I'm still not happy about being involved in an organised scrumping foray and possibly being bitten with heavily laden Biker on me shoulders, it is not the way i intend to go.
I'm still not happy about being involved in an organised scrumping foray and possibly being bitten with heavily laden Biker on me shoulders, it is not the way i intend to go.
I'm still not happy about being involved in an organised scrumping foray and possibly being bitten with heavily laden Biker on me shoulders, it is not the way i intend to go.
I am mostly worried about the indelible image of Bikers **** as he lands on me! a bite to the leg and a slightly wiffy face is not a good look in A+E.
Bite force in snakes is relatively low. Strike force though is high and a viper can easily go through thick boots. Gaboon vipers can have fangs that are 2inches long and it is no problem for them to penetrate hard leather. Elapids have shorter fangs and most are too short to penetrate thick hard boots. The larger species though certainly could, but not with the same penetration as a viper.
GABOON & RATTLER...
MAMBA & COBRA...
They can't pick up on airborne sounds though, so you don't need to chat to them when retreating
The talking is for us. I talk to most animals and reptiles I encounter apart from animals like deer that would be spooked. I never thought about it before but it calms me down and slows my movements accordingly.
I used to cringe when Steve Irwin and similar people would bellow Crikey while handling a snake. Lucky for the snakes that they were deaf!
Leather hiking boots offer some protection. The venomous snakes of Australia are elapids and have shorter fangs than vipers but can still penetrate leather and are quite large so are likely to strike in the calf and shin area.
A snakes ability to feel vibration in the ground through their jaws is exceptional. However, most snakes tend to rest their heads on their bodies when sunning themselves and rely more on movement and scent. They can't pick up on airborne sounds though, so you don't need to chat to them when retreating
...This is Why guns should not be carried in the wilderness...