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07-Jul-04, 08:57 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | |
6:30 pm Channel 7
Sunday July 11
From the TV guide in the Adeliade Advetiser
"There are nearly 3000 different kinds of snake, of every imaginable color and appearance, living from the tropics to the Arctic ( ??!!?  ), and from beneath the ocean to 5500m up in the Himalayas. Using uniique minaturised snake-cams mounted on wild snakes, tonights show exposes them as never before"
This is for Adeliade, I don't know if it is on in other cities. |
07-Jul-04, 09:29 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-03 Location: Queanbeyan NSW | | | Cool thanks fuscus 
Its on in Canberra too woohoo!
Yeah those artic adders are amazing! |
07-Jul-04, 09:36 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-03 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia | | | | I'm not familiar with the species that live in the seabed "beneath the ocean".
Fascinating I'm sure, but I missed the program. |
07-Jul-04, 10:07 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by JeffHardy I'm not familiar with the species that live in the seabed "beneath the ocean". | The one that lives in the arctic fasinates me. Quote: |
Originally Posted by JeffHardy Fascinating I'm sure, but I missed the program. | Its on next Sunday. |
07-Jul-04, 10:26 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney | | | | The one in the arctic must have antifreeze and eats a variety of penguins and seals :wink: |
07-Jul-04, 11:55 AM
| | | So now we have a WARM blooded snake.  amazing.  |
07-Jul-04, 12:13 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: Jul-03 Location: Outside your window | | |  Just checked out the sydney channel 7,it is exactly the same as fuscus post,6:30pm channel 7.Thanks for that i will have to get someone to tape it 4 me as i dont get 7  .
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07-Jul-04, 12:19 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by python_guy44 The one in the arctic must have antifreeze and eats a variety of penguins and seals :wink: | If it lives in the arctic then it is highly unlikly to eat penguins. :wink: It proberly ambushes Walrus, lying in wait on the pack ice for an unwary walrus to wander too close then ...
WHAM. Digestion may take a while at 2c.
While we are on the subject, what is the most northery snake? Is it the garter snake? |
07-Jul-04, 12:20 PM
| | | | Hey fuscus, i thought any snake in the bush is pretty northerly...he he he |
07-Jul-04, 12:23 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: victoria | | | | Well FUSCUS you took that one on the chin I've gotta start reading more of your posts you have a come back for every thing I think your growing on me keep up the informative posts mate good work. |
07-Jul-04, 12:53 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-03 Location: silverdale, nsw | | | | Re: World around us July 11
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Originally Posted by Fuscus to the Arctic ( ??!!? | i assume they are talkn bout red-sided guarta snakes, they r awsome, in winter there blood has the consistency on mayonaise. |
07-Jul-04, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuscus While we are on the subject, what is the most northery snake? Is it the garter snake? | Help me out Fuscus, that was a joke wasnt it????
You know, a garter, being north??? Anyway.......... |
07-Jul-04, 01:19 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Sorry mate, it was a legit question |
07-Jul-04, 01:27 PM
| | | But the joke i made of it was pretty good ay? ........ :roll: |
07-Jul-04, 04:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Yeah Sherm, rockin...although I did need the explanation.
I heard that the snake in the Arctic was the one from "beneath the ocean." Eats whales, biggestsnakeintheworld and very hard to catch. No seriously. Goes to the Himalaya for a holiday & eats Yetis.
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