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Post by shadow on Jul 26, 2011 11:21:24 GMT -5
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Post by midwifespal on Jul 26, 2011 11:36:28 GMT -5
Sandysva, some diamonds for you: MyS*&@^#r, I read your post at the end of last night's thread about the 100s of poisonous snakes. LOL, I kept thinking the same thing ... ??? ??? Wow, I've always been under the impression we had your basic rattlesnake or two in desert or rural areas, but I thought that was about it. Suddenly, we're in the Amazon jungle then?  IKR! I was laughing thinking, OK, someone is playing with Sauli!  100s of snakes? Um, no.... !Just the rattle snake. I'm sure they are there, in those hills. But it's not like they are out slithering around all over the place! I'd bet that Sauli hasn't even seen one yet. Just Googled poisonous snakes in CA. Just the rattler and the seasnake( which it says is very rarely ever encountered.) LOL! LOL--I've had my own LA Hills poisonous snake experience! I was hiking in the canyons above Malibu one hot summer day with my husband and three of his nephews--I think they were around five, seven, and nine at the time. I was up ahead with the oldest, and he'd just walked by when i noticed, right next to the path, between us, now, a huge rattler, curled up and rattling. I'm such an irresponsible git, have no kids of my own, and have no innate fear of snakes, so my first instinct was "OH, BADASS!" and called out "Guys, come check out this AWESOME rattlesnake!" The boys were genuinely scared, though, and that's when the OKAY, get the otherpeopleschildren away from the poisonous man-killer instinct kicked in, ;D. I backed the kids up, but the poor oldest boy who was now on the other side of the snake from the rest of us was breaking down into full panic mode. I told him to stay where he was, but he was having none of it and took a flying leap over the rattler and into our midst. Fortunately, I think that poor snake was even more afraid of us than we were of it. Still. LA Canyon Drama! Ha ha, guess I'm a little inured to snakes down here in Texas. We've got over a hundred different species and sub-spieces, but only like 15% of the snakes are poisonous. It's the water-moccasins (cottonmouths) that you wanna stay away from--they're downright aggressive and I've heard they'll jump out of the water to attack you. But even most "water moccasin" spottings are false alarms--mostly they're harmless diamond-backs--there used to be a couple of those that lived on a sunny rock just by the bench where I would stretch before jogging along the river. I thought of em as companionable.  |
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Post by glamtealady on Jul 26, 2011 11:47:22 GMT -5
Snakes and Coyotes, we have many in my neighborhood. I go walking and see coyotes and turn around and go the other way. I had a black racer in my house when I came home one day and my cat was running around with it. She dropped it and it went missing for 3 days finally located it and had my brother remove it. I am not a lover of these creatures and would not go walking in the Canyons for sure.
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Post by PastaBaby on Jul 26, 2011 12:02:11 GMT -5
There are snakes underwater too. Big fat green ones of which I have forgotten their name. They don't chase you but they do not have good eyesight so if you get too close they will bite. The biggest problem is in wall diving when they might be hiding in a crevice and you don't see them.
I've had two encounters with them. Once on a night dive I was lying on the bottom looking up under a coral patch and one came out and swam right over me. Yikes.
The second was when someone was sticking their flashlight in a crevice to see what was there and the snake came out and bit him. Blood is green at depth so there was this green stream by this guy's hand. He had to go to the hospital.
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Post by mizzle on Jul 26, 2011 12:03:22 GMT -5
Possibly OT...but I just read that they were going to start announcing the artists who will be performing at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, being held in Wales this October....they said they are announcing the roster of artists on line, one act at a time, over the next two weeks....maybe our Adam will be one of the performers
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Post by stardust on Jul 26, 2011 12:10:19 GMT -5
OT - Amazon has Joss Stone's new album on sale today for $3.99. Sounds good.
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Post by gelly14 on Jul 26, 2011 12:20:11 GMT -5
This fan vid made me laugh Thanks zinnia!!! And the music goes perfectly with the choreography!! |
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Post by kapsiz on Jul 26, 2011 12:44:14 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Sandysva !!!!!
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Post by NoAngel on Jul 26, 2011 12:52:20 GMT -5
There are snakes underwater too. Big fat green ones of which I have forgotten their name. They don't chase you but they do not have good eyesight so if you get too close they will bite. The biggest problem is in wall diving when they might be hiding in a crevice and you don't see them. I've had two encounters with them. Once on a night dive I was lying on the bottom looking up under a coral patch and one came out and swam right over me. Yikes. The second was when someone was sticking their flashlight in a crevice to see what was there and the snake came out and bit him. Blood is green at depth so there was this green stream by this guy's hand. He had to go to the hospital. This sounds like eels rather than snakes. Eels hang out in coral reefs and hidden amongst rocks. They're a type of fish, so they don't need to breathe air like sea snakes do. I've encountered many eels whilst snorkeling and they're generally happy to ignore people unless they feel threatened. |
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