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<blockquote data-quote="scotsgun" data-source="post: 405826" data-attributes="member: 13278"><p>Encountering that nest would terrify me. I absolutely hate snakes, the very thought of them gives me the willies.</p><p> </p><p>I was once posted to Belize when in the army and there are snakes there that are unreal:</p><p> </p><p>- we once came across a Fer de lance which the locals used to call Tommys on a trail. We stopped in order to wait for it to pass on, but the bugger switched round, reared and came straight at us! Thankfully one of the guys was carrying a shotgun.</p><p> </p><p>- They have a snake called a Jumping Viper that would come into the harbour position at night and crawl into anything left discarded. One bit a guy when he lifted his boot; it rose out from the boot and struck his arm. Thankfully a guy nearby cut it in half and we bundled it up with him for medivac.</p><p> </p><p>- We were forever being warned to police our waste but some idiots just wouldn't learn. This resulted in rats flooding into the bases especially at night and the snakes would follow to hunt the rats. Not a pleasant experience returning to my billet just in time to find a snake gorging on a big rat.</p><p> </p><p>Thankfully snakes are not a problem in the UK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scotsgun, post: 405826, member: 13278"] Encountering that nest would terrify me. I absolutely hate snakes, the very thought of them gives me the willies. I was once posted to Belize when in the army and there are snakes there that are unreal: - we once came across a Fer de lance which the locals used to call Tommys on a trail. We stopped in order to wait for it to pass on, but the bugger switched round, reared and came straight at us! Thankfully one of the guys was carrying a shotgun. - They have a snake called a Jumping Viper that would come into the harbour position at night and crawl into anything left discarded. One bit a guy when he lifted his boot; it rose out from the boot and struck his arm. Thankfully a guy nearby cut it in half and we bundled it up with him for medivac. - We were forever being warned to police our waste but some idiots just wouldn't learn. This resulted in rats flooding into the bases especially at night and the snakes would follow to hunt the rats. Not a pleasant experience returning to my billet just in time to find a snake gorging on a big rat. Thankfully snakes are not a problem in the UK. [/QUOTE]
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