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 said: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
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