Should this sort of thing be reported or is it normal? It was heading towards some Thai builders huts (they were a fair distance though).
Scared the bejesus out of me, quite unsettling hence this post.
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I live just before Rockestra (as was) on the right in Dusit Land and on driving home on my motorbike tonight I had just turned in to my soi and was confronted by a Hugh snake. The thing must have been 7ft long! I have a picture but it is on my phone and it was dark so it is not very good. However you can see it nearly spanning the road. I am not a snake expert but it looked like a Python or a Boa.
Should this sort of thing be reported or is it normal? It was heading towards some Thai builders huts (they were a fair distance though).
Scared the bejesus out of me, quite unsettling hence this post.
Should this sort of thing be reported or is it normal? It was heading towards some Thai builders huts (they were a fair distance though).
Scared the bejesus out of me, quite unsettling hence this post.
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Hi Randy. Yes they are in fact pretty normal.
Even seen a Burmese phyton snake very close to Lek Fai view point.
Even had 6 snakes in my own garden. 1 Cobra, 2 three vipers, 2 bronzebacks and 1 I know nothing about.
Scary experience to get them out. One of the vipers was hiding under my fridge, but I managed to get him out and away.
Stay away from the phytons if you're not familiar to handle snakes!!!
Even seen a Burmese phyton snake very close to Lek Fai view point.
Even had 6 snakes in my own garden. 1 Cobra, 2 three vipers, 2 bronzebacks and 1 I know nothing about.
Scary experience to get them out. One of the vipers was hiding under my fridge, but I managed to get him out and away.
Stay away from the phytons if you're not familiar to handle snakes!!!
I intend to live forever - so far so good.
What!!! Only the pythons!!?? I didn't know Cobras were safe? And vipers? Bronzebacks?Norseman wrote:Even seen a Burmese phyton snake very close to Lek Fai view point.
Even had 6 snakes in my own garden. 1 Cobra, 2 three vipers, 2 bronzebacks and 1 I know nothing about.
Stay away from the phytons if you're not familiar to handle snakes!!!
I know nothing about snakes and have never heard of a bronzeback, but I guess a book enabling identification is a must?
Or a baseball bat to thrash them?
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Randy and all,
Almost certainly what you saw was a reticulated Python. As far as I am aware there are no Boas in asia.
There are a few species of Python in Thailand.
The best known are the Retic and the Burmese. The Burmese are the friendly ones that will hang on you neck and allow photos to be taken. Coconuts Jim has had many of them. They are, however an endangered species.
The Retic, which is the longest snake in the world, is very common is this part of the world. In fact they are now becoming a nuisance.
The Retic will take on a human for food. I have seen many but never so close to Hua Hin.
They can grow to a length of over 10 metres.
There has been many reported deaths of humans (mostly Burmese) in this region as a result of Retic attacks.
In three years in Hua Hin I have only seen three in the wild (and in this area) and none of them were more than six or seven metres in length,
My advice is keep well clear of them. Even after serious injury they can still attack at lightning speed.
The problem is that they seem to be multiplying rapidy.
I would sugest that the sighting should be reported to the authoriities.
These F***ers are Great White Sharks on land.
Give them a very wide berth.
Almost certainly what you saw was a reticulated Python. As far as I am aware there are no Boas in asia.
There are a few species of Python in Thailand.
The best known are the Retic and the Burmese. The Burmese are the friendly ones that will hang on you neck and allow photos to be taken. Coconuts Jim has had many of them. They are, however an endangered species.
The Retic, which is the longest snake in the world, is very common is this part of the world. In fact they are now becoming a nuisance.
The Retic will take on a human for food. I have seen many but never so close to Hua Hin.
They can grow to a length of over 10 metres.
There has been many reported deaths of humans (mostly Burmese) in this region as a result of Retic attacks.
In three years in Hua Hin I have only seen three in the wild (and in this area) and none of them were more than six or seven metres in length,
My advice is keep well clear of them. Even after serious injury they can still attack at lightning speed.
The problem is that they seem to be multiplying rapidy.
I would sugest that the sighting should be reported to the authoriities.
These F***ers are Great White Sharks on land.
Give them a very wide berth.
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Walking along a beach with Mrs Jaime - think it was Karon, Phuket - a few years ago and we saw a small crowd of tourists watching one of the Thai sun lounger people thrash a large snake to death with a wooden broom handle. As we got closer he held the dead snake up for all to see, draped over the broom handle. It was probably about five feet long. I asked him "Is it dangerous?" and he replied with a laugh "I don't know - that's why I killed it!"
The Thai attitude seems to be 'take no chances' - sounds good enough to me!
The Thai attitude seems to be 'take no chances' - sounds good enough to me!
A good advise for you living in the outskirts of Hua Hin is to buy a book for identification purpose as caller says.
All places here have their share of snakes, but they're not easy to spot.
Jaime mention a story from Phuket, and indeed the south of Thailand has the biggest variety of snakes in Thailand.
I'm not a supporter of killing the snakes. If possible, catch them and kick them out of your area, back to nature.
Here in Thailand we are so lucky to have the largest venomous snake in the world, the King Kobra. It's here in Hua Hin as well, in fact all over Thailand. This really BIG snake, (can be almost 6 meters long), is however rarely seen. Like all snakes, they want to avoid potential dangerous situations, and they vanish, but they're here there and everywhere.
Hua Hin also have the more ordinary smaller Kobras and the spitting Kobras, the Vipers and the Kraits. Stay away from them as they all are venomous and potentially fatal. If bitten, stay calm and relax, use any strip of cloth to tightly wrap the the affected body part and get to hospital. You have to try restrict the bloodflow as best you can. Do not use tourniquet if you don't know how to use it.
As I said, not many will ever observe a big snake in Hua Hin, but they are out here.!!
All places here have their share of snakes, but they're not easy to spot.
Jaime mention a story from Phuket, and indeed the south of Thailand has the biggest variety of snakes in Thailand.
I'm not a supporter of killing the snakes. If possible, catch them and kick them out of your area, back to nature.
Here in Thailand we are so lucky to have the largest venomous snake in the world, the King Kobra. It's here in Hua Hin as well, in fact all over Thailand. This really BIG snake, (can be almost 6 meters long), is however rarely seen. Like all snakes, they want to avoid potential dangerous situations, and they vanish, but they're here there and everywhere.
Hua Hin also have the more ordinary smaller Kobras and the spitting Kobras, the Vipers and the Kraits. Stay away from them as they all are venomous and potentially fatal. If bitten, stay calm and relax, use any strip of cloth to tightly wrap the the affected body part and get to hospital. You have to try restrict the bloodflow as best you can. Do not use tourniquet if you don't know how to use it.
As I said, not many will ever observe a big snake in Hua Hin, but they are out here.!!
I intend to live forever - so far so good.
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Vipers, Cobra's, Bronze backs, Kraits, Neck hangings, Broom handle thrashings the buggers apparently are everywhere. Thanks for all the advice. Think I'll go and buy a book, although ive only seen books on bird and flower identification in bookazine? Spoke to someone last night and was told that its some sort of snake - come out and eat season? When all is said and done though it was a magnificent beastie.
the buggers apparently are everywhere. Thanks for all the advice. Think I'll go and buy a book, although ive only seen books on bird and flower identification in bookazine? Spoke to someone last night and was told that its some sort of snake - come out and eat season? When all is said and done though it was a magnificent beastie.www.35mmview.com
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Bloody hell. Snakes in Thailand!!
I moved away from central London because the foxes were taking over. Was thinking about The Artic for a while, but I saw a tv programme and the polar bears were becoming a menace. They were even coming into the towns.
Seriously though, I've seen countless snakes on the golf courses here and the advice that has already been given is sound.
They're more afraid of you than you are of them. Normally, a snake will only strike if you step on it or it's protecting its young. Hence, most fatalities are in rural areas where a victim can't be taken to hospital for treatment quickly enough.
And a PS - the venom from the Siamese cobra is about 10 times more potent than the King Cobra. The latter just delivers more poison because of its size.
I moved away from central London because the foxes were taking over. Was thinking about The Artic for a while, but I saw a tv programme and the polar bears were becoming a menace. They were even coming into the towns.
Seriously though, I've seen countless snakes on the golf courses here and the advice that has already been given is sound.
They're more afraid of you than you are of them. Normally, a snake will only strike if you step on it or it's protecting its young. Hence, most fatalities are in rural areas where a victim can't be taken to hospital for treatment quickly enough.
And a PS - the venom from the Siamese cobra is about 10 times more potent than the King Cobra. The latter just delivers more poison because of its size.
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Pretty normal, as soon as you report it a crowd of Thais will rock up all eager to bludgeon it to death.Randy Cornhole wrote: Should this sort of thing be reported or is it normal?
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I got a call from Mo (wife) while i was having a nice afternoon drinking session in crawfords.
She told me there was a snake outside the house under the pick up, not being one to waste good beer i shrugged my shoulders and carried on drinking.
A girl working for us went up to the house and according to all the natives it was a king cobra, after pouring gasoline down the drain where it had tried to escape they set fire to the gasoline which resulted in one angry cobra coming back out and attacking people.
The story goes that the natives were running around everywhere until one man hit it several times with a large stick, he then wandered off down the soi with the snake.
This same man from what i am told cooked and ate it.
When i got home i was quite shocked and even more so a couple of days later when we found snake skin around my tools and cupboard.
Still i did the right thing, stayed calm and finished my beer.
Leave killing snakes to the natives.
Mike.
She told me there was a snake outside the house under the pick up, not being one to waste good beer i shrugged my shoulders and carried on drinking.
A girl working for us went up to the house and according to all the natives it was a king cobra, after pouring gasoline down the drain where it had tried to escape they set fire to the gasoline which resulted in one angry cobra coming back out and attacking people.
The story goes that the natives were running around everywhere until one man hit it several times with a large stick, he then wandered off down the soi with the snake.
This same man from what i am told cooked and ate it.
When i got home i was quite shocked and even more so a couple of days later when we found snake skin around my tools and cupboard.
Still i did the right thing, stayed calm and finished my beer.
Leave killing snakes to the natives.
Mike.