Thats bat shit crazy you all belong in an institute to even warrant riding with those kinds of injuries, hope they're not an every ride occurance.
Didn't I see a post on here where some dude over in Oz put his helmet on the ground while taking a break? When they started to get ready to go again there was already a snake in it. Snakes suck. We've got rattlers over here but they warn you at least. Most of the time.
My boy at a MRAN race had a good Cholla deal.... On a 85.... lead first 3 laps.... last lap crickets, 1st comes in, then 2nd then 10th.... half hour later my boy comes in standing up at a snails pace.... Gets off the bike crying as I was kinda giving him crap.... his pants were nailed to his ass.... landed sitting on a cholla.... Well the EMS guy and I counted 327 spines we pulled out not counted many I'm sure broke off.... He laid on his stomch the whole ride home.... Still rode the next day.... I felt like such an ass for giving him crap.... really changed my outlook and theory towards parenting
When you can't get them all out but know some are still some. I use product called UTTER BALM made for tits on a cow, will make it fester then turns into a whitehead pimple, patience until nice size full crown on the pimple, then remove top and pull out the spine Robert is correct 2" are common. Works on wood splinters about anything organic. Later George
We've got more chance of being bitten by a snake after taking a dive in the bush than being stabbed by cacti
Haha yeah I've seen that vid. My thought process after I crash in the bush is something like this. 1. Am I ok? 2. Is my bike ok? 3. Is this a safe place to lay down for a rest or are there bloody snakes looking at me?
Believe it or not my closest brush with death by our beautiful nature has been with Skippy the kangaroo /wallaby. I swear they wait until you are 1m away from them before jumping out onto the road or trail. Definitely coloured in numerous pairs of undergarments due to them jumping out of the forest unexpectedly.
A roo jumped in front of my mate the highway at 110km. Tossed him off the bike and the roo got cleaned up by a B double. Mate survived but skippy and the bike didn't.
The deer up here are the same way for some dumb reason. If the first doesn't get ya, the one following will.
Every bush in the desert has some defense mechanism that has a way of hurting you. The other two are smoke tree's and cat's claws, they will induce serious pain and shredding of your skin. I'm in 29 Palms CA btw.
Tell me about it! I'll never forget being on the KLR loaded down with fishing gear at dusk. Came around a soft bend and there's a 6 point buck standing there at the roadside. His idea of the best form of escape was to jump the guard rail when I was about 50 meters away. Then he proceeded to try to run up the camber of the road to get across. It was very clear to me that it was going to be a close one as I watched him get absolutely no purchase on the road surface while I tried to slow the pig (KLR) down without dropping it for the next 49.9 meters. By about .5 meters away he had finally scraped up enough forward velocity that his momentum allowed him to leap out of the way. We made eye contact as he flew through the air. That was the very definition of a near miss. And that's just one of many. Back country travel at dusk is super dangerous.
Sorry to derail but for example this girl was in our dog kennel hiding under their lounge (couch). Looks like she'd been attacked by a kookaburra or something, possibly dropped also.. I don't believe in killing them when i don't have to. I'll relocate her if she isn't gone by this afternoon.
Yeah mate. A girl I think, a big one too! Just tried to move it and it got cranky so the dogs can stay inside tonight. Their lounges have been removed permanently. If its still there tomorrow ill be calling a professional because it scared me shitless when it arked up at me today. [EDIT, catchers came today, apparently it was a big male.]
Yeh they get thick/solid the red bellies n stil 5-6' long. Used to see em every week up FNQ. Potentially deadly(children/oldies mainly but could roll a healthy adult) & have a bad habit of laying right in the middle of the track. I've ridden over several accidentally! Brilliant bright red bellies & deep black up there. Cool looking snakes. I walked out onto our basketball court at work on Thursday night to shoot hoops. It's pushin 40'c already here durin day(Aussie desert gets to low 50s!)-too hot durin day for em so they hunt at night. Got half way across court bouncing ball before i realised there was a snake on there too. Poor bastard couldn't get any traction on the coated concrete surface so looked like he was moon walkin/slithering! Took him 2 minutes to make it off the court reckon he was knackered. Then our 'expert snake catchers'(shaking my head) near on beat the poor bastard to death tryin to catch him. Only bout 2.5' long but a king brown which grow to coupla meters & will kill you! Problem with gettin bitten here is no antivenom & hours waitin for rescue plane/chopper to get you to hospital. Heaps better just not to get bitten!
Yep, usually if you leave them alone they'll leave you alone, red bellies seem to be fairly passive unless you try to handle them, like me.. i would never ever touch a king brown, they are super aggressive and the venom will drop you for sure. Ive seen heaps of pythons in the bush, also seen plenty of red bellies and a few browns, but the first time ive tried to move a red belly. As above, if its there tomorrow the professionals can sort it out. Meanwhile the dogs are gettin spoilt.
