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Ute gets pulled over for speeding. Driver’s excuse is “I wasn’t watching my speed because I was fighting off a poisonous snake with a knife”.
H/T: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
ETA: That youtube link above is a waste of time - you can see the actual bodycam footage either via the He r ald link above or on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It’s a Facebook video so i can’t figure out how to embed it here.
I’m particularly impressed with how the police website article closes by remin din g us that B rown Snakes are protecte d and you shouldn’t kill them.
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In Florida the story would be the same, except the driver would be hallucinating an imaginary snake.
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As i f S traylia wasn’t dangerous enough with its poisonous stuff, they’re now trying to kill you whilst driving a death machine! It’s like the whole country is Dawin’s accelerated test lab.
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Snake
Australian
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This story caused some consternation even in Australia... because most of us live in cities and suburbia and have only ever seen a snake in a zoo.
Meanwhile, I took one of our chickens to town last week because I left the farm ute door open and the radio on in the parking area . She climbed in and hunkered down to lay an egg in the passenger foot well amongst the tie down straps...
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In fairness, it did happen in Far North Queensland, which is where you guys keep all the stereotypes you can’t fit into the Outback.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand...
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Or trying to a line of coke off a living snake...
“Well you see, officer, he just wouldn’t hold still!"