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30-Apr-06, 04:22 PM
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Hello all
Can anyone on the site who knows anything about the Oenpelli python please enlighten me.
I do not need to know the usually such as live in rocksi narnhem land etc.
But anything that isn't so obvious and anecdotal reports would be great.
Thank you
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30-Apr-06, 04:32 PM
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the only thing i know about them is i want one....lol
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30-Apr-06, 05:01 PM
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What else do you want to know other than what you can find by googling? I doubt very much that anyone here's going to give you anything to do with their husbandry...
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30-Apr-06, 05:09 PM
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I am not concened with their husbandry. I am wanting to know if anyone has spent time in the area and has any anecdotal reports or stories about them. Or if anybody has every seen one or knows aything about their habits in the wild.
Thanks
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30-Apr-06, 05:55 PM
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I caught one once............it was at the Wild Expo in 2004..... :wink:  |
30-Apr-06, 06:01 PM
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I think i heard that they can change colour, from brown to grey and vice versa, quite rapidly..?
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30-Apr-06, 06:19 PM
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Yep, Prof Shine wrote that they turn ghostly grey at night & brown during the day, or words to that effect.
Also, legend has it that the really big ones grow bigger than Scrub Pythons, making them Australia's longest snake!
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30-Apr-06, 06:30 PM
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haha yea very nice.
That must be the TWP oenpelli.
yes they do experience a dial colour change.
any more nformation would be great
thanks
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30-Apr-06, 06:31 PM
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They like to knit. Cant of course, no knitting needles.
BTW Hugsta got almost to the carpark before they could get someone to tackle him and get the snake back. I told him to pass it but he thought he could score on his own.
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30-Apr-06, 09:35 PM
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LOL Pete, I was almost there.
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30-Apr-06, 10:31 PM
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PMSL Pete, damn there big! Do you think Weigal will ever get a license to collect a few specimens?
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30-Apr-06, 11:15 PM
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Pugsly, the problem with collecting them isnt the licence, more their location. Their range is entirely within Aboriginal tribal land, and thus cannot be collected without permission from the tribal elders. There is more of a chance if someone donates to the Aboriginal communities and is given some as a gift.This species is tied up in all sorts of red tape, and the fact that there is really minimal successful husbandry knowledge, and a poor captive history that I seriously doubt that they will ever be readily available to private keepers within our life-times.
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30-Apr-06, 11:27 PM
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No problems, he can just "donate" a pair of Rough-scaled Pythons to them, and in return they can give him a "gift" of a pair of Oenpelli's. Too easy 
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01-May-06, 05:59 AM
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This species is tied up in all sorts of red tape, and the fact that there is really minimal successful husbandry knowledge, and a poor captive history that I seriously doubt that they will ever be readily available to private keepers within our life-times.
| I must agree, had they been left in the hands of private keepers before they were confiscated I'm sure they would be available to us all by now. I can't see the TWP breeding them any time soon, that particular animal that was at the Wild Expo died not long after it went home.
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01-May-06, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Splitmore I can't see the TWP breeding them any time soon, that particular animal that was at the Wild Expo died not long after it went home. | Oh really? Poor thing  Does anyone have any idea what it is about them that makes them do so poorly in captivity?
On a lighter note Hugsta, you look like the cat that got the canary in that shot
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