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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
Unfortunately, our towns are also home sometimes to the Tiger Snake. Tiger Snakes also generally prefer to avoid humans and generally prefer to be in the rural areas but you should just keep the hell away from them anyway because even if they aren't cornered, they may decide to chase you just because they can... I know from personal experience and the damned snake followed my friend and I for a good 50 metres before we managed to kill it (we were in a horse paddock, so it was either us, the horses or the snake, we chose the snake after the bastard chose us).
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I was chased by a tiger snake when I was a teenager. Those are some bloody angry snakes.
I couldn't count the number of stories from friends and family about dogs being killed by snakes. Nearly lost a cat to a snake bite once too, but amazingly she recovered. Tough little thing. Dunno what kind of snake bit her.
I lived on an island off Dampier when I was a kid and we caught several sea snakes by accident when we were out fishing. Many sea snake species are incredibly venomous but luckily their fangs aren't well-suited to biting humans.
As you'd well know, Stainless, Australian children are taught from an early age to check under the seats of outdoor toilets for redback spiders. They've killed many a kid with a bite on the arse.
