Tiger eating shingleback in wild

[shax]

A work colleague took these snaps on a bush track near Moore River WA the other day

 

[BeardyBen]

HEHEHE I was waiting for a real tiger to show up in the pics (as in fluffy and striped ) im such a dumb @$$

 

[Davem54]

great pics

 

[Dicco]

Nice, very interesting pics.

 

[Brodie]

Awesome! thanks for sharing

 

[Brodie]

Beardy Ben, that just shows that herps are yet to fully corrupt you.

If i hear anything about tigers, I immediatly picture a tiger snake hehe. Even the other night when on the news they said next up we take a look at the tigers at dreamworld

Heh Heh, wont be long mate, escape while you can!

 

[peterjohnson64]

I have to admit to mammalian tendancies as well. I thought stripes, then thought, none of them in Aus so must be a tassie tiger (yeah I know, none of them either). Then I saw th epic and thought..... well.... you know!!

 

[BeardyBen]

heheh im glad im not alone I even was thinking do they have shinglebacks in indonesia, india ect wheres that damn tiger... must be behind that snake thats eating that shingleback............ ohhhhhhhhh

 

[reptililian]

I know about the "circle of life" and that tigers have a right to eat aswell, but these pictures kinda make me sad as shinglebacks are just so adorable. Like a ferret crossed with a pinecone. I love their pudgy little legs and chubby little fingers and their sweet sweet natures.

 

[Brodie]

Year but the tiger snake was hungry, and their much cooler than shingles . Theyre just a walking piece of shiiit!

 

[toxinologist]

Thanks for the photos mate!

These confirm what I had long suspected - that Notechis are opportunistic enough to take on shinglebacks in areas where the two occur together. Having been to Revesby Island and seen the black tigers there living side-by-side with shinglebacks, and having to supposedly survive for much of the year on fresh air while they supposedly waited for mutton bird chick season to rock around again, I had a hard time believing that the snakes were not hooking into the occasional shingleback whenever the hunger pangs got a little too intense... these pictures - even though they are from mainland WA - lend support to my theories about the Revesby Island snakes, simply by demonstrating that it is possible for a tiger to scoff an inattentive stumpy!

Cheers


David

 

[zulu]

re Tiger

Thanks for the photos mate!

These confirm what I had long suspected - that Notechis are opportunistic enough to take on shinglebacks in areas where the two occur together. Having been to Revesby Island and seen the black tigers there living side-by-side with shinglebacks, and having to supposedly survive for much of the year on fresh air while they supposedly waited for mutton bird chick season to rock around again, I had a hard time believing that the snakes were not hooking into the occasional shingleback whenever the hunger pangs got a little too intense... these pictures - even though they are from mainland WA - lend support to my theories about the Revesby Island snakes, simply by demonstrating that it is possible for a tiger to scoff an inattentive stumpy!

Cheers


David

I think what surprises people david is that it is a fully grown shingleback,the smaller ones would be gonnas for sure ans i suspect some types of tigersnakes in bass straight must also turn to at least the younger if not adults of blotched blue tongues possibly cheers colin.

 

[toxinologist]

Colin

You're probably right about the blotched bluies - they'd probably go down easier than stumpys too ;-)

David

 

[zen]

That is unusual :shock: , at least it's not often documented.

Thanks for the pics. Proof of the happening 8)

What sub-species of Shingleback is it :?:
I'm guessing Tiliqua rugosa palarra?

 

[foxysnake]

Unreal stuff, and that shingleback is pretty damn big. Whatta meal!

 

[instar]

Its a photoshop job for sure, you can see pixelation around the head area.

 

[instar]

(psst) I know its not, just digging at the crowd who cry "photoshop" at any unusual pic.
Annoying aint it! :twisted:

Shame but thats life, made me go play with my shingle when i saw it, im really fond of her, lots of character shingles!

 

[reptililian]

Instar, my heart did a little jump for joy when I read your first post. Then it sank when I realised you were just kidding. Then it jumped again when you said you had one of these sweet little critters. Lucky you!

Now if you could just tell that meany Brodie that shingles are, like, WAY nicer than tiger snakes, I'll be REALLY happy :wink:

 

[Jonathon]

My uncle sent me these photo's a few months ago. One of the guys he works with found this snake (I think its a tiger) eating a bobtail outside the toilets. These photo's aren't by me. These photos were taken near Collie in the south west of WA. I guess our west aussie tigers like the bobtails! BTW the shingleback in this photo is Tiliqua rugosa rugosa. the secondpic isn't very good although I thought I would post it to help people identify the snake.

Enjoy!

 

[redline]

damm nice pics guys is there anymore like dis.