Generally when I'm walking
if I see something in the distance, whether I'm taking someone to teach
or I'm taking a crew of people,
when I spot something - stay still, don't try to move
don't make any noises, don't go stepping on leaves or branches or anything like that -
that could signal the animal to take off.
If I see a rabbit, what I'll do is I'll take off after him
as quick as I can I'll try to scare him off into a retreat like a log
or a burrow, or a network burrow -
and from there you can actually plan your attack
Ok and that's exactly what I'm trying to do,
I've just flushed one in, for sure,
he's just came to this hole here
so I've just been trying to flush rabbits
into the network, trying to get him retreating - as soon as you have the animal in there retreating
pretty much all comes down to strategy and technique now trying to get him out.
Well ya, I know I've got a shit haircut, but I'm trying my best to blend into the
natural surroundings
and find something that's going to help me catch these rabbits.
Now it's all about strategy and obviously trying my best not to look like I've been
lost in the bush
for six hours
this is how using your your understanding of a predator-pray
relationship
can help
in a survival situation.
Now what I'm doing is I'm looking
out the distance, also looking 3, 4, 5
6 meters in front of me, and as I'm walking I'm just surveying the area around.
I'm just looking out for a shimmer - looking for the Red Belly Black Snake
it's very black and shiny on the top, it's extremely hard to miss, actually I don't know how people can step on a snake -
it's so obvious.
Having already caught one, it's not long until I find another black snake on the move.
You can see, he's not real happy.
We've got two Red Belly Black Snakes now, this one's just a little larger than the last one
but these guys here are actually quite common -
settle, hey, hey, they are actually quite common
out here
particularly in areas where there's a marsh,
there's a lot of frogs, there's a lot of food
and if there's a lot of frog and food, your gonna find
plenty of snakes, let's see how many we can get.
From experience it's always important that your handling venomous snakes
your hand is held high up on a snakes tail
You should note that many snake species including black and brown snakes
can easily reach the tip of their tail
in a single strike.
Chuchi, in the case you are attack by a snake, you should always carry
a first aid kit with you. Otherwise, there's no use stressing if you've got reflexes like a cat.
Here's three, Red Belly Black Snakes
I've been able to catch out here in the swamp
I'll tell you what guys, I reckon were gonna be able to capture some rabbits
It's not that hard.
With snakes you've always gotta look at the head, look at the tail, and pick your moment carefully
you've always gotta be careful, whoa get down
and the end of the day, if one of these snakes get a bit of a bite on ya
these are one of the more venomous snakes in the world
the Red Belly Black Snake,
so what we'll do
is,
keep following us
we'll start making our way... back towards the burrow
and I'll show you the technique that I can use
in capturing rabbits
Carefully, be careful
this guy here
is actually the fourth most venomous snake
in the world
he's probably not as quick moving as the black -
let's just rearrange here, he's got his neck out. Your ok mate, your ok
There we go - one tiger, three blacks.
Now there's a little bit of a trick I'll be showing you today
it's how to catch rabbits using snakes
it's a bit tricky, but I'll show you how.
Ok guys let's go,
let's get some rabbits.
Alright, that was a bit of a quest,
so..
we've got the snakes in the bag, we'll just keep them there for now.
What we'll have to do is actually prepare the rabbit holes, so what we've done is,
is cleared a little bit of the debris out of the hole so just it's easier to net.
Placing specially designed nets over the rabbit holes
ensures the rabbits get tangled and trapped in the net so it cannot escape.
The rabbit is not harmed in this process and makes the capture quite easy.
So I'll show you exactly what I've done -
I've netted all these holes, so I've netted maybe ten or eleven holes in total.
This is quite a big network actually, so I'm hoping to get two or three.
Also making sure that the holes which are a bit iffy
not sure if the rabbit will come out of or not - generally what I'll do is like here
you see, all I've done is shoved some sticks down there, caved it in
so that rabbit ain't gonna be coming out there, he'll be sticking right back down to the burrow.
Alright so,
I've got these three blacks out and the other tiger in the bag, what I'll do is
try to be strategic about my approach in putting the snakes in the holes
to make sure to get a rabbit. What I'll do is
put one in here, there you go,
one snake here,
what I might do is put another black right in through here
go mate, go mate, there ya go.
And this big boy up over here
settle down, settle down, settle down.
Now let's go back and get the tiger
alright, and the big tiger
right over this way,
come on boy,
put the tiger in through this way.
Now this is where it's the waiting game,
I guess what I'll get you to do, I'll get you to go back
set up on the tripod
and then we'll sit and wait
Might as well have lunch boys, it might be a little bit of a wait out here
it's going to be a little bit of a waiting game
Andrew, Andrew!
Bring it over, bring it over
ok, ok.
There ya go.
Just gotta be careful that bloody snake doesn't come out
alright, that's one rabbit
that you can just see
I told ya it was a possible technique I told ya it was :)