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djp_phillips
Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 180 |
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The Adders fangs are not that long (compared to Rattlers...) so gloves
don't need to be too thick... |
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Dan Kane
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I think gardening gloves or thicker will provide enough protection from an Adder bite.
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herpetologic2
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Well best of luck let us know when you end up in hospital with an adder bite - well I have had that experience an ungloved hand picking up a warm large female D'oh I still prefer to use bare hand with snake hook
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Dan Kane
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Hard luck mate
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djp_phillips
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well, I've been bitten many times, I still prefer NO protection,
just being 100 % natural with the snake, because belive it or not, you CAN get a very unique feeling into the snake and make it feel calme |
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Dan Kane
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With thick gloves, you can't feel how hard you're gripping the snake, and you may hurt it.
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djp_phillips
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although without gloves it can be dangerous, i still prefer it
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herpetologic2
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Of course Tony tubing would only be useful if people are taking measurements etc from the animal - some people are just capturing animals to remove from threatened sites - and the quicker the better I would suppose - so the best thing is to get the animal into a secure container or bag - best way by the tail with snake hook supporting body. People have to be careful over the tube size as adders can double back on themselves and actually get stuck! but the method is really good and I learnt it from you tony at the Marwell meeting a few years back Jon |
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photoherper
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PLEASE listen to Tony Phelps.......Don't ever free handle any vemomous
snake. Its stupid and it always ends up in adverse press. Personally if
it wasnt for the bad press it would be really funny
if all the new boys/girls on the block got a real bite to teach them
that herping cannot be bought through a quick field course or
meaningless letters after there names.
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herpetologic2
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Excuse me, Free handling (tailing) adders is probably the safest way to get them into a vessel such as a tube - which can cause problems if they double back on themselves and get stuck! Bagging is another perfectly safe method - using a large butterfly net to place an adder when first captured - even using those heavy gaunlets can be used to provide a human arm 'hook' - to gently place adders back into their habitat after information has been collected on the animals. I may only have 6 years experience of handling adders but I do feel I need to assess each catching situation on its own merits Tubes are not always the easiest things to coax an animal into JC |
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