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30-Apr-08, 05:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27  | | | Look what I found in the main St. today!
Was heading to SIL's to get pics of her pregnant belly today.... Was thinking what a nice day it would be to go for a drive out bush....
Turned into the main st and there was this guy crossing the road! I almost ran him over!!
I jumped out to get pics but he was WAY too quick for me.
This was about 50 metres from the lagoon. He ended up in someone's yard in the opposite direction to the laggy.
Now I am assuming it is a water python because once he got behind the fence he lifted his head right up as if to see if I was still following and I could see his bright yellow underbelly.
I know...crap pics, but he was bloody quick! And it was right outside the cop station and I was parked illegally 
I was soooo excited tho.  |
30-Apr-08, 05:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: maitland Age/Gender: 14  | | | | nice photos y didnt u pick it up and get a decent look
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30-Apr-08, 05:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hozy6  nice photos y didnt u pick it up and get a decent look | Because I'm not a wannabe hero. |
30-Apr-08, 05:10 PM
|  | Herping Freak! Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: mid north coast of NSW Age/Gender: 15 | | | | wow nice find, beautiful snake aswell |
30-Apr-08, 05:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age/Gender: 10 | | | | beuaty of a snake.
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30-Apr-08, 05:13 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27 | | | | I am now ever MORE keen to do a snake handling course. I felt useless today because I just had to leave it. Hope it made it to the laggy and no one killed it or ran it over. |
30-Apr-08, 05:18 PM
|  | LEHOOO ZE HURRRR ^_^ Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: herpin on the gold coast ;D Gender: | | | sweet, nice find! glad you stopped for it
tis a rarity to find snakes crossing our roads, but thats not to say it cant happen!
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30-Apr-08, 06:38 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | Certainly looks like a swamp taipan to me, nice spot.
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30-Apr-08, 06:55 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | great looking snake there |
30-Apr-08, 07:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dintony I am now ever MORE keen to do a snake handling course. I felt useless today because I just had to leave it. Hope it made it to the laggy and no one killed it or ran it over. | Better off not to handle it anyways, pretty sure there are certain laws that might land you in a little trouble without the right permits...
Not worth risking the health of your snakes anyways, what if it had OPMV or something...
Awesome find but... |
30-Apr-08, 07:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27 | | | | What are you talking about Cheyne?
I don't mean just so I can 'cuddle' it. I mean so I could have removed it from the persons yard and taken it across the road to the lagoon. Out of 'harms' way. |
30-Apr-08, 08:41 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Adelaide | | | | Lovely looking snake, wish we got wild snakes round here
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30-Apr-08, 08:48 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: nthn nsw Gender: | | | | wild snake
with respect- you did the best thing you could- watched it, took pics and LEFT IT ALONE.
no need to save it or move it.
it may not want to be at the lagoon??
that is its home territory, it probably knows it well.
only case for interfering is if it was in danger of being run over. |
30-Apr-08, 09:32 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27 | | | | Totally understand what you mean lynfrog. But not alot of people around here like snakes.
Alot of them just assume it's a brown and kill it...... just in case. |
01-May-08, 12:20 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Central Highlands QLD Age/Gender: 27 | | | | Hey Hey. | | |
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