Quicksand Fans

just have to vent about this a bit somewhere... there's a wetland not far from here that i KNOW has soft, bottomless mud that would easily swallow me like jelly, and yet... i can't go. too dangerous -- would be easy target for a snake or gator.

rambleraven88 wrote:just have to vent about this a bit somewhere... there's a wetland not far from here that i KNOW has soft, bottomless mud that would easily swallow me like jelly, and yet... i can't go. too dangerous -- would be easy target for a snake or gator.

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rambleraven88 wrote:just have to vent about this a bit somewhere... there's a wetland not far from here that i KNOW has soft, bottomless mud that would easily swallow me like jelly, and yet... i can't go. too dangerous -- would be easy target for a snake or gator.

I'm thinking you may be in the wrong fetish.

Duncan Edwards wrote:

rambleraven88 wrote:just have to vent about this a bit somewhere... there's a wetland not far from here that i KNOW has soft, bottomless mud that would easily swallow me like jelly, and yet... i can't go. too dangerous -- would be easy target for a snake or gator.

I'm thinking you may be in the wrong fetish.

beyond that i don't really have clothes i'm willing to ruin (as much as ruining clothes is part of the excitement for me) and there's not a good place to clean up nearby. if you have advice, i'm all ears. eyes. for reading.

Snakes want as much to do with you as you do with them. If you live where they are take the usual precautions and you be fine.

Gators......ditto......usually. I don't want to downplay the risk but I've done a lot of fishing/swimming/boating in FL when visiting family, and I've never seen one that didn't actively retreat from a noisy splashy human entering their environment. Only the REALLY huge ones, like 10-12 feet are big enough to consider humans prey.

Mynock wrote:Snakes want as much to do with you as you do with them. If you live where they are take the usual precautions and you be fine.

Gators......ditto......usually. I don't want to downplay the risk but I've done a lot of fishing/swimming/boating in FL when visiting family, and I've never seen one that didn't actively retreat from a noisy splashy human entering their environment. Only the REALLY huge ones, like 10-12 feet are big enough to consider humans prey.

Просто интересно- а какие меры? Про аллигаторов, можете не говорить. Мне проще медведя с балалайкой встретить,чем аллигатора( хотя кто знает...). Да и в местах,где я могу тонуть змей нет. Но то,в городе где я уже не живу,и вряд-ли когда нибудь вернусь,более чем на отпуск.
И следовательно,мне надо на новом месте искать трясину. А здесь,уже есть змеи. Не питоны, или что нибудь сверх опасное...ужи да гадюки( да они ядовитые,но к счастью не прямо , чтобы смертельно,хотя даже так не хочется быть украшенным. ) Как от змей обезопаситься?

Mynock wrote:... I've never seen one that didn't actively retreat from a noisy splashy human entering their environment. Only the REALLY huge ones, like 10-12 feet are big enough to consider humans prey.

Exactly that. Lead the way with a string of firecrackers and all of nature will leave you alone for at least a couple of hours.

Mynock wrote:Snakes want as much to do with you as you do with them. If you live where they are take the usual precautions and you be fine.

You do have to be very careful, because the last thing you want to do is accidentally step on a cottonmouth that is hiding in the vegetation!

Mynock wrote:Gators......ditto......usually. I don't want to downplay the risk but I've done a lot of fishing/swimming/boating in FL when visiting family, and I've never seen one that didn't actively retreat from a noisy splashy human entering their environment. Only the REALLY huge ones, like 10-12 feet are big enough to consider humans prey.

Also, it could be a dangerous situation if you were to come across baby gators, with a protective mother nearby!

Boggy Man wrote: ...Also, it could be a dangerous situation if you were to come across baby gators, with a protective mother nearby!

Hmmm. I always thought that reptiles were generally fire and forget critters.

But I just checked, and indeed, mama gators do protect their young for up to two years. Wild. (pun intended)

Boggy Man wrote:You do have to be very careful, because the last thing you want to do is accidentally step on a cottonmouth that is hiding in the vegetation!

Also, it could be a dangerous situation if you were to come across baby gators, with a protective mother nearby!

If you live in snake/gator country, you need to be aware of them basically any time you step off a sidewalk anyway, so you're not really in any more/less danger when looking for a sinking spot. I'm not saying shit can't happen, but these kinds of critters will not actively, like hunt you, or act agressive toward you for no good reason. While I often describe Florida as Jurassic Park after the power outage, an Alligator is most certainly not a T-Rex.