Thanks for this. A lot of people don't realise that snakes are generally pretty chill if you leave them to go about their day in peace. They're really not interested in us at all in my experience.
I honestly think the best analogy about how snakes feel about attacking us actually came from you Robbie. I can't remember the exact quote but it was something along the lines of "if you had a big 10ft tall giant come knocking on your front door, your first instinct is NOT going to be to open that front door and bite him on the toe, you'll want to run as far away as possible and hide"
Growing up in the 1960's we were taught to step heavily to create vibrations which snakes will sense and then scarper from, hopefully, I still do it when walking in overgrown areas.
In my experience Tigers hold their ground. Brown’s will scoot but I’ve come across plenty of Tigers that just camp where they were. They aren’t being aggressive just look like they can’t be assed moving!
A quick search shows that snakes, including Tiger Snakes, can hear. I would also bet that if you went in those blackberries it would be long gone. We regularly get blacks and browns in our yard and they will slide off under a shrub and when you take a closer look they are nowhere to be seen. Adrenalin was high.
@@BobLouden-r9q Simple, they don't have an external ear but they have an inner ear much as ours, the vibrations are transferred to it from their jaw bone. I suggest that instead of taking the lazy option that you try some research for yourself and there will be more interesting detail to be found.
@@BobLouden-r9q Snakes in fact do have an ear but only that part which constitutes an inner ear similar to ours. Vibrations are picked up through the jaw and transferred to the inner ear. The range that they can hear has limitations.
Last Saturday the same with me I was cutting firewood and he almost bumped into me, stopped about 300mm away and went on his way. His lucky day because the chainsaw wzs running and I didn't need to protect myself. A good result.
yep, almost stepped on one 3x (browns and blacks). Gumboots are 2mm thick which is some sort of protection against a brown, but blacks are a different story. The browns are so hard to see, so well camouflaged. Had a blue belly black 1 metre from my face (flared as they do) once when I was leaning over a water tub. I look up and there he is. Must have been there all the time and I did not see him. About to drink. He was at eye level, 1 foot off the ground. He was chill, just looking at me wondering what my next move would be. No way I want some of that. He had nothing to worry about😂
In my experience you're spot on with the defensive tier list , Browns can be quite forthcoming and they always mean business when startled . Push the boundaries on tigers and blacks too much after the warnings and eventually they will get serious . Beautiful looking tiger Robbie .
Thanks for this Robbie I saw a Eastern Brown Snake at 6am this morning when i went out to feed the cattle and feed the Murray Cod fingerlings that were selling and when i saw the Brown Snake I stopped straight away and stepped back and gave the Brown snake plenty of room and he was on his way into the long grass and i went on my way to feed the Cattle and Murray Cod fingerlings.
I remember about 2 years ago, I was fishing a spot near my old place (this was deep in the suburbs). I was just casting lures, minding my own business. Then, out of nowhere, a 2 foot Tiger snake came out of nowhere and just chilled on a rock 5 feet away from me.... now this was a spot that you'd have to walk through, like 25m of tall grass, and I was wearing runners and shorts whilst hiking through, then i started rethinking all my life choices 😂😂... nothing much happened other than that snake basking in the sun, left it alone, waited for it to leave, and then left the spot and never came back 😂😂
I had a dugite living in my shed, I made sure I made a lot of noise when I went into the shed and we got along fine. I had no rats in the shed although there were a lot of them in the creek nearby
Many years ago we were black berry picking in Forest, Victoria. We were chased by one, it was upright with it's hood spread. Mum screamed her head off. Pretty scary for a 5 or 6 year old.
awesome! Looked like just before you showed the snake footage ¬2:30 mark, over your left shoulder there is movement in the background; is it the snake moving off from its blackberry hidey hole! In my job I am always looking out for reptiles as I drive along out in the country side.
If others have annoyed it lately , it might be less forgiving and wouldnt you be pushing your luck. its great to see and be educated but I'd be filming from a distance then going the other way .
Wow absolutely loved that vid Robbie you really help people to understand the nicer side of reptiles. After seeing this episode I don't think 🤔 I will be picking wild blackberries for a while and I'm not kidding 😳😬👍
Brush cutting last couple days in Tassie, long dry grass and hot conditions. Havent seen a tiger yet ( this summer ) but i can guarantee theyve seen me. Gum boots, and lots of noise are key. Yes they love the blackberries and fencelines. Always check your vehicle and trailer too, because they will climb aboard in the chassis, etc etc... Great vid bloke 👍
Saw a lovely Black Tiger Snake last week in Southern Tassie …beautiful snake…..seen from a safe distance….respect and common sense….also saw Jack Jumpers and some amazing Funnel Web dens….half way up Mount Wellington.
@ Hi Robbie….well yes it appears they reside there as well, according to my guide, we were half way up Mt Wellington, there is a small bush walk, really nice…I was on the look out for snakes….we stopped along the path, where the guide showed me that some 10cm from where I was standing, a number of Funnel Web spiders had their small holes, at a slight angle off horizontal….amazing….then we walked a further 20m…to stand right besides a very active Jack Jumpers nest, watching these incredible creatures, remove the black insulating stones to replace with the white reflective ones….utterly brilliant….we so loved Tassie, to think a week ago my wife and I were way down in the very south of the island, in total wilderness…..love the place…..will be back for sure, the trip back though, gruelling 45 hours of travel…..I am knackered, got back last night….wonderful country, wonderful flora and fauna and bloody nice people to boot….cheers from a 3C island of Jersey…..bloody hate it.
I reckon you summed up snake behavior pretty well or at least that's how I've found them also, blacks pretty docile, tigers a little more defensive, usually more show than go and top of the tree, the browns. I haven't come across a copper head since I was a kid so not sure on that one. I did come across a little fierce snake up near Innaminka and that had a cranky disposition just having been disturbed and was sticking at me and holding its ground but wouldn't have been any bigger than 18" long so I played with it for a while then let it be to go find something else practice on. Love your work so keep em coming and interesting.
Been bit by one. You can feel the venom travel up u arm. Then, a lump about the size of a tennis ball grows under u armpit .Then u heart can't beat fully it is constricted. u can feel it dieing At that time, u are close to death.. UN less u have help. Was a western tiger.
Great video! What scares me most with snakes like this is the potential to accidently step on them. I wonder how the Aboriginals and early European settlers dealed with them. Because at least now we have anti-venom. I guess they wore protective clothing around their feet and legs?
Thanks mate. That's when they're the biggest problem. It's the ones you done see that pose the biggest threat. I think if the Aboriginal people got bitten, they knew to just drop on the spot and lay dead still. Others would cover them in gum leaves and they would just lay in the sun and sweat like mad for a couple of days. I read that as a kid, but not sure if that is the main way they dealt with them.
Here in Tassie Tiger snakes are pretty common in warmer months. I live on acreage, mostly bush, and during the warmer months it's a regular event to bump into them. Get a "spidey sense" and look down only to see a tiger snake looking up at you.. possibly saying "watch where ya going... fat-arse" and then moving on. The dog was taught to stay back about 2 meters from anything with scales and flicking tongue, she'll just bark at the snakes and big skinks we also get (she was trained using skinks as an example), until a human takes notice and acknowledges her warning, then she's happy her jobs done and moves on. The stripey danger noodles can definitely hear, or maybe sense the vibrations. They've always been more interested in moving fast in the opposite direction, if you just stay still or move slowly, they'll vacate. Which is good, as my initial reaction is to freeze and start cursing. That said, I always wear ankle/calf high boots and long work trousers around the place in summer... just in case. Keeping standing water and taller plants away from the house, outdoor living areas is also a good idea, otherwise leave them be and they'll do a great job of keeping the mice/rats and other pests under control.
G’day, Robbie. I had a near death experience just this afternoon, lol. I walked out of my back door to put some rubbish in the recycle bin. I heard the bush rattling next to me and thought it was a lizard or something? . Well an olive coloured Tiger snake came out as I was bent over trying to see what it was. I ran one way with my trusty hound and it went the other way. It stopped only a metre away and layed in the sun until we ushered it off the lawn. Im sleeping in the caravan tonight down in a paddock, 😂
Hey Robbie a saw you yesterday at the junction and got a photo when you were checking the water and was wondering if your going to bait fish at the junction and
Many years ago, my wife and I were water skiing on the Murray in SA. My wife jumped off the bow of the boat and just about landed on a very large tiger. She realised as she jumped off and did a very good impersonation of Jesus walking on water to get back on the boat. The snake, clearly aware that it was fighting out of it's weight class (if you knew my wife you would understand 😁) took off at speed, and certainly wasn't interested in taking the risk 😎
How cools is it when the flatten there head out not good when you near stand on them scares the crap out of ya but so cool’s cheers for showing us mate
I used to be terrified of coming across snakes and hunting and fishing I’ve had a lot of encounters with all three and as you said there temperament is exactly that but I have seen a tiger chase a mate up a track as it was cornered by a bank and me on one side not moving as soon as my mate moved his feet it turned back flattening out hissing and striking I’ve also seen the biggest blackest tiger snake in Tassie I always were gaitors
Our Hognose snakes mimic a cobra too but they are harmless. Our rattlesnakes are venomous but they just want to get away, if you dont mess with them you will never get bitten
Beautiful Tiger Robbie!! Ours are usually black or stripey... Any Joe Blake will react if hassled. Had a mate who milked em for antivenin, he had a pet Red Belly, it was like a placid python.. used to being handled l rekn. Have a great Chrissy mate.
What I think a lot of people do realize is that all they see you as something that might try to eat them your massive compared to them so of course they gonna defend themselves
Some great footage Robbie, but one snake doesn't make a statistical population of reds vs browns vs tigers... Average Joe (looking right at myself) should just let them be IMHO.
I was walking in the bush a few years ago and nearly steped on a very pale light green snake. Very placid snake and couldn't care less about me. Never seen one like that before. Did some research and the conclusion was it may have been a tree snake. Guess it was venomous but don't know.
Shit mate, I thought you would be off doing a safe berley comparison! I wish you would leave the reptiles alone until you can run a bit faster. Remember the sciatica. 😂
My experience with blacks is they normally make a run for it unless cornered. Even when trodden on they still try to escape. Glad we don’t have any other types around here.
Dalesford vic has the deathader near porkypine very agresive near green gully ,very nasty not many know this ,yes here in vic ,only a foot long but can jump 2 foot ,be on the look out 👀😭😭😭😭
Nice color nice looking tiger not to big but enough to scare the sh-t out of you. There’s a lot of eastern browns about and blacks but haven’t seen any copperheads so far the summer.
I had a tiger snake literally jump a metre at me three times, it was pissed off! I did unknowingly peel it off the road shoulder with a Grader, turn it over several times and spit it out the end of the mouldboard but hey, they can be agro. I lost a friend to a Stephens Banded Snake (member of the Tiger family). You will probably be bitten one day old mate. You're too blase. 😐
Same here bee God croc chasing but I go opposite direction . Have a ripper pick of a 5 foot red belly black going in side of house under door flat as standard door as well they love the air conditioning like us lol 😂.
Ole mate Tiger snake is actually a close relative of the Cobra, they’re in the same family group. You’re understating when you say these guys are highly venomous, this fella is right up there with the best of them….im gonna lean towards the educational side of your reasoning, but I’d tell everyone else to stop harassing these guys….
Tiger snakes are bastards, they normally live near creeks, dams etc. You were really lucky, they are aggressive, they will actually chase you. Dealt with plenty along the Diamond Creek trail!
Exactly, leave them alone and you shouldn't have too much to worry about. Just be very careful where you put your feet. It's the ones you don't see that pose the most threat.
Thanks for this. A lot of people don't realise that snakes are generally pretty chill if you leave them to go about their day in peace. They're really not interested in us at all in my experience.
Thanks mate, I agree. People fear a lot more than they need to.
I honestly think the best analogy about how snakes feel about attacking us actually came from you Robbie. I can't remember the exact quote but it was something along the lines of "if you had a big 10ft tall giant come knocking on your front door, your first instinct is NOT going to be to open that front door and bite him on the toe, you'll want to run as far away as possible and hide"
If a snake poked a go pro in my face id be agitated too.
LOL 🤣
i have lived with them for many years . To me ,Humans are the serious danger.
@thelastaustralian7583 I agree 100%.
@@robbiefishing all around is Millions of foreigners wanting to destroy the little that is left ...poor children ....
the south park scene re steve irwin comes to mind "stick your thumb up its ass that will really piss him off"
Growing up in the 1960's we were taught to step heavily to create vibrations which snakes will sense and then scarper from, hopefully, I still do it when walking in overgrown areas.
Thats the advice that I still give to people and it usually works very well. If they know you're coming they will generally try to hide.
In my experience Tigers hold their ground. Brown’s will scoot but I’ve come across plenty of Tigers that just camp where they were. They aren’t being aggressive just look like they can’t be assed moving!
A quick search shows that snakes, including Tiger Snakes, can hear.
I would also bet that if you went in those blackberries it would be long gone. We regularly get blacks and browns in our yard and they will slide off under a shrub and when you take a closer look they are nowhere to be seen.
Adrenalin was high.
How to they hear when they don't have ears?
@@BobLouden-r9q Simple, they don't have an external ear but they have an inner ear much as ours, the vibrations are transferred to it from their jaw bone.
I suggest that instead of taking the lazy option that you try some research for yourself and there will be more interesting detail to be found.
@@BobLouden-r9q Snakes in fact do have an ear but only that part which constitutes an inner ear similar to ours. Vibrations are picked up through the jaw and transferred to the inner ear. The range that they can hear has limitations.
@@BobLouden-r9q They do have ears, try some research before making ill informed comments.
I also love as @hayloft3834 my comments are blocked.
2 days ago i nearly stepped on a big black tiger on my property in Tassie. Shit myself 😂😂
WOW I would have done the same. It's the ones we don't see that pose the most threat.
Last Saturday the same with me I was cutting firewood and he almost bumped into me, stopped about 300mm away and went on his way.
His lucky day because the chainsaw wzs running and I didn't need to protect myself.
A good result.
yep, almost stepped on one 3x (browns and blacks). Gumboots are 2mm thick which is some sort of protection against a brown, but blacks are a different story. The browns are so hard to see, so well camouflaged. Had a blue belly black 1 metre from my face (flared as they do) once when I was leaning over a water tub. I look up and there he is. Must have been there all the time and I did not see him. About to drink. He was at eye level, 1 foot off the ground. He was chill, just looking at me wondering what my next move would be. No way I want some of that. He had nothing to worry about😂
In my experience you're spot on with the defensive tier list , Browns can be quite forthcoming and they always mean business when startled .
Push the boundaries on tigers and blacks too much after the warnings and eventually they will get serious .
Beautiful looking tiger Robbie .
Thanks mate. 👍👍
Makes me wonder if they are any relation to the cobra with the way it flattens out. I couldn't even see it at first. That snake really blends in.
Thanks mate. I haven't researched, but I have heard that they are a relation to the cobra family.
I have seen blacks and browns do the same when really angry but they don't get as flat or wide as the tigers .
Tiger snakes and cobras are from the same family called elapids. Many Australian snakes species are also elapids
They are.
Defensive Robbie. Love your passion!
That slow mo footage was pretty sweet dude
Thanks mate. 👍👍
Thanks for this Robbie I saw a Eastern Brown Snake at 6am this morning when i went out to feed the cattle and feed the Murray Cod fingerlings that were selling and when i saw the Brown Snake I stopped straight away and stepped back and gave the Brown snake plenty of room and he was on his way into the long grass and i went on my way to feed the Cattle and Murray Cod fingerlings.
Thanks mate. It sounds like you handled the situation perfectly.
Poor eyesight, no hearing and gets disgruntled easily.. sounds like me most days LOL! Awesome video mate
Haha 🤣🤣🤣
Poor eyesight, some studies show that is not necessarily the case and snakes can hear having an inner ear similar to ours.
I remember about 2 years ago, I was fishing a spot near my old place (this was deep in the suburbs). I was just casting lures, minding my own business. Then, out of nowhere, a 2 foot Tiger snake came out of nowhere and just chilled on a rock 5 feet away from me.... now this was a spot that you'd have to walk through, like 25m of tall grass, and I was wearing runners and shorts whilst hiking through, then i started rethinking all my life choices 😂😂... nothing much happened other than that snake basking in the sun, left it alone, waited for it to leave, and then left the spot and never came back 😂😂
Never came back. Haha I often wonder how many snakes I step next to when walking in long grass. Probably many more than I would ever realise. LOL 😂
What a beautiful snake Robbie thanks for the important information for the city folk heading bush for the Christmas holidays 🍻🍻
Thanks mate. 👍👍
I had a dugite living in my shed, I made sure I made a lot of noise when I went into the shed and we got along fine. I had no rats in the shed although there were a lot of them in the creek nearby
Interesting.
I’ve never heard of a dugite. Ta.
NSW
Ed, spellcheck got me!
@ dugite 2metre long dark brown/ grey venomous snake, not sure of their proper name but this snake and tigers where the common snake in our area .
@@peterclancy3653
I just looked them up.
They look kinda "bitey"
Many years ago we were black berry picking in Forest, Victoria. We were chased by one, it was upright with it's hood spread. Mum screamed her head off. Pretty scary for a 5 or 6 year old.
Thank you for sharing. I am not much of snake fan, just watching out of curiosity, they freak me out.
Thanks for watching mate. The more you learn about them the less the freak you out. 👍👍
@@robbiefishing No worries champ. I don't mind knowing about snakes, but feel allergic to the thought of being close to one.
awesome! Looked like just before you showed the snake footage ¬2:30 mark, over your left shoulder there is movement in the background; is it the snake moving off from its blackberry hidey hole! In my job I am always looking out for reptiles as I drive along out in the country side.
Thanks Les, I'm not sure mate. I will check it out, I did not notice when I edited the video.
I just had a look and couldn't see it. I'm not ruling it out though.
If others have annoyed it lately , it might be less forgiving and wouldnt you be pushing your luck. its great to see and be educated but I'd be filming from a distance then going the other way .
Wow absolutely loved that vid Robbie you really help people to understand the nicer side of reptiles. After seeing this episode I don't think 🤔 I will be picking wild blackberries for a while and I'm not kidding 😳😬👍
Brush cutting last couple days in Tassie, long dry grass and hot conditions. Havent seen a tiger yet ( this summer ) but i can guarantee theyve seen me.
Gum boots, and lots of noise are key.
Yes they love the blackberries and fencelines. Always check your vehicle and trailer too, because they will climb aboard in the chassis, etc etc...
Great vid bloke 👍
Thanks mate, and excellent advice. 👍
Well done Robbie, Great education for everyone. Love your work.
Thanks so much mate. 👍👍
Saw a lovely Black Tiger Snake last week in Southern Tassie …beautiful snake…..seen from a safe distance….respect and common sense….also saw Jack Jumpers and some amazing Funnel Web dens….half way up Mount Wellington.
WOW I didn't realise there were funnel wens in Tassie. I love Tasmania. If I ever run away and hide, that's where I will go.
@ Hi Robbie….well yes it appears they reside there as well, according to my guide, we were half way up Mt Wellington, there is a small bush walk, really nice…I was on the look out for snakes….we stopped along the path, where the guide showed me that some 10cm from where I was standing, a number of Funnel Web spiders had their small holes, at a slight angle off horizontal….amazing….then we walked a further 20m…to stand right besides a very active Jack Jumpers nest, watching these incredible creatures, remove the black insulating stones to replace with the white reflective ones….utterly brilliant….we so loved Tassie, to think a week ago my wife and I were way down in the very south of the island, in total wilderness…..love the place…..will be back for sure, the trip back though, gruelling 45 hours of travel…..I am knackered, got back last night….wonderful country, wonderful flora and fauna and bloody nice people to boot….cheers from a 3C island of Jersey…..bloody hate it.
I reckon you summed up snake behavior pretty well or at least that's how I've found them also, blacks pretty docile, tigers a little more defensive, usually more show than go and top of the tree, the browns. I haven't come across a copper head since I was a kid so not sure on that one. I did come across a little fierce snake up near Innaminka and that had a cranky disposition just having been disturbed and was sticking at me and holding its ground but wouldn't have been any bigger than 18" long so I played with it for a while then let it be to go find something else practice on.
Love your work so keep em coming and interesting.
Thanks so much mate. 👍👍
Nice to watch them from a distance . I would be using my 15 foot surf rod as a camera pole , even that might not be far enough away . 😜😜
Hahaha 🐍🐍
Is that because you don't have a 30ft pole?
Been bit by one. You can feel the venom travel up u arm. Then, a lump about the size of a tennis ball grows under u armpit .Then u heart can't beat fully it is constricted. u can feel it dieing
At that time, u are close to death.. UN less u have help. Was a western tiger.
WOW I am so glad that you survived. Thank you so much for the breakdown of how it effected you. It all helps me understand them better. 👍👍
Did all that happen with a bandage on or were you without one? Glad you pulled through.
i see a fair number each year as I walk around 50 acres spraying weeds. After your story I think I'll get goats!
Great video mate they're absolutely beautiful creatures aren't they
Thanks mate, I agree. 👍👍
Great video! What scares me most with snakes like this is the potential to accidently step on them. I wonder how the Aboriginals and early European settlers dealed with them. Because at least now we have anti-venom. I guess they wore protective clothing around their feet and legs?
Thanks mate. That's when they're the biggest problem. It's the ones you done see that pose the biggest threat.
I think if the Aboriginal people got bitten, they knew to just drop on the spot and lay dead still. Others would cover them in gum leaves and they would just lay in the sun and sweat like mad for a couple of days. I read that as a kid, but not sure if that is the main way they dealt with them.
Here in Tassie Tiger snakes are pretty common in warmer months. I live on acreage, mostly bush, and during the warmer months it's a regular event to bump into them.
Get a "spidey sense" and look down only to see a tiger snake looking up at you.. possibly saying "watch where ya going... fat-arse" and then moving on.
The dog was taught to stay back about 2 meters from anything with scales and flicking tongue, she'll just bark at the snakes and big skinks we also get (she was trained using skinks as an example), until a human takes notice and acknowledges her warning, then she's happy her jobs done and moves on.
The stripey danger noodles can definitely hear, or maybe sense the vibrations.
They've always been more interested in moving fast in the opposite direction, if you just stay still or move slowly, they'll vacate. Which is good, as my initial reaction is to freeze and start cursing.
That said, I always wear ankle/calf high boots and long work trousers around the place in summer... just in case.
Keeping standing water and taller plants away from the house, outdoor living areas is also a good idea, otherwise leave them be and they'll do a great job of keeping the mice/rats and other pests under control.
Excellent idea to train your dog to avoid snakes. 👍👍 I always wear gumboots fishing too, for the same reasons.
G’day, Robbie. I had a near death experience just this afternoon, lol. I walked out of my back door to put some rubbish in the recycle bin. I heard the bush rattling next to me and thought it was a lizard or something? . Well an olive coloured Tiger snake came out as I was bent over trying to see what it was. I ran one way with my trusty hound and it went the other way. It stopped only a metre away and layed in the sun until we ushered it off the lawn.
Im sleeping in the caravan tonight down in a paddock, 😂
Hahaha they have that effect on us don't they. 😂😂
Had 2 Browns at camp last week at Mulwala...
Came out of the grass only a few feet near me
The other swam to the camp
I love snakes but that would put the wind up me. LOL
@robbiefishing
I don't like them and I was on snake watch and on edge all weekend
Hey Robbie a saw you yesterday at the junction and got a photo when you were checking the water and was wondering if your going to bait fish at the junction and
G'day Charles, it was so nice to meet you mate. Thank you so much for stopping to say g'day to me. 👍👍
Frightening how hard it was to see in the relatively short grass
They sure do blend in don't they.
Many years ago, my wife and I were water skiing on the Murray in SA. My wife jumped off the bow of the boat and just about landed on a very large tiger. She realised as she jumped off and did a very good impersonation of Jesus walking on water to get back on the boat. The snake, clearly aware that it was fighting out of it's weight class (if you knew my wife you would understand 😁) took off at speed, and certainly wasn't interested in taking the risk 😎
Hahahaha that's so funny. 🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaha mate that's funny, the walking on water part hahaha
Merry Christmas Robbie to you and your family, have peaceful and safe one. Look forward to all your interesting postings next year. 🦘🦜🐟🍻🤝🎅🎅🎅
Thank you so much mate. Merry Christmas to you and your family too.
TIgers do a lot of their hunting in the water. Their senses are very much attuned for hunting frogs and small fish.
Thats awesome, they're amazing reptiles aren't they.
@@robbiefishing They sure are.
Loved this Robbie. We have adders but it's not too common now. 🇬🇧
Thanks Sheena. They're very dangerous but also very misunderstood.
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How cools is it when the flatten there head out not good when you near stand on them scares the crap out of ya but so cool’s cheers for showing us mate
Thanks mate, you're not wrong. I reckon it's really cool too.
That is one big Nope Rope.
Better you than me Robbie.
Haha thanks Vince. 👍👍
I used to be terrified of coming across snakes and hunting and fishing I’ve had a lot of encounters with all three and as you said there temperament is exactly that but I have seen a tiger chase a mate up a track as it was cornered by a bank and me on one side not moving as soon as my mate moved his feet it turned back flattening out hissing and striking I’ve also seen the biggest blackest tiger snake in Tassie I always were gaitors
Excellent idea to always wear gators. I wear gumboots for the same reason.
Hi all , can anyone tell me what the clarity of the Murray is at Echuca ??? Tia
@@TheTonylow the Murry River is usually very muddy and you cant see much at all.
Our Hognose snakes mimic a cobra too but they are harmless. Our rattlesnakes are venomous but they just want to get away, if you dont mess with them you will never get bitten
He was beautiful great work Robbie
Thanks Dmac. 👍👍
'Oh we're from tiger land...'
Hahaha
Beautiful Tiger Robbie!!
Ours are usually black or stripey...
Any Joe Blake will react if hassled.
Had a mate who milked em for antivenin, he had a pet Red Belly, it was like a placid python.. used to being handled l rekn.
Have a great Chrissy mate.
Thanks so much mate. I hope you have a ripper Christmas too.
I live in Tasmania - the massive amount of snakes is the only thing I don't like about Tassie
If there is a snake under a box in garage and you lift the box would it get startled and strike
Possibly. If you're not confident, call a snake catcher. 👍👍
What I think a lot of people do realize is that all they see you as something that might try to eat them your massive compared to them so of course they gonna defend themselves
Or try and hide. 👍👍
be careful out there mate wouldn’t want a accident to happen
Thanks mate. 👍👍
Some great footage Robbie, but one snake doesn't make a statistical population of reds vs browns vs tigers... Average Joe (looking right at myself) should just let them be IMHO.
Absolutely mate. Best advice is to just leave them alone.
Awesome, nice snake Never seen one of them 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Cam, tigers are very nice snakes
Very dangerous though so you need to watch your feet.
Depends on lots of things wether they bite and inject.
I was walking in the bush a few years ago and nearly steped on a very pale light green snake. Very placid snake and couldn't care less about me. Never seen one like that before. Did some research and the conclusion was it may have been a tree snake. Guess it was venomous but don't know.
That's awesome. Was that up north somewhere? We don't get tree snakes here. I would love to see one some day.
It was in Gippsland Robbie
💛...it may be deadly, but it sure is pretty...
Absolutely Harold, I agree. 👍👍
Beautiful snake mate have a good night
Shit mate, I thought you would be off doing a safe berley comparison! I wish you would leave the reptiles alone until you can run a bit faster.
Remember the sciatica. 😂
Hahaha 😂🤣🤣
Take care buddy. You are my only fresh water reference. I need you to keep going please.
@shaneellis6422 Thank you so much. I will be taking great care. 🙏
That was cool 🐍🙂
Thanks so much mate. 👍👍
Awesome but I am inexperienced and would give them a lot more space.
Excellent idea.
My experience with blacks is they normally make a run for it unless cornered.
Even when trodden on they still try to escape.
Glad we don’t have any other types around here.
Venom is a very valuable resource and a last resort for the snake.
Absolutely 100%.
Tiger snakes are my favourite snake, this ones a beauty
Thanks mate. Highland Copperhead is my favourite.
@ they have such good colours we have the lowland copperheads in my area i find them all the time found one last weekend
Remember people ALL SNAKES ARE PROTECTED. No difference to a koala.
Exactly. I should have mentioned that but totally forgot.
Im bored- I know let’s go an paparazzi a few snakes! Lol
Fishing for a Nope Rope.
My GoPro selfie pole would have to be 50 feet long lol 😝
Hahaha 🤣🤣
Dalesford vic has the deathader near porkypine very agresive near green gully ,very nasty not many know this ,yes here in vic ,only a foot long but can jump 2 foot ,be on the look out 👀😭😭😭😭
saw a big one once scary
They sure can be, especially when you don't notice them until they're under your foot. LOL
The ONLY snakes you should ever play with are TROUSER snakes!
Haha 😂😂😂
@@robbiefishing ;o)
Nice color nice looking tiger not to big but enough to scare the sh-t out of you. There’s a lot of eastern browns about and blacks but haven’t seen any copperheads so far the summer.
Mate please be careful xx 😊
Remember Steve erwin
Yeah why's that?
I had a tiger snake literally jump a metre at me three times, it was pissed off! I did unknowingly peel it off the road shoulder with a Grader, turn it over several times and spit it out the end of the mouldboard but hey, they can be agro.
I lost a friend to a Stephens Banded Snake (member of the Tiger family).
You will probably be bitten one day old mate. You're too blase. 😐
Hi mate, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. 🙏
F that, I would run 😂😅😂😅
Hahaha that's a good idea.
Same here bee God croc chasing but I go opposite direction . Have a ripper pick of a 5 foot red belly black going in side of house under door flat as standard door as well they love the air conditioning like us lol 😂.
Do a trip to Fraser Island see how ya go with a 6 foot tipans chance is 95% tipan most think they are big browns.😂
I'd love to see a taipan one day. I wouldn't get as close though because I don't know enough about them.
👍👍👁️👁️😎😇🐕🦺❤️🙏
ROBERT...... !!!!!!! Your gunna get bitten one day...
Haha no I won't. 🙏👍
Ole mate Tiger snake is actually a close relative of the Cobra, they’re in the same family group. You’re understating when you say these guys are highly venomous, this fella is right up there with the best of them….im gonna lean towards the educational side of your reasoning, but I’d tell everyone else to stop harassing these guys….
Thanks Rob, I have actually heard that they're a relative of the Cobra. Thats awesome..
Dont taunt the danger noodle.
Great advice. 👍
Tiger snakes are bastards, they normally live near creeks, dams etc. You were really lucky, they are aggressive, they will actually chase you. Dealt with plenty along the Diamond Creek trail!
So what dont be to worried about tiger snakes ey? What are you saying. Most people know to leave them alone so...
Exactly, leave them alone and you shouldn't have too much to worry about. Just be very careful where you put your feet. It's the ones you don't see that pose the most threat.