Eastern Browns in Wardrobe

[markannab]

Guess what mum found in Kyle's wardrobe... seven deadly eastern Brown snakes! | News.com.au

 

[mad_at_arms]

What kind of parent gives a 3 y.o. child a container to STORE UNKNOWN ANIMAL EGGS IN, in the first place?

 

[Xeaal]

God, I must be so twisted; I actually laughed at this. :facepalm:

 

[dangles]

Breeding snakes must be easy. A 3 yr old can do it without an incubator.

 

[Xeaal]

breeding snakes must be easy. A 3 yr old can do it without an incubator.

lmao!!

 

[emmalene_bunny]

God, I must be so twisted; I actually laughed at this. :facepalm:

I laughed too! :shock:

 

[RedFox]

Hmmm... Townsville in spring. Would have been nice and warm the container looks to have quite a bit of condensation. Hatching conditions would have been about right. Who needs an incubator when you have a warm cupboard and a Chinese take away container.

I guess the drawer was taken because from what I've heard snakes cannot resist an open drawer.

 

[SarahScales]

Haha, I was just signing in to post this exact some article! Welcome Kyle, You're now one of us!

 

[Tinky]

Read the article and thought North Queensland Wildlife Care reptile co-ordinator Trish Prendergast was saying that the hatchies could have killed him if they bit him.

Will have to do a search, as I did not think they would be dangerous until they were a bit older.

 

[Tristan]

Read the article and thought North Queensland Wildlife Care reptile co-ordinator Trish Prendergast was saying that the hatchies could have killed him if they bit him.

Will have to do a search, as I did not think they would be dangerous until they were a bit older.

i may have miss-understood what you just posted...but those suckers are lethal before the day they hatch

 

[abnrmal91]

Read the article and thought North Queensland Wildlife Care reptile co-ordinator Trish Prendergast was saying that the hatchies could have killed him if they bit him.

Will have to do a search, as I did not think they would be dangerous until they were a bit older.

Straight out of the egg they are dangerously venomous.

 

[RedFox]

One of those hatchies could have easily killed a three year old boy.

 

[thomasssss]

Read the article and thought North Queensland Wildlife Care reptile co-ordinator Trish Prendergast was saying that the hatchies could have killed him if they bit him.

Will have to do a search, as I did not think they would be dangerous until they were a bit older.

hard to tell if your serious or joking , pretty commonly know that hatchy EB are just as dangerous as their adult counterparts , i have heard that a bite from them can be worse as they cant really control venom like and adult and give you a dry bite so there mostly wet bites with plenty of venom , that part im not sure on though

 

[mad_at_arms]

Haha, I was just signing in to post this exact some article! Welcome Kyle, You're now one of us!

A poacher?

 

[moosenoose]

I was wondering what this was ...but now I get it

 

[abnrmal91]

I was wondering what this was ...but now I get it

Keelback, it's always a keelback lol. (disclaimer the snake is not a keelback)

 

[nintendont]

Read the article and thought North Queensland Wildlife Care reptile co-ordinator Trish Prendergast was saying that the hatchies could have killed him if they bit him.

Will have to do a search, as I did not think they would be dangerous until they were a bit older.

When I was 14 in Kununurra WA I had the same thoughts about a Western brown baby I was trying to catch in a plastic tub (thinking it wouldnt be as venomous, if at all, as an adult snake) but when I got it back to our camp site and looked at an ID book it said that the young are just as deadly as adult snakes...

 

[princessparrot]

Haha, I was just signing in to post this exact some article! Welcome Kyle, You're now one of us!

lol! so was i. guess i dont need to
but i couldn't remember if the kid was 7, or he had seven eggs

 

[Stuart]

I wish when I was young I was so lucky to have eggs I found hatch... Its a pity about what came out of the egg (depending on who you talk to ) but to be honest, it was nice to see a mother and family encourage their childs interest in wildlife and then act appropriately when it turned pear shaped.

 

[mad_at_arms]

but to be honest, it was nice to see a mother and family encourage their childs interest in wildlife and then act appropriately when it turned pear shaped.

Um, I think its flat out bad parenting.
Would any one praise a parent that lets their child approach an unknown dog on the street? Same potential to go sideways.
A little bit of risk mitigation (i.e. knowing what your 3y.o. child is doing whilst in your care) could go a long way.

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I would also like to point out the article author could have mentioned how it is illegal to interfere with native fauna.
[sarcasm]I mean, don't they have a responsibility to report the facts?[/sarcasm]