Moccasins.....as in water moccasins. The kind that inspire one to walk on water, not dive below it. Any snake is a bad one in my book. Just ask my buddies I had on a dive at Ginnie........ I gained a VERY healthy fear of all forms growing up in the Pacific.
Ahh we have Taipans and i think its 7 others in the top 10 deadly snake so they dont really bother me.
Matt
The moccasin can be aggressive at times, though not near as bad as most report. The biggest fear lies not in its venom but the bacteria that grows within its mouth, some really nasty critters considering what they eat. I have been bumped by a few while wading across a swamp before daylight and never gave them a second thought, but encountering them underwater I do tend to give them a bit of room. Bumping into one in water with the vis tyupical for most golf course ponds would not be fun. On the other hand, I have been underwater with gators on a number of occassions and they just tend to look at you funny as they wonder what you are. They are more likely to attack you at the water's edge, or if you do something stupid like step on them. I grew up in central FL and used to catch venonmous snakes as a kid to make money (sold them to be milked for their venonm to make anti-venom.) I can't say as I have ever had a real fear of reptiles, but I do hate spiders
Originally Posted by Zero
Gotta say thats what i thought too. What are they? We dont have them here. The only moccies we see here are on the feet of bogans( another Aussie word for the list) in Western Sydney. Usually accessorised with tight denim jeans an ACDC, Cold Chisel or Holden shirt and Flanno with a Winnie Blue hanging out the mouth. AHHH culture.
Matt
HUH????????
Its Aussie.
Matt
make more boots, jackets, bags and wallets out of them! lolz joke joke!
nice! i would like to try that....I grew up in central FL and used to catch venonmous snakes as a kid to make money (sold them to be milked for their venonm to make anti-venom.) I can't say as I have ever had a real fear of reptiles, but I do hate spiders
i hate spiders too.... very much! much! much!
I can't imagine living in a place that has big spiders like tarantulas running around everywhere! Yikes!!
We used to have a medic in our group that had a passion for tarantulas and scorpions, would catch them and play with them. Me, I always enjoyed hearing that loud pop whenever I would drive over one of those hairy monsters.
NO to spiders and jellyfish!
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