How about python versus alligator: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9600151/
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Christian > Sent: 05 September 2006 13:36 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: The Croc Hunter is no more > > who'd win in a fight: the great white shark or saltwater > crocodile? (I > love these silly arguments! :-) ) > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > mike wilson wrote: > >>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 > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
