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My grandmother was once bitten by an adder.She felt something like a bee sting on her finger and lifted up her arm to find the snake hanging on her finger. She was lucky as she came close to losing her arm. | |||
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I have never been on safari without seeing a snake. We normally come across a number of them, and on many occassions we have seen black and green mambas. On a number of occassions, we have come avery close to the. | |||
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The 'pitbull' did not even make midnight. She received a massive invenomation. No hope in hell of surviving the amount of tissue damage. | |||
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18 safaris, nine sub-Saharan countries and only one snake. 2001 in Tanzania. Problem is he fell/jumped into my lap in an open land cruiser while driving through long grass in the Selous, possibly from a tree. He and I played patty-cake for a bit as I tried to knock him from the vehicle - twice - put the SOB refused to leave! So I knocked him onto the floorboard and we then gave him sole possession of the cruiser. Lots more to the story. I hate snakes but was too stunned to be scared. I think this qualifies me for the most intimate experience with a snake in africa, sans bite. Oh, he was green, but I didn't get his name. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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How big was the laundry maid's tip???  | |||
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Take your mother-in-law along. Out of profession curtisy the snakes will leave you alone Jim "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Yes, Lavaca, I also thought it was a feeble attempt at black humor and he was smiling but I also suspect if it was a large puffadder or mamba, that might not be that far off course. Yes they can give you CPR to help sustain life but my wife would just sue them if they did that.  | |||
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Watch were you walk, 2 trackers and my PH missed this, I did not!!!! Bushveld cobra!  Ed DRSS Member | |||
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I've seen more bad snakes around camp than in the bush. Puff adders particularly seem to like the paths in a lot of camps. My first trip to Tanzania was photographic and there was a lot of discussion about a teenage girl who died from snakebite the previous week in a tent camp. She was hit in their tent at night and her father refused local treatment wanting to wait till morning when she could be flown out. The locals said it was a bamboo snake so I have no idea what it was. We had a mamba decide to share a leopard blind one afternoon and that got very interesting for a while. I saw a before and after snakebite with a PH in Zimbabwe. He was showing off with a small puff adder and it managed to get him lightly on the tip of his thumb. When we returned to that camp 10 days later his thumb looked a month old bannana. | |||
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While hunting in Cameroon I had my tracker in front of me step over a puff adder without seeing it at all. As I was stepping down (on top of it !  ) I looked down and saw the nasty SOB. I jumped so violently to the left that I had s side ache for several minutes. After chopping of its head my men took it back to camp for their dining pleasure .. | |||
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My son Preller, with a 2.6 black mamba that had a go at him. The snake lost.  Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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I have seen a few snakes on my trips to Africa. During my hunt to Namibia in 2010, we killed a 10 foot mamba. We also saw a few puffadders. It was in March so we did have a bit of rain. One day after the morning hunt, we went back to camp for a bit of rest. It was a nice day with the sun shining. I was sitting in the courtyard reading a book and dozed off. I felt something rubbing my left elbow. I was still half asleep as the rubbing continued for a moment. I was a bit groggy as I tilted my head to my left and halfway opened my eyes. Not more than two inches from my nose was the green head of a snake. My brain immediately registered Mamba or boomslang and neither one was one I wanted to kiss. Talk about jumping up and out of a chair and running and screaming like a girl. I never knew I could move like that. My PH ( a real snake lover) and my hunting buddy's came running. They caught the snake. It was a 5 ft boomslang. Cheers, Steve | |||
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That must have been something to see, 'cause those damn things can move.  | |||
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Indeed, and so can the people they spook. If I knew how to attach a pic, I would show the critter.Cheers, Steve | |||
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Took this pic two hours ago while on today's hike. Not in Africa (just Los Angeles County, CA), and lots of easy access to excellent medical are, but I still wouldn't want to step on him/her! It's a good sized Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (about 4' long).  "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." Tanzania 2012: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/8331015971 Saskatoon, Canada 2013: http://forums.accuratereloadin...4121043/m/7171030391 Las Pampas, Argentina 2014: http://forums.accuratereloadin...4107165/m/1991059791 | |||
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I have been bitten twice, small Pygmy rattler and small cottonmouth. I was in the wrong both times.i have been to Africa 32 times and yes I have seen some bad ones but nothing close to being bitten. Anti venom is dangerous in the wrong hands. The key is getting to medical attention as fast as possible. If you are bitten by a mamba you have to get equipment before you are totally done if so the machine will breath for you and your chances are great. My biggest fear would be the tissue damage by a big viper of any kind. These snakes while may not kill as often do horrible damage for life. Just be careful and odds are in your favor better than going out to dinner and a movie in any city in the USA. | |||
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Been to Africa 3 times now never seen a snake and I hope it stays that way on future trips. I find that when I go hunting in Texas I worry much more about snakes than when I'm in Africa. Don't know why I guess big Rattlers just freak me out. | |||
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I'm sure someone here will help me get the details right but I believe in the last two years Global Rescue evacuated a hunter from Namibia who was bitten by a cobra that had been hiding under his bed. | |||
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The Ultimate Field Guide for Southern African Snakes Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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