Originally posted by OneEleven
Originally posted by steveknows
Originally posted by OneEleven
Originally posted by aprilc1
makes me glad we live in the scenic Ohio Valley where the only dangerous snakes are copperheads and water mocassins
Really?
Maybe your copperheads and water moccasins are a different breed, but down here in Georgia, i'd rather see a python TWICE that size than a water moccasin the size of a shoe lace....
People keep pythons as pets....
A python just tried to eat a kid here a few days ago.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au...edit on 5-1-2012 by steveknows because: Typo
yeah we've got pythons here in the southern US as well....BIG ones...I'm not sure if they've tried to eat a child, but people have been attacked, and family pets have been eaten....
Still, i'd rather see this guy than any of our native snakes....A moccasin is mean....It dosn't want to eat you, it just wants to KILL you....The smaller they are, the more deadly it is, as the youngsters havn't developed control over their venom glands and will dump every bit of poison they have into your veins....We call them CottonMouths...They'll also chase you...
Aside from the Cottonmouth, which are EVERYWHERE, we have the copperhead, the diamondback rattler, the timber rattler, pygmy rattler, and the coral snake....all venemous....One bite, you could be dead...
In fact, in Georgia, we have red dirt, wild shrimp, and alligators too....AND, some people say we talk funny....You Aussies might LOVE it here...
come on over....
We've got enough of our own to handle.
Red Bellied Black Snake
Yellow Bellied Black snake
Tiger Snake
Brown Snake
King Brown Snake
The Taipan
Death Adder
Dugite
Copperhead
Sea snakes
Yellow bellied Sea snake
All these are killers some more than others. The Taipan is a bitch as is the Brown and King brown which will follow you. There's lots more of the less leathal variety. These are all biting snakes I've left out the ones that like to squash you.
Why would I want to go from a country with deadly snakes and crocodiles to a country with deadly snakes and alligators?
Actually I lived in
SoCal for a couple of years but no giant reptiles there.edit on 6-1-2012 by steveknows because: typo
you cheated.... 
....not to mention that we've got lizards that are more deadly than most of your venomous snakes... 
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