@leevan2332
My 5 year old daughter was bitten by an Eastern Brown in Qld back in the late 90's ...Was one of the most scariest experiences in my life ...She had three lots of anti venom and survived...
@NGPCO.
The volume was off when I came across this video and I saw what this man was doing and in my head I said “he has to be Australian” and what a surprise haha
@obs2746
As a young fella, I once removed a huge King Brown off the highway. But when I let it go down a culvert, I slipped down the sides and ended up right next to it. Thankfully, he appreciated me saving him lol, and left me alone.
@scottarnell8764
I was once on top of a railway cutting out in the bush photographing steam trains one day. This was before digital cameras. I had my face full of camera looking down the view finder and heard a rustling coming towards me in the grass on one side so I looked and it was a 6ft brown heading towards me with its head raised. Now, I believed I was just in its way to where ever it wanted to go but I bolted along the top of the cutting and could hear it chasing me behind me. I ran for about 20m and then turned towards the boundary fence to go through it and that snake did a 90° turn with me and continued to follow me at full speed halfway across to the fence before it stopped. What do you call that?. That wasnt just creating a space my man. How much space did it want?. There were no barriers for it to get around me and it pursued me for quite a distance so you can't convince me they don't chase you. When I got to the fence it stopped and watched me go through the fence before it turned away and went on its way. It sounds like it must be a very rare occurrence but you can't tell me they don't chase. I was in the middle of an open railway corridor and ran and it followed my track even after I made a 90° turn in open grassy space and it was over some distance and it came across me not the other way around. I don't know where it came from except from my left side from up the hill I was on. I didn't disturb it or stir it up or anything. It wasn't there to start with. As I say, it was meandering and came across me standing there, I wasn't walking along and found it.
@Jedda73
The whole stomping your feet thing for vibration is no guarantee of safety. I was mowing my yard one time in very long grass using a large walk behind, and after half an hour the mower suddenly stalled. I thought Id snagged a rope or wire until I flipped the mower over and found a medium sized eastern brown wrapped around the spindles. Id done three slow passes past the spot where the snake was at, and it had not been scared away. The other surprising thing was the snake did not get chopped up in the blades at all and had hardly any damage. It just had a head wound where the blades first contacted it from I assume rising up into a defensive posture into the blades. It was a hot sunny day, there was no reason for the snake to not escape. I learnt my lesson, Ive never allowed the grass to get that high again, and Im very careful during summer to keep a close eye out for snakes.
@jimmystockton6404
I'm absolutely blessed to have found this channel this is a gift to the reptile community you are like the Australian Chandler just a little dialed back you are going to get really big really quick
@alancampbell8760
I grew up in a rural environment and encountered many snakes, mainly Browns, Tigers and the odd Red Belly but was never scared of them, just gave them some respect and left them alone to get on with what they did. They place I saw many snakes was King Island while on a friends farm, Copper Heads, apparently were well fed on Mutton bird eggs and chicks
@BigRick50
I used to do a lot of Trail running around Adelaide. Probably had about half a dozen very close encounters with Eastern Brown Snakes. They are definitely just wanting to be left alone and I really love that you describe their behaviour as defensive rather than the usual aggressive snake moniker. Probably the most amazing encounter I had with one was running down a path maybe 2 metres wide and a massive snake shot out from the long grass onto the path just in front of me. Not sure who shit themselves more. Him or me. But we both ended up headed in the same direction down the path as fast as we could until we parted company a few moments later. Also literally sat down right next to one Mountain Biking, it was maybe half a metre behind me. We heard something move, my Cuz was like whats that noise. We got up and it was a sunbaking Brown. Speaking from experience you can literally stand on a Red Belly Black and not get bitten.
@Lynnek8
I bushwalk regularly and always use a hefty long stick to tap the ground in front of me as I go by a couple metres in length, it gives the snake and me an early warning to each others reaction time and presence. I’ve come across quite a few snakes, but believe my method works and would be alerting to my worst fear, of a snake that’s too camouflaged for my eyes, or a death adder hiding under its nest and make it flinch or scurry, so better to avoiding its strike range. The snakes I’ve encountered on my walks are sometimes dangerously camouflaged for my eyes but sometimes I notice a flinch or a shift out the corner of my eye to notice and see it, quite close before it moves away so I think they would be easy to tread on without my stick method
@PaulWilliams-me6ol
Living in the dry bush away from water I found the ratio of red belly to brown snakes was six reds to one brown. No other type. By the sea it's tigers and copper heads. Only ever seen one king brown, what a beast and he knew it. They got balls, huge. You won't believe me but one day I stopped to rest and found I had sat down snack in the middle of seven browns, two large and give younger ones of a decent size. We all froze till the mother decided to run and the lot of them followed her into the smallest hole as big as your thumb. P.s snakes can't dig so aim for rotting tree roots into a cavity. Also once a brown was on the opposite side of the road and when it saw me it went straight for me. I jumped into my van and it struck the tyre twice. Then it turned around and continued on its own way. Also noticed snakes hav a series of holes it visits over a period of a few months and maybe a kilometre area. Bugger the snakes, the bullants are bastards and WILL follow you if in the mood.
@jimmystockton6404
You Aussies are built different I love how you can do what you do and never even show a sign of anything in your face
@rdl3290
ive had an Eastern Brown that Did chase me, i was feeding the chooks 1 summer evening when i left the coops, this nice long Brown was following my footsteps and when i sped up it sped up until i just bolted lol. id always thought it was following the thumps my feet made on the ground thinking it was something to eat.
@mikehall3074
Mr Worrell would be so proud of you.
@imienazvvisko
It always blow me how you multitask during handling snakes. Id be too busy not dying from heart attack while you talk all the time😂 and it always stuns me how snake dont bite after leaving his head... i know hes aware of loss of venom but still... PS - 8:03 - Milking King Brown while going through smatphone, cant get better description of venomous snake pro than this picture!
@rezzybro9783
Love it Bill, from nz. Just want to thank you for the amazing work all of you guys do at the park and when im in aus i know that on the off chance ive get bitten, there is something so help me out! Take care man and all the best with the mma and the snakes!
@andypandy9931
I am amaed how relaxed you are dealing with those snakes, even taking your eyes off them. Glad we don't have serious ones like that in England.
@quarkcypher
I have come across snakes while bush walking. They are sometimes hard to see. I always wear long pants, hiking boots, long sleeve shirt and carry a first aid kit with snakebite bandages. Hiking poles are handy too. The snakes I have encountered are quite timid. I don't bother them, they don't worry me.
@DenizenCain
Stop looking away from the highly venomous snake while your hand is an inch from its mouth! 😂😂
@zoranbogdan5294
Jeez my mate you are the best cheers from me from Lightning Ridge
@wuggacrt