Morning Joe,
We have the deadliest snakes in the world here in Australia however fortunately all but one usually get out of your way, feeling the vibrations of our presence before we actually sight them. The King Brown is a viscious mongrel growing over two metres (6 foot) long and he rarely backs off. One bite from this species the victim rarely survives.
Having said that I have spent over 30 years prospecting (part time) and probably walked 100's of kilometres in desolate outback country and have only seen maybe 5 snakes.
Most people suffer bites trying to kill snakes.
We are actually a very advanced country and with no disrespect to you we have found that some Yanks still think we have kangaroos hopping down the streets and still hitch our horses to the rail.
Yes, all the modern day communications are available including GPS and satellite TV. Many prospectors and outback travellers fit HF radios to our vehicles enabling us to make contact with one of 4 bases around Australia.
I made up a YAGI aerial and with the use of a patch lead am able to get mobile phone and internet connection in some remote areas.
Unfortunately there are many who travel without emergency communication devices and in typical Australian laid back attitude they think "It won't happen to me!"
However it does unfortunately, and they perish.
Happy hunting
Peter
Yagi Aerial
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