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Originally posted by jerp View PostJust did some Googling - looks like you have a lot of really cool looking non venomous species as well. 72 non venomous and another 50 “slightly venomous” according to this website. Are some of these common to your area? I am a fan of any that are helpful rodent control
http://www.tyroneping.co.za/common-h...-south-africa/
You are correct,
We have a bunch of species that is non or semi venomous as well.
I have often little slug eaters in the garden beds.
They are non venomous and feed on slugs and snails.
Then also have found a spotted or striped grass snakes that is semi venomous and helps a lot with controlling rodents in the yard.
(Not my photo)
Probably a few other species I have not yet seen, they are tolerated.
Rinkhals and Puffadder will be dispatched on site.
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Man, the one snake that scares the crap outta me is the Black Mamba.. if read about them from Capstick and heard about them from a fella that used to live there. He told me if I was ever being chased by one to run in the sand, not the grass as they will catch you!
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Originally posted by haas0311 View PostMan, the one snake that scares the crap outta me is the Black Mamba.. if read about them from Capstick and heard about them from a fella that used to live there. He told me if I was ever being chased by one to run in the sand, not the grass as they will catch you!
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Sorry but the guy who told you about a snake chasing you is full of stories that the old people used to tell to scare the kids.
Snakes does not have the lung capacity to chase you, or you would have had plenty of rattlers chasing people around Texas as well [emoji16]
Mamba especially black mamba is very dangerous because of the potent neurotoxic venom but also because its a very nervous snake and will strike like lightning when it feels threatened...
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Originally posted by tminc View PostPretty cool sir, are your venomous snakes pit vipers? thats the way we tell poisonous snakes over here. looks like you need a encyclopedia to identify all of the species there.
As far as I know, the snakes we call adders like the puff adder and the gaboon adder also form part of the viper family.
I am not sure if they are pit vipers referring to the sensors below the eye.
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Originally posted by tminc View PostPretty cool sir, are your venomous snakes pit vipers? thats the way we tell poisonous snakes over here. looks like you need a encyclopedia to identify all of the species there.
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Originally posted by Gerhard View PostI followed this video on YouTube
The biggest challenge was to find a 41 Magnum die set in South Africa
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I wonder if there is a similar process for 44 special/mag? I usually carry a 44 on my hip when in the woods, better pig medicine than a 45. I have made a bunch of shotshells using the blue shot capsules, but this looks like you could get a bunch more shot in there.
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