes generally won't bother you unless you harass them first. They're good at getting out of the way long before you know they're there.

If you're in the rainforest you're going to be wearing boots anyway (unless you're a total dumbass, that is). Rubber boots are best down there because they're tall and waterproof and can handle everything that environment is likely to throw at you. A close second is normal hiking boots and gaiters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 13:35:56 No.612590 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>613654

>>612584
Thanks for the reply Anon. I'm more worried about them getting into my shit while I'm out. A lot of the living conditions aren't better than camping.

Where were you at in the country? Any other pointers you're willing to share?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 07:41:15 No.612966 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>613570

>>611190
> In all seriousness black snek are one of the most venomous in the country

Not rilly
A lot of the other elapids (taipans, tigers, eastern browns etc are more venomous)

>>611199
>>611211
Inland taipans are pretty chill (which is good given how venomous they are) but coastal taipans are dick sneks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 08:16:58 No.613570 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>612966

Red belly black snek has the same venom as the eastern brown, which is closely related.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 09:21:04 No.613598 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611251

Can confirm. Was out in the woods near the Yellow River in Georgia fishing. Moved inland to find a better spot and heard something come crashing down. The fuck? Looked 20 feet behind me and a cottonmouth was thrashing about at the base of a tree. I think he was climbing but fell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 11:36:03 No.613654 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>612590
>where was I?
Near La Selva. Probably similar living conditions to what you'll experience.

>other pointers
These work for all rainforests, not just Costa Rican ones.
1. Get good raingear. Test it by putting it on and having someone throw a bucket of water at you from behind. If you stay dry inside, it should hold up in tropical downpours. Have an additional cover for your daypack so it doesn't get soaked too.
2. Quick-drying clothes of synthetic materials/blends. Cotton and wool will not dry out in that humidity.
3. Water bottles you can clean. Camelbak-type things will mildew like crazy down there.
4. Sheet + sleeping pad, or sheet + hammock + mosquito netting are god-tier. It stays too hot and humid at night to be comfortable in a sleeping bag.
5. Get a GOOD headlamp. Get two additional backup headlamps. Bring many batteries.
6. Light, long-sleeved shirts keep biting and stinging insects off. Also, wear a hat or bandanna on your head. Bot flies in the scalp suck balls.
7. Store dry things (like clothes) in Ziploc bags to prevent mold.
8. Benadryl does wonders at reducing the swelling of the inevitable wasp stings.
9. Neosporin, Neosporin, Neosporin. Cuts WILL get minor infections if you don't treat them.
10. Insect repellent will get sweated off within an hour. Don't even bother with it. Just deal with the mosquitoes. Luckily they won't be as bad there as places like Minnesota.

Good luck and have fun. It's a ridiculously cool place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 15:29:38 No.613787 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610271
I saw an absolutely beautiful black rat snake while walking my dog. I'd say watch where you're walking and just show the snake (or any animal, really) a healthy amount of respect by staying out of its way. It's just trying to get on with its life as much as you are.

But if it attacks you kill and eat that motherfucker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 16:20:22 No.613812 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610917
>>610919
quality posts, thanks anon

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO Well, Except For This One.jpg, 24KiB, 320x240

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 23:25:43 No.614106 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614115

>>610271
Come visit, mate....not a snake in my entire state.

Skeeters will eat you alive, though.

Okay, except for pic related--not much of a threat, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 23:32:25 No.614111 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611190
>you'd basically have to stick your dick down it's throat to get one mad enough to bite you.

I knew a girl like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 23:34:20 No.614113 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>611103
I know, right? Snekrophilia, here I come!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 23:35:37 No.614115 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614235

>>614106
what state is that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 02:50:09 No.614235 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614243 >>614275

>>614115
Pretty sure Alaska's the only reptile-free state.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 03:22:40 No.614243 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614246

>>614235
>Three species of Salamander
Sorry, bro.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 03:36:17 No.614246 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>614243
>Salamander
>reptile

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 05:23:58 No.614275 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614293

>>614235
Hawai'i.

Okay, yellow-bellied sea snake, but c'mon. I've lived here 26+ years, hundreds of hours in/on/near ocean...never seen one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 07:21:42 No.614293 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>614294 >>614322

>>614275
A little off topic, but do all Hawaiians hate America? or is it only the native ones?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 07:24:15 No.614294 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>614293
Hawaiian "natives."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 09:07:25 No.614322 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>614293
My brother lived there for 3 years. He said the only natives that hate America(ans) are the young ones that are easily influenced by the minority that still hates the fact that America took over the island. It's pretty much the same as neo-nazi skinhead teens who are easily influenced.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1423432226316.jpg, 95KiB, 1280x1364

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 09:28:19 No.614328 Report Delete

Quoted By:

>>610987
accepting death is also an option ....

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO b805952f-2a16-4a36-a3f7-a08e732e (...).jpg, 103KiB, 601x665

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:57:28 No.614640 Report Delete

Quoted By:

Ok, so i grew up in the woods of South Georgia, and my grandpa taught me a bunch of shit (im haunted farm bro who had native American turbobro nashoba) but if you are worried about copperheads, while you walk, hold a stick out in front of you barely off the ground as you walk, swing it back and forth as you go. Can't tell you how many times those little fuckers came out of nowhere to strike that stick, but it works, then you just use the stick to pun snek an cut off the head and bury it. Bury it good though, you don't want a friendly animal digging it up, as that fucking head is still dangerous.

Subject

Name

E-mail

Password

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these boards

Your latest searches

snek thread