> > From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/05 Tue AM 09:50:42 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: The Croc Hunter is no more > > On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:50:13 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > John Forbes wrote: > > > >> King Cobras are not much smaller, but I'd rather be bitten by a python. > > > > King Cobras are much, _much_ smaller than the largest constrictors. > > From Wikipedia: > > K Cobras 18.5 ft (it doesn't mention a record, but I have seen mention > of 24 ft.) > Pythons 20 ft (the record is 32 ft. I don't suppose the person who > met the biggest cobra lived to tell the tale!) > > I don't know what the average size of a King Cobra is, but in East Africa > (home of many pythons) you seldom see a python longer than 15 ft. So > "much, much, smaller" is not, in my view, correct.
Well, Cobras are a fair bit shorter and the largest constrictors (I'm not getting into the Python/Anaconda argument) are considerably greater in girth, so in my view it is. 8-) I wasn't aware of any geographical restrictions on the discussion..... > > > >> And as for Black Mambas... give me a croc any day. > > > > You might have a better chance of running from a croc but, if either of > > them got to you, the Mamba might be a quicker way to go. Neither would > > be painless. > > Black Mambas are big, very poisonous, fast, and, crucially, extremely > aggressive. George Ionnides, the greatest snake collector of all, feared > no other snake but gave Black Mambas a very wide berth. His book, if you > come across it, is an excelent read. > > You can meet them anywhere, and if you are close they will usually > attack. With crocs, you know where they will be, and if you have any > sense you will be on land, in which case it is quite likely that they will > be basking in the sun like a coster, and give you no trouble. > > Black Mambas are thought to kill more people in coastal East Africa than > all other wild-life combined. > > And incidentally, I wouldn't choose to be bitten by a python. I was > simply voicing a preference if the alternative were a King Cobra. > > John I thought we were comparing crocs and mambas? My point is that, if either of them actually gets to you, the mamba would probably be the quicker way to go. Not exclusively and neither pleasantly. Enough morbidity! Let's talk about photography. Does Pentax make a lens long enough to shoot mambas in the wild? I think the 600/4 would be more of a burden than an asset. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
