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LewisM · #1 25-02-2013, 09:50 PM

There be snakes about.... LOTS of em!

This monsoonal deluge in QLD has brought the snakes out big time - went for a quick drive to bed in some new brakes, and encountered 4 - one carpet snake crossing the road (A BIG ONE!), 1 metre long whip snake, and 2 x 3 foot browns. All in the space of about 1 km.

Nah, didn't run over any of them.

mental4astro (Alexander) · #2 26-02-2013, 12:16 AM

I remember when Browns were common around where I live in Maroubra. That was YEARS ago. I guess the rats ate them all...

Good you didn't squish 'em. Sadly I know too many people here who chase down possums here. Dead set! These people don't even grow a thorn bush for the possums to pee on.

Ric · #3 26-02-2013, 01:36 AM

I had a nice looking Tiger snake wandering around the garage last week.

He/she was about the 1.5m mark in length and eventually moved after realising there was no frog or mice to eat.

Shark Bait (Stu) · #4 26-02-2013, 07:43 AM

We had an adult carpet python on our outdoor table trying to escape the wet ground last week . We are fairly close to a reserve and creek. It was about 1.5m long and healthy. It had a brown diamond pattern.

I was under the impression that these snakes were placid but this one was very agressive. It was keen to strike when I got within 3m of it. When the Sun came out it eventually made its way back to the scrub.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #5 26-02-2013, 11:01 AM

I took this shot this morning. A couple of school kids walked passed my house and down the road with a red belly black hanging off a stick.
A casualty from the flood waters.

Good on you for not running over the ones you saw too. I like snakes. They have their place in our ecosystem and deserve to live as much as the warm and fuzzy ones.

LewisM · #6 26-02-2013, 02:24 PM

Agree Netie - exactly what I posted on Facebook already.

I like snakes - just don't like them around the house with kids and cats though, so I try to move them along. Had a whip snake rise up about to strike at my then 3 year old - Mum moved SO fast and grabbed our bub it was like Superman!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #7 26-02-2013, 08:11 PM

Are we FB buddies Lewis? Sorry, I forget.