We used to get King Browns in the house all the time when we were in the Territory Fleener, one time when I went to put my son in his cot there was a brown snake coiled in the cot! When my eldest son was about 3 years of age, he wandered into my workshop, I was not there & had left the door open. This workshop was part of the house. As I returned I saw my son coming out of the workshop, when I went inside, there was a dead King Brown on the floor, its head crushed & close by was a heavy grinding stone that I kept on my bench.When we were in the bush looking for roos we came across a king snake. My friend said that if we got bite by it that we most likely would be dead by the time we got back to town. Certainly made you think twice about busting around in the bush.
A couple of week later at World match near Adelaide AU the pits radioed that they had brown snake living in the pits. My understanding is that in addition to being venomous they are very aggressive. I am not afraid of snakes but I am not keen on getting bitten. I was glad that we did not have to do pit duty and pull targets.
Fleener
Around here, Rattlesnakes are very rare (more common in the eastern part of the state). The most dangerous creatures do include Black Bears, Grizzly Bears, Mountain Lions and angry Squirrels. In my 30 or so years or roaming the woods, I've seen a Black Bear twice, a glimpse of a Mountain Lion and no Grizzlies. The Squirrels are the most vicious...I like living in a place where I dont have to worry about venomous snakes. We have tornadoes, and when people that are not used to them are here when we have them it is very unnerving to them, and they wonder why we are so calm.
Fleener
No joking here, but I'm a little surprised roo doesn't taste like possum. I figured a marsupial is a marsupial. But what do I know?I had ‘roo when in Perth in the 1970s I was in the navy and we put in to Fremantle. Had it at a restaurant I remember thinking it was pretty pricey but I don’t now remember the cost. To me it tasted of goat or mutton.
Maybe there is a poultry like flavor to rattle snake I would say more quail then chicken.
I think I'll take a pass, myself. According to all the folk songs I know, possum is fat and greasy and sounds rather unpleasant.Well, they might taste like possum. I have never tried the little "grinners" so cant compare them. I also have interest in trying them either.
Fleener
if every thing tastes like chicken then what does chicken taste like?
I wonder if the now extinct marsupial tiger tasted like possum...?No joking here, but I'm a little surprised roo doesn't taste like possum. I figured a marsupial is a marsupial. But what do I know?
From literature, Dodos were inedible due to their flavor or oily character (I forget which). On the other hand, people have eaten Mammoth that was frozen in the permafrost and said it was tasty.I thought it tasted more like do-do with a hint of mammoth
They were killed for sport not flavor and have been extinct for about 300 years - the men killed them by the dozens because they were flightless, hadn't developed a fear of man and some bored people kill things for fun.It was a joke, but wasn’t dodos hunted to extinction (maybe extinction, there has been some reported sightings of them) because they were so easy to catch? I had understood European seaman had wiped them out
It was a joke, but wasn’t dodos hunted to extinction ( maybe extinction, there has been some reported sightings of them) because they were so easy to catch? I had understood European seaman had wiped them out
I think you are mistaking Dodo (a rather innocuous creature) for Dolt/Imbecile/Moron/Idiot (far more dangerous to others)...There have been a few sightings of them hiding out in the hall's of Congress.
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