The Bush

Garden hoses… or not!

Just to momentarily divert from my recent theme of CUTENESS
I have a little poser for you.
No prizes today, but you may need your Depend in place!
QUESTION:
WHEN IS A GARDEN HOSE NOT A GARDEN HOSE?

ANSWER:

WHEN IT’S A SIX FOOT LONG BROWN SNAKE!

And before any of you ask, YES it is deadly.

And YES it was in our garden.

And YES the children were safely flung up onto the pool table.

And NO I cannot tell you what happened next.
Let’s just say, there are plenty of his comrades still roaming the countryside! SSB saw eight (you heard me!) of these suckers in one day last week! Just in case you are wondering, I did a little Wikipedia search for you and here is what I found:
The Eastern Brown Snake is the second most venomous land snake in the world after the Inland Taipan Although Eastern Browns will seek to avoid confrontation, their venom is very toxic, and can be fatal; even juveniles have caused human fatalities. The venom contains both neurotoxins and blood coagulants.[3] Despite the potency of the venom, the pressure immobilisation first-aid technique is highly effective (as it is for all Australian venomous snakes).
And they wondered why I was such an AVID STUDENT at my first aid course before moving back from the city? Duh!
This post should be filed under a new category: Yet Another Reason Bush Babe Doesn’t Get Around to Doing Her Daily Walk More Than Twice a Year.

Nuff said.

13 Comments

  • Muddy Boot Dreams

    Euuuuuw! And that was from my hubby who is absolutely a snake hater.
    Just don’t show me any nasty spiders. Don’t think I could take it. You poor poor things.

    Jen

  • Bush Babe (of Granite Glen)

    Oh, the spiders are there too. But they don’t slither. I;m not one for slitherin’… and I don’t mean in a Harry Potter kinda way!
    BB

  • Wrensong Farm

    OMG! Snakes don’t bother me normally but that one DEFINITELY does! I grew up around rattlesnakes but at least they give a little warning that they are near….you’re a brave one! You have more than your fair share of poisonous snakes there in Australia don’t you?

  • Bush Babe (of Granite Glen)

    Okey dokey… looking more closely at the photo, I am wondering if this might actually be a taipan rather than a brown… even worse!!! Silent and very deadly…

    We were sitting about 2 metres from it having afternoon tea at the time, and I was the least brave person there!

    I’ll get back to you!!
    :-0
    BB

  • Kate

    ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Oh my heck bb that is crazy. And I thought rattle snakes were bad! You are so brave to even let the kids outside…ever!! Maybe I don’t want to live in Australia 😉 there aren’t any snakes in man from snowy river 🙂 and that’s my dream!

  • Andrea

    Oh, that thing is tiny! HOLY SMOKES!! I would have ran away in fear, screaming all the way!! And I love what Wikipedia said, “avoid confrontation”. I want to see the human pick a fight with one of those snakes!! No thank you!! I would put off chorse too!!

    8 in one week!! Yikes!!

  • jeanie

    In the classic words of Douglas Adams (or at least the venom expert he interviewed in “Last Chance To See”), the main thing to remember for snake bite first aid is “don’t get bitten”

  • Debby

    Do your dogs run loose? And do they give you any warning? I think I’d want me a best friend dog who would keep his eyes open for just such a critter. And then bark his everloving head of. You also need a gun. What to borrow one of our forty-eleven?

  • Pencil Writer

    I’ll bet LouLou is counting her lucky stars she din’t encounter one a those slithery things during photo shooting!!!

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