and the end result ...



Although the origin of these pictures is unknown to me, we have had a similar thing happen in camp in Mozambique - in our PH bathroom. Although much smaller, we had a snake hanging in the rim of the bowl - very similar to this one. Scary thing was ... it was only the third guy to use the toilet that morning that actually discovered the snake! After some questioning, we determined that the first two were using it "sitting down" and the third one was lining up to use it "standing up" when he saw the snake. Could it be that the small snake perhaps felt intimidated by the first two "visiting snakes" and only felt confident enough to show itself when number three was presented? Or would the sight of some "early morning action" and a PH behind scare off almost anything out there?

By the way, we did not wreck the toilet. Oh yes, and just for the record, I wasn't one of the three ...

Bugger that for a game of soldiers!

Great, now I'll never be able to use a toilet in camp again....thanks....really....

Wow! Talk about going to Pucker Factor 10 in a quick second!

Something like that also happened to my maid in Bangkok. She was going to use an outdoor privy when she discovered a King Cobra within that apparently had been chasing rodents for his meal.

Before using the commode in Africa I always check under the toilet seat ring and all around. Like Johan said, be careful out there.

Namibiahunter

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Before using the commode in Africa I always check under the toilet seat ring and all around.

You might want to check the tank also. Heard a story of a snake hiding in there also.

Holy Crap!!

Everyone looks after they're done, this will teach us all to look before we start!

Out of there? mmhhh no I think there is an error, it is not "out" of there it is "in"

The smashed toilet is the better of the two pics. An appropriate response in my opinion.

I think that would work better than Immodium!

I would never crap again, that would lock me up tighter than a drum!


Or.........I would crap all over the place and be good for a few days?????

What happend to the snake after they smashed the toilet? If it was me there would be a shotgun on the floor not a hamer!! I never get that close to any snake

Johan which one of the 3 were you??

I've seen dogs crap out worms but that's ridiculous...

Reckon eating a plug of chewing tobacco would get rid of the rest??

What gives me the creepies is the though of a mother snake, and, her having a family in the toliet...

Crapping with a snake in the bowl would never happen to me. I'm so scared of them that the loo gets a thourough search before I drop my drawers, including under the lid.

I need ten minutes lead time before the event to make sure the environment is slither free.

JPK

I think that smashing the toilet bowl with a sledge hammer was a little over kill! There must be another way. After all, I assume that you can't just run down to Home Depot and get another one.
Peter.

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Originally posted by Peter:
I think that smashing the toilet bowl with a sledge hammer was a little over kill! There must be another way. After all, I assume that you can't just run down to Home Depot and get another one.
Peter.

I agree, a grenade would have given a better pattern.

Well that's one snake I won't fillet out and lightly fry up in a mild garlic butter....

damn Johan, you never warned about checking the loo for snakes when i was getting settled in to camp that first day. since i was still getting over my rattlesnake bite, it is probably a good thing you didn't.

Glad I didn't see that in Mozambique. I would have run scared like a little girl.

Very good friend of mine, Jimmy, was bitten on the balls about 5 years ago by an Egyptian spitting cobra when he sat on the loo.

Lost his one testicle in the op that followed. Made it to the national papers with the story as well.

Some good one liners:

"hey Jimmy, when you saw the snake, did you shat yourself"

Jimmy also became known as:

"Hangbal" (Hanging ball)
"Oddball"

The snake was intimidated by the headless one eyed rival that entered his sanctuary.

Can't even remember all the witty stuff that came out of this.

Truth be told, he nearly died of a heart attack when that happened.

Cheers

I'm not afraid of snakes or small spaces, but when you put the 2 together...well, I would be a little squeamish, you could say. Does anyone know what kind of snake that is in the toilet? I'm making it my new background pictures for my school computer!

Damn' so much time spent in training that snake in making realy good oral sex

When practicing law in Savannah, I filed a workers compensation claim for a construction worker who was bitten on the head of his pecker by a black widow. From the research I did, I learned that spider bites aren't that rare in port-a-johns.

Poor guy took an operation and year to get his crank to work. I found it interesting that loss of your johnson isn't a scheduled injury, btw.

A friend of mine, while hunting in Zimbabwe in the 80's discovered a green tree snake in the shower and whopped it a couple of times with a Prell Shampoo bottle.

Immediately thereafter he heard screaming in front of his rondavel. A grown lion had walked into camp and a writer for Sporting Classics was holloring and running from the animal. He flew into the recently vacated shower stall and screamed "Lion! Lion!" a few times. My friend said, "Lion? Shit, snake! snake!" and pointed between the guys feet at the still writhing serpent.

That ended the safari for the writer.

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Originally posted by Peter
I think that smashing the toilet bowl with a sledge hammer was a little over kill! There must be another way. After all, I assume that you can't just run down to Home Depot and get another one.

USE ENOUGH SLEDGEHAMMER!

Namibiahunter

JudgeG,

Now that would've been a time to have a video camera running!

Now I know where the term 'snake out the toilet' came from to remove pesky clogs.

Looks like a small cobra to me.
Peter.

Here's another picture, a little closer ...

If there was ever an excuse to toss a M80 into a toilet, now would be the time!

BTW, is there running water attached to that toilet or does it just get flushed with a bucket?

That's one scary picture!

He looks upset. Is it possible that he didn't pass the bar exam?



Dutch

Someone inquired about the identity of the snake in the crapper. It appears to be hooded. Are there any African snakes besides cobras that are hooded? Jim

What the hell did that guy eat?

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Originally posted by Jon Beutler:
What the hell did that guy eat?

The mere thought ...

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Originally posted by Mr. Cider:
Someone inquired about the identity of the snake in the crapper. It appears to be hooded. Are there any African snakes besides cobras that are hooded? Jim

That is a mozambique spitting cobra and it is not small for that particular species. Looks lighter than the ones we get here....A spitting cobra's venom is seriously potent and though it seldom bites, when it does the results can be quite nasty indeed.

It looks like it may have just spat at the photographer... Or may be about to spit? I have received an injection of venom in both eyes before, as has my sister...

Dave

I am right eh? All the gurus out there? It does look a tad light and doesn't have those distinctive neck bands....Is it another type of spitter, not mozambique? This wikipedia link says a mozambique spitter is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa, second only to the mamba!! Yikes, but they obviously haven't heard of a gaboon viper ...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U...4Fvde2FWOwPDe-Hg6WGg

David

I shot a Mfezi (Mozambique Spitting Cobra) in a ground blind with a client one day, I will try and find photo, it was 6 feet in length.

This one is small

I am not a snake guru, but I would hazard a gues that it is a young Forest Cobra ?

Where is our herpetologists ?

Kwan,

I'd say 6 feet for a spitting cobra is big, for sure! I thought this one (if it is a spitter) was probably about average length, not small. Just trying to figure out what's hidden and factor the distance around the bends between head and tail tip....Anyhow, irrelevant.
I think it is a moz spitting cobra, because its profile fits one to the t, though I am thrown by the color. I know they do vary a lot in color by region....
Yes, where are the snake gurus? Is this indeed a spitter? Are there more than one type of spitting cobra? I think there is another....Let me get back to Wikepedia...

Dave

Kwan

Take a look at this link. Average length for an adult moz spitter is 90 - 120 cm. Some get to be 150cm but this will be their maximum length. So the one you shot was truly a monster. I'd like to see that picture. Also this site gives good info re coloration, and so far I have found many different colored spiiters on the internet. Look, I am not sure at all, just find this interesting and would like to get to the bottom of it...

Where is ALF????

Cheers, Dave


http://www.google.com/url?sa=U...SwYcyjOGxJQX6ITtxEvg

It is a terrible pun, but perhaps the snake is not a spitting cobra, but a shiting cobra?