Scary letterbox!!

Liz · #1 21-01-2010, 07:55 PM

Got home from town and unable to check mail due to a tailed one in my letterbox

......, that tail is about 10" long - what do yous reckon? Can I open the letterbox .... with care?
PS .... Tail has now gone, so waiting in letterbox ........

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 21-01-2010, 08:19 PM

approach mailbox carefully and use a long stick to open.
be prepared to squeal like a little girl and run away.

spacezebra (Petra) · #3 21-01-2010, 08:29 PM

Yikes!

Cheers Petra d.

Liz · #4 21-01-2010, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

approach mailbox carefully and use a long stick to open.
be prepared to squeal like a little girl and run away.

Wow ... you are the girl!! Long stick sounds the go ... and a squeak

Liz · #5 21-01-2010, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by spacezebra

Yikes!

Cheers Petra d.

haaa .... absolutely Petra, am not a snake fan .... tho spiders are worse!!

supernova1965 (Warren) · #6 21-01-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Liz

haaa .... absolutely Petra, am not a snake fan .... tho spiders are worse!!

Don't leave us in suspenders what is it

Shep · #7 21-01-2010, 10:07 PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44065224@N08/4268312616/

I found this lovely little number just outside my back door a week ago - it's 9.5ft long which is almost the length of my car! And then had another tree snake in the garden a few days ago as well, they sure are around especially with the heat at the moment!

Just be super careful incase it's a poisonous one and give it plenty of time and space to move on before you go back to the mail box!

DavidU (Dave) · #8 21-01-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Shep

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44065224@N08/4268312616/

I found this lovely little number just outside my back door a week ago - it's 9.5ft long which is almost the length of my car! And then had another tree snake in the garden a few days ago as well, they sure are around especially with the heat at the moment!

Just be super careful incase it's a poisonous one and give it plenty of time and space to move on before you go back to the mail box!

Liz · #9 22-01-2010, 09:16 AM

Tackled the job this am, armed with 2 brooms .... letterbox now empty. My resident green frogs are gone too

Whoooa, thats a beaut Sarah.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #10 22-01-2010, 09:50 AM

Hi Liz,

No big strong man around to do the dirty work and put his life at risk to save the damsel?

What's this world coming to? Thou hath no champion in thine village to conquer such beastly monsters?

Cheers

Chris

Liz · #11 22-01-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Hi Liz,

What's this world coming to? Thou hath no champion in thine village to conquer such beastly monsters?

..... alas, no champions here to tackle the beasts.
Even my neighbour denies my pleas for help when it involves snakes !!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #12 22-01-2010, 11:02 AM

I would have come to your rescue Liz.

I don't mind snakes or spiders.
So long as you rescue me from caterpillars. ewww, I freak out entirely if I see one of them.

Liz · #13 22-01-2010, 11:07 AM

Deal jjj!! Caterpillars are an interesting creature, soft and prickly at the same time. Let one crawl up your arm and see

Jeffkop (Jeff) · #14 22-01-2010, 11:09 AM

Frogs in letterbox = noodlebox for snake.
Its a wonder the snake hung around so long after its meal.
Snakes are experts at catching frogs even when the frogs arent cornered.

Liz · #15 22-01-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Frogs in letterbox = noodlebox for snake.

... oh bugger ..... always have frogs in the letterbox, Jeff ... will have to be on snake alert more often.

Shep · #16 22-01-2010, 12:01 PM

You never know...your frogs might still be ok, they are taking a stand and turning the tables in some places!

http://tools.cairns.com.au/photo_gal...=9825&offset=0

Liz · #17 22-01-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shep

You never know...your frogs might still be ok, they are taking a stand and turning the tables in some places!

http://tools.cairns.com.au/photo_gal...=9825&offset=0

Aaah, yes, I remember that photo. Thanks Sarah

Come on the frogs!!!!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #18 22-01-2010, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Liz

Deal jjj!! Caterpillars are an interesting creature, soft and prickly at the same time. Let one crawl up your arm and see

Nooooooo!!!!!

I'm deadly allergic to the hairy ones, and I have a totally irrational fear of every other caterpillar in existence. Ugh, and to think I used to keep silk worms when I was little.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #19 22-01-2010, 03:56 PM

Tails are OK. It is the 8 legged freaks I can not stand! Oh yes, I do squeel!

Roobi · #20 22-01-2010, 04:41 PM

same here with those creepy crawly spideys. Can't bloody stand them and definatly scream like a little girl if i see one. have been known to cry at times too

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Won't sleep in the same room if a spiders recently been in there, and can't even get rid of a dead one. I always think its gonna come back to life and crawl up my arm Yuuuuuck.