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16-Apr-08, 04:24 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Alabama, USA Age/Gender: 19  | | |
just wondering if anyone has encountered this beautiful snake in the wild. from what i've read they're very rare. |
16-Apr-08, 04:44 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Sth Coast NSW Gender: | | | | I dont think that they are that rare just small area of habitat that is difficult to access |
16-Apr-08, 10:09 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: WA | | | | Yeah they're only found in a very small area in Arnhem land and I believe you need permission from the Aboriginal people who live there to go wandering around.
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16-Apr-08, 02:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Palmerston NT Gender: | | | | I happened to sit next to a herpetologist her works at Darwin Museum on a flight from Darwin to Perth for a herp conference. I asked him about the Oenpelli and the rumour about someone breeding them and then having had them taken away from him. He said that they were looking at helping the traditional land owners in the area to breed them for sale to keepers. That was on the agenda for the conference, and several aboriginal men from the area were with them on the flight. |
16-Apr-08, 03:21 PM
|  | Bendy! Sponsor | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | ailerom,
It's no rumour that someone has previously bred them, and then had them confiscated - it is well documented and the animals on display are the ones confiscated I believe.
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16-Apr-08, 07:43 PM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender: | | | I've seen a few around Sydney, I think they are hybridising with the local GTP population.
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16-May-08, 10:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Nhulunbuy Gender:  | | | | Hi,
I live at Oenpelli and yes it is a hard area to find them but there are also rare. I've never seen one in the 1 and a half years i've lived here
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17-May-08, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by junglepython2  I've seen a few around Sydney, I think they are hybridising with the local GTP population. | what are you on mate lol.. its the new Willia6!
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17-May-08, 10:37 AM
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17-May-08, 10:53 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Beaudesert Age/Gender: 16 | | | | Thanks MoreliaMatt.
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17-May-08, 08:00 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: In the bush Gender: | | | I have asked the indigenous locals to get one for me and they keep bringing childrens pythons ( I live in the area) If they do eventually get one I will photograph it with great detail and release it in an area away from town. The ones on the net are not that great |
17-May-08, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Armand what are you on mate lol.. its the new Willia6! | Why thank-you for that comparison, but I think my comment went over your head
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17-May-08, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Beano05 I have asked the indigenous locals to get one for me and they keep bringing childrens pythons ( I live in the area) If they do eventually get one I will photograph it with great detail and release it in an area away from town. The ones on the net are not that great | What would possess you to even think about releasing it in any place apart from where it was found in the first place? |
18-May-08, 08:52 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: In the bush Gender: | | | | Because where they get caught they get eaten. there is a spot I know that is perfect for them | | |
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