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Safety and Survival
Snake sightings, encounters and reminders.
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<blockquote data-quote="Grey Panner" data-source="post: 666512" data-attributes="member: 15464"><p>Some years ago, when fossicking with a tag-along party near Marble Bar, one member of the group spotted what looked like a speckled circular patch of lichen on a flat rock and was reaching out to touch it when I noticed that the "lichen" had a shrivelled up little tail. Following round from the tail I then saw that, in the centre of the circle, the "lichen" had a head. It was a small death adder, no thicker than a pencil all coiled up and was either basking in the sun or waiting for a bird to peck at its worm-like tail. I called a warning and the curious person leapt back. We touched the snake gently</p><p> with a long, long stick and it sprang into life and disappeared in a flash.</p><p>I had no idea that death adders could be so agile although I knew they can strike like lightning.</p><p>It reinforced my belief that you mustn't put your fingers anywhere that you can't see what you are touching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grey Panner, post: 666512, member: 15464"] Some years ago, when fossicking with a tag-along party near Marble Bar, one member of the group spotted what looked like a speckled circular patch of lichen on a flat rock and was reaching out to touch it when I noticed that the "lichen" had a shrivelled up little tail. Following round from the tail I then saw that, in the centre of the circle, the "lichen" had a head. It was a small death adder, no thicker than a pencil all coiled up and was either basking in the sun or waiting for a bird to peck at its worm-like tail. I called a warning and the curious person leapt back. We touched the snake gently with a long, long stick and it sprang into life and disappeared in a flash. I had no idea that death adders could be so agile although I knew they can strike like lightning. It reinforced my belief that you mustn't put your fingers anywhere that you can't see what you are touching. [/QUOTE]
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