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Puff adder pics
Puff adder pics
This one was photographed on a friens game farm in Limpopo province near Baltimore about 2 weeks ago, busy swallowing a rat. The Puffy size is probably normal to smallish.
The following one, I do not know the location of where it was caught, but would like to as it is clearly a place to steer clear of. Now this is a serious Puff ...
Johan
26 May 2008, 13:29
someoldguyI've obviously only heard of these odd-looking venomous snakes. Aren't puff adders generally non-aggressive unless they are disturbed? (Unlike mambas.)
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Glenn
26 May 2008, 13:43
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26 May 2008, 15:35
someoldguyquote:
As Marlin Perkins used to say "While Jim Wrestles the Enormous Snake! - We watch from the safety of the Helicopter above!"
Poor old Marlin. I bet he didn't weight 120 pounds soaking wet!
I do remember seeing him jump on top of a monster anaconda on one show. I think it damn near killed him because it started to constrict on him and it took Jim and another guy or two to get Marlin loose.
After that, I never did notice him doing too much wrangling!
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Glenn
26 May 2008, 17:10
yukon deltaThat's just nastiness. The first photo is interesting because their bodies are sunk into the sand...even the tail of the rat is contoured. That 2nd snake is way too big. He needed to be removed from the gene pool.
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26 May 2008, 17:42
dirklawyerquote:
Originally posted by someoldguy:
I've obviously only heard of these odd-looking venomous snakes. Aren't puff adders generally non-aggressive unless they are disturbed? (Unlike mambas.)
Ditto, Glenn
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trust me if a puff adder that big bit you and really juiced you it would be worse than a typical mamba bite problem is you never know how much juice he is going to give you
26 May 2008, 19:26
Blair338/378quote:
That 2nd snake is way too big. He needed to be removed from the gene pool.
That is a nasty looking big bastard!
Thanks Johan
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26 May 2008, 19:40
L. David KeithI love to see large snakes....especially when they turn a golden brown in the skillet. Taste's like chicken
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26 May 2008, 20:17
kayakerWow, great pix,
That second one is huge, probably female if is that big. Was is killed? I hope not!
Gerryb - no, a puff adder bite while very serious is not as 'bad' as a mamba, simply becasue of the nature of venom (cytotoxic vs. neurotoxic is no competiton, I'll take the former over latter if I was forced to choose, regardless of the size of the snake! neurotoxic venom will typically show lethal syptoms MUCH faster than cytotoxic).
26 May 2008, 20:26
peterdkthe big one would be nice for a gun soft cover
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while the mamba is way more toxic I have friends bitten by both and pain and suffering will be 10 times as bad with the puff adder. without medical attention you will die faster from the mamba but modern times getting to a hospital and you will suffer more from the adder. The tissue destuction is crazy and the depth of the bite of that size snake would be unbearable. Ask John Sharpe how it feels.
26 May 2008, 21:39
yukon deltaI've seen photos of cytotoxic tissue damage...that's just plain nasty.
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27 May 2008, 00:34
577NitroExpressquote:
in Limpopo province near Baltimore
We got these things near Baltimore now? That's only an hour north of me!
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If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... 27 May 2008, 00:59
chuck375I know this is a Neanderthal attitude, but in my opinion: "The only good poisonous snake is a dead one."
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27 May 2008, 01:21
kayakerquote:
The tissue destuction is crazy and the depth of the bite of that size snake would be unbearable.
I agree, the bite would very painful and the tissue damage would be severe!!
An ex-colleague of mine lost a fingure to a puff-adder, not fun!
I was thinking with the two of them, hat band and matching belt
That is one big puffie if ever I saw one! Looks like quite a clever invention too, the pole and noose. If you do not have snake-sticks, a bit of pvc pipe and rope should work just as well as this picture seems to show.
I would be a bit anxious about being anywhere near that monster. As to puff-adders and their disposition, I have found them to be either very placid or extremely aggressive with very few in between. I remember one big female that would always hiss irately and strike at the glass in it's cage to get you if you put your face close to the glass to view it! Conversely, some I have seen have been very chilled in captivity. Some crazy people have free-handled them before, but they are way too dangerous and unpredictable for that, no matter how well you know the individual snake. They also have a habit of biting very experienced snake handlers from time to time! Either way, it is best not to stand on or near one if you can avoid it, although that is easy enough to do, since they can become invisible on the ground with grass and leaves thrown in! I believe the bite is extremely painful.
The last hunt in Zimbabwe we had a Mozambique cobra in our kitchen and a puff adder crossing the road. I never think of those things when I'm hunting or following game, but when I'm lying in bed at the end of the day, thinking about the possibility of stepping on one while moving in on that big buffalo, they scare the shit out of me.
27 May 2008, 08:07
jdollarcytotoxin=severe tissue damage and pain. neurotoxin= rapid death. enuff said!
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27 May 2008, 08:13
yukon deltaThere is something about snakes that most people fear...even Indiana Jones!
I just returned from a weekend hog hunt and the guy I was with swears that snakes don't bother him...but a big spider got onto him in the woods and he just about had a nervous breakdown getting away from it. Not his finest moment I'm sure!
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27 May 2008, 12:42
Blair338/378Coastal Taipan and our common Brown snake are highly venomous and bloody aggressive too
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27 May 2008, 18:26
pichon1quote:
Originally posted by yukon delta:
There is something about snakes that most people fear...even Indiana Jones!
I just returned from a weekend hog hunt and the guy I was with swears that snakes don't bother him...but a big spider got onto him in the woods and he just about had a nervous breakdown getting away from it. Not his finest moment I'm sure!
Havn't got a problem with handling any reptiles but put a spider on me and I shit myself!!!
27 May 2008, 18:45
Norwegianhunterquote:
Originally posted by Blair338/378:
Coastal Taipan and our common Brown snake are highly venomous and bloody aggressive too
You also have the death adder or deaf adder as it also been called, this is the 4th most poisen in the world. We are lucky here in Norway, we just have one viper, he`s poisenous but not mutch you got to see a doctor but its seldom dethly
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27 May 2008, 18:48
yukon deltaThankfully no snakes in Alaska.
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28 May 2008, 16:49
yukon deltaYea, he froze to death and we put him in the Anchorage airport for the tourists to look at.
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28 May 2008, 17:40
Norwegianhunterquote:
Originally posted by yukon delta:
Yea, he froze to death and we put him in the Anchorage airport for the tourists to look at.
Alaske is a beatiful place, my grangrandfather went to Alaska in 1896 and stayed there to 1901 digging for gold, if he had stayed longer I probably been a Alaskian zitisen
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29 May 2008, 16:50
Mike O'In some U.S. states you can legally own snakes like this with no license or required training. In fact, you can have them air freighted to your nearest airport from breeders in the U.S. The puff adder was just one of the snakes I had in my collection in the '90s. During that time, I visited a pet store in North Carolina that was offering baby Gaboon vipers for $45 and baby spitting cobras for about $150. All fully venomous.
I outgrew (and survived) that particular hobby.
29 May 2008, 17:41
Andrew McLarenquote:
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I outgrew (and survived) that particular hobby.
Glad to hear you survived. We already have far too many ghost postings here on AR!
In good hunting.
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29 May 2008, 19:11
Mike O'Andrew,
And only one close call. The puff adder got loose while I was cleaning its cage and was between me and the door of the snake room. A puff adder looks at you like a Cape buffalo owes it money.
