Comments on: Karmatic Moment of the Week: Snake Rescue http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Benjamin http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-29418 Benjamin Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:53:24 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-29418 Hi Ryan, Yes you're right, it seems it was in Sanya. The original article I read quoted Suzhou I believe, although could be my mistake. Actually the last one I saw flat on the road outside my apartment :( Its true there are actually some really interesting animals about. My friend keeps telling me about a racoon/badger type thing he saw, although I have no idea what he's talking about! By the way, very nice blog! Hi Ryan,
Yes you’re right, it seems it was in Sanya. The original article I read quoted Suzhou I believe, although could be my mistake. Actually the last one I saw flat on the road outside my apartment :(

Its true there are actually some really interesting animals about. My friend keeps telling me about a racoon/badger type thing he saw, although I have no idea what he’s talking about!

By the way, very nice blog!

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-29290 Ryan Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:59:32 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-29290 Hey Benjamin, Funny as I was just chatting about this with a friend the other day and it reminded me of this post. Are you sure the golfer was bit at the Taihu course? I saw <a href="http://www.golfblogger.co.uk/post/melissa-reid-recovers-from-snake-bite--ready-to-compete-at-suzhoutaihu-ladies-open-in-china-c83" rel="nofollow">this post</a> about Melissa Reid who was bit down in Sanya, but is now recovered and playing at the Suzhou-Taihu Ladies Open, but hadn't heard of anyone actually being bitten here in Suzhou. It does make you realize that Suzhou continues to expand into farmland/countryside and encroach on these animals' natural habitats. I live in a complex just on the west side of the lake and we routinely see ferret-like animals scurrying around the neighbourhood. It should be said as well, the snake we found above (poisonous or not) was not aggressive at all, never once trying to strike us while we pulled the sticker (and half its scales) off. Hey Benjamin,

Funny as I was just chatting about this with a friend the other day and it reminded me of this post.

Are you sure the golfer was bit at the Taihu course? I saw this post about Melissa Reid who was bit down in Sanya, but is now recovered and playing at the Suzhou-Taihu Ladies Open, but hadn’t heard of anyone actually being bitten here in Suzhou.

It does make you realize that Suzhou continues to expand into farmland/countryside and encroach on these animals’ natural habitats. I live in a complex just on the west side of the lake and we routinely see ferret-like animals scurrying around the neighbourhood.

It should be said as well, the snake we found above (poisonous or not) was not aggressive at all, never once trying to strike us while we pulled the sticker (and half its scales) off.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-29289 Benjamin Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:33:24 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-29289 I realise its about 2 years since the last comment... but I just read about the golfer getting bitten by a snake at taihu golf course this week... searched for suzhou snakes and here we are! Thats the same species of snake in your photo that I've seen twice this last summer in Suzhou. Both times in SIP near the customs building and my friend saw one on ganjiang lu while riding his bike. Never new we had so many in Suzhou! I realise its about 2 years since the last comment… but I just read about the golfer getting bitten by a snake at taihu golf course this week… searched for suzhou snakes and here we are!

Thats the same species of snake in your photo that I’ve seen twice this last summer in Suzhou. Both times in SIP near the customs building and my friend saw one on ganjiang lu while riding his bike. Never new we had so many in Suzhou!

]]> By: Will http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-26288 Will Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:49:23 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-26288 As a snake fan and former snake owner (including of, at one point, a four meter Burmese python), hats off to you. I'm for rescuing imperiled snakes. As a snake fan and former snake owner (including of, at one point, a four meter Burmese python), hats off to you. I’m for rescuing imperiled snakes.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-26273 Ryan Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:10 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-26273 @Tian: Snakeman never really took off though. BTW: Are you still back in SZ? If so, we need to grab a beer. @ChinaMatt: Yeah, that would freak me out a bit. @Jamieson: Snakelet, love it. Should also grab a drink sometime soon. We keep saying it, and never seem to get to it. @Tian: Snakeman never really took off though. BTW: Are you still back in SZ? If so, we need to grab a beer.

@ChinaMatt: Yeah, that would freak me out a bit.

@Jamieson: Snakelet, love it. Should also grab a drink sometime soon. We keep saying it, and never seem to get to it.

]]> By: Jamieson http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-26272 Jamieson Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:36:23 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-26272 "The snake, which was at most eight or nine inches long...." That's not a snake, it's a snakelet. Even so, I'm extremely surprised to hear of a nipper lurking in the shrubs at JYY. Coming from Oz, I'm pretty used to snakes. We have 7 of the 10 most poisonous snake species in the world. However, I'll be a little more careful. Say, don't most snakes hibernate in the winter ? J. “The snake, which was at most eight or nine inches long….”

That’s not a snake, it’s a snakelet. Even so, I’m extremely surprised to hear of a nipper lurking in the shrubs at JYY.

Coming from Oz, I’m pretty used to snakes. We have 7 of the 10 most poisonous snake species in the world.

However, I’ll be a little more careful. Say, don’t most snakes hibernate in the winter ?

J.

]]> By: ChinaMatt http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-26266 ChinaMatt Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:31:46 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-26266 I'm terrified of snakes. And I certainly wouldn't take my chances with any in Guangdong--we've got vipers. It's bad enough that the sign on the path between my office and the bus stop stays "小心有蛇." I’m terrified of snakes. And I certainly wouldn’t take my chances with any in Guangdong–we’ve got vipers. It’s bad enough that the sign on the path between my office and the bus stop stays “小心有蛇.”

]]> By: Tian http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/flora-fauna/karmatic-moment-of-the-week-snake-rescue/#comment-26262 Tian Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:23:41 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-26262 I've never seen a snake in Suzhou before except for that huge lazy boa in the zoo. In my menmory, the big guy never moves and I don't even remember seeing its face, plus, they cover him with a duvet in winter... Anyway, it's not easy at all to find a snake in your neighbourhood these days so hopefully that might mean good luck, just like I found a bat in my room the other night, oh, i have goosebumps thinking of it. Seeing a spider in your house has a good meaning too, believe it or not. Hang on, is that why they are made super heroes? - Batman, Spiderman??? I’ve never seen a snake in Suzhou before except for that huge lazy boa in the zoo. In my menmory, the big guy never moves and I don’t even remember seeing its face, plus, they cover him with a duvet in winter…

Anyway, it’s not easy at all to find a snake in your neighbourhood these days so hopefully that might mean good luck, just like I found a bat in my room the other night, oh, i have goosebumps thinking of it. Seeing a spider in your house has a good meaning too, believe it or not. Hang on, is that why they are made super heroes? – Batman, Spiderman???

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