Quote of the day, from this article: "This indicates to me it’s going to be an even draw."
John On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:23:27 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
