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On 23/08/17 10:10, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 12:35:59 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: I know they've got far more venomous snakes there but AFAIK not rattlers lying around almost in an ambush position. It's a real problem on some trails here. One of the risks is that you might lose part of a leg to necrosis (requiring amputation). In Australia, even cute animals can get nasty and kill you. https://img.swifty.com/filter:scale/....jpeg?mw=6 50 Rattle snakes are relatively harmless compared to basically anything in Australia -- really: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...63f433d0e8.jpg LOL. You're making me nervous now. I think I'll ride the stationary bike, for my safety... Nah. I picked up one of these in the garden last week. Looks a bit wild, but harmless. http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img...on-basking.jpg We also get a lot of legless lizards in the garden. They can get the heart started as they slither away much like a snake. Last one I picked up was about 35cm (14 inches) long. -- JS |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:36:14 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-08-22 11:25, Duane wrote: On 22/08/2017 2:07 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-21 22:54, James wrote: On 22/08/17 13:34, John B. wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:01:01 +1000, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. But no mountain lions ? No. No broken chains fixed with rock and nail either. My rim brakes worked fine too, and I didn't rip any big holes, or little holes in my tyres. Boringly event free! Come here and ride the trails. The only thing that concerns me a bit are rattlesnakes. Lately I encountered three. One I accidentally ran over with the MTB, the other two I evaded. A big one was daring me which is unusual behavior. The sneaky part is that many are no longer in the habit of rattling to announce "intent to pounce". You aren't seriously telling a guy from Australia that it's more dangerous to ride in California because of the snakes are you? lol I know they've got far more venomous snakes there but AFAIK not rattlers lying around almost in an ambush position. It's a real problem on some trails here. One of the risks is that you might lose part of a leg to necrosis (requiring amputation). Good Lord! Yet another danger our intrepid mountain biker defies. The facts are that there are between 7,000 and 8,000 reptile bites annually in the U.S. of which 7 - 12 result in death. http://www.reptileknowledge.com/how-...-rattlesnakes/ -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:22:03 -0400, Duane
wrote: On 22/08/2017 3:36 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-22 11:25, Duane wrote: On 22/08/2017 2:07 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-21 22:54, James wrote: On 22/08/17 13:34, John B. wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:01:01 +1000, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me.* I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. But no mountain lions ? No. No broken chains fixed with rock and nail either. My rim brakes worked fine too, and I didn't rip any big holes, or little holes in my tyres. Boringly event free! Come here and ride the trails. The only thing that concerns me a bit are rattlesnakes. Lately I encountered three. One I accidentally ran over with the MTB, the other two I evaded. A big one was daring me which is unusual behavior. The sneaky part is that many are no longer in the habit of rattling to announce "intent to pounce". You aren't seriously telling a guy from Australia that it's more dangerous to ride in California because of the snakes are you?* lol I know they've got far more venomous snakes there but AFAIK not rattlers lying around almost in an ambush position. It's a real problem on some trails here. One of the risks is that you might lose part of a leg to necrosis (requiring amputation). Out of the 10 most deadly snakes in the world, 4 are in Australia. And none of them live in the U.S. :-) https://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/deadliest-snakes -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:12:27 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:01:07 PM UTC-4, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. I once had a groundhog - or maybe a woodchuck* - run along beside me as I was on a ~25 mph downhill. He'd come out from my right & turned parallel to me just a foot or so from my path as I passed him. I was very worried he'd turn left under my wheels, but he somehow gathered the sense to turn right again. (* or maybe a whistle pig.) - Frank Krygowski As I had never heard the term I did a search on "whistle pig". apparently it is a rye whiskey made in Vermont :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 8/22/2017 8:23 PM, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:36:14 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-22 11:25, Duane wrote: On 22/08/2017 2:07 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-21 22:54, James wrote: On 22/08/17 13:34, John B. wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:01:01 +1000, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. But no mountain lions ? No. No broken chains fixed with rock and nail either. My rim brakes worked fine too, and I didn't rip any big holes, or little holes in my tyres. Boringly event free! Come here and ride the trails. The only thing that concerns me a bit are rattlesnakes. Lately I encountered three. One I accidentally ran over with the MTB, the other two I evaded. A big one was daring me which is unusual behavior. The sneaky part is that many are no longer in the habit of rattling to announce "intent to pounce". You aren't seriously telling a guy from Australia that it's more dangerous to ride in California because of the snakes are you? lol I know they've got far more venomous snakes there but AFAIK not rattlers lying around almost in an ambush position. It's a real problem on some trails here. One of the risks is that you might lose part of a leg to necrosis (requiring amputation). Good Lord! Yet another danger our intrepid mountain biker defies. The facts are that there are between 7,000 and 8,000 reptile bites annually in the U.S. of which 7 - 12 result in death. http://www.reptileknowledge.com/how-...-rattlesnakes/ True so far as it goes. The real killers here are deer: http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/.a/6a0...181a970c-800wi -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:25:01 -0400, Duane
wrote: On 22/08/2017 2:07 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-21 22:54, James wrote: On 22/08/17 13:34, John B. wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:01:01 +1000, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me.* I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. But no mountain lions ? No. No broken chains fixed with rock and nail either. My rim brakes worked fine too, and I didn't rip any big holes, or little holes in my tyres. Boringly event free! Come here and ride the trails. The only thing that concerns me a bit are rattlesnakes. Lately I encountered three. One I accidentally ran over with the MTB, the other two I evaded. A big one was daring me which is unusual behavior. The sneaky part is that many are no longer in the habit of rattling to announce "intent to pounce". You aren't seriously telling a guy from Australia that it's more dangerous to ride in California because of the snakes are you? lol No mountain lions in Australia :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 9:47:21 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:12:27 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:01:07 PM UTC-4, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies.. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. I once had a groundhog - or maybe a woodchuck* - run along beside me as I was on a ~25 mph downhill. He'd come out from my right & turned parallel to me just a foot or so from my path as I passed him. I was very worried he'd turn left under my wheels, but he somehow gathered the sense to turn right again. (* or maybe a whistle pig.) - Frank Krygowski As I had never heard the term I did a search on "whistle pig". apparently it is a rye whiskey made in Vermont :-) From https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ut-groundhogs/ 1. A groundhog by any other name. Groundhogs are also variously referred to as woodchucks, whistle-pigs, or land-beavers. The name whistle-pig comes from the fact that, when alarmed, a groundhog will emit a high-pitched whistle as a warning to the rest of his or her colony. The name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood. Or chucking. It is derived from the Algonquian name for the critters, wuchak. - Frank Krygowski |
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On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 1:34:32 AM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
I grew up in them brown hills of California, riding tarantulas and roping rattle snakes. We had pet black widows. http://coolmainpress.com/ajwriting/t...l-connecticut/ |
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On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 2:06:11 AM UTC+1, James wrote:
I picked up one of these in the garden last week. Looks a bit wild, but harmless. http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img...on-basking.jpg Anyone for tennis? http://www.sketching.cc/forum3/viewt...&t=2430#p22090 |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:59:09 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 9:47:21 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:12:27 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:01:07 PM UTC-4, James wrote: On my 66km ride today, along the edge of the road I saw a python maybe 2 metres long, a bearded dragon lizard, an echidna and several wallabies. One of the wallabies made me nervous that it was about to dart across the road at me. I braked a little in anticipation, but it turned and headed away from the road instead. I once had a groundhog - or maybe a woodchuck* - run along beside me as I was on a ~25 mph downhill. He'd come out from my right & turned parallel to me just a foot or so from my path as I passed him. I was very worried he'd turn left under my wheels, but he somehow gathered the sense to turn right again. (* or maybe a whistle pig.) - Frank Krygowski As I had never heard the term I did a search on "whistle pig". apparently it is a rye whiskey made in Vermont :-) From https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ut-groundhogs/ 1. A groundhog by any other name. Groundhogs are also variously referred to as woodchucks, whistle-pigs, or land-beavers. The name whistle-pig comes from the fact that, when alarmed, a groundhog will emit a high-pitched whistle as a warning to the rest of his or her colony. The name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood. Or chucking. It is derived from the Algonquian name for the critters, wuchak. - Frank Krygowski Growing up in New England they were called woodchucks. They were edible by the way. -- Cheers, John B. |
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