fraser888
Well-Known Member
Wow some big snakes here!
I'm not sure where I got this photo, or who the guys are in it. Apparently it's an 11ft 3inch intergrade from Kempsey
I'm surprised that there aren't more carpets over 10ft.
Theres actually heaps over 10feet Johnno,But when their actually measured they have shrank,so many stories off snakes going from one side of the road to the other,Never no photos too back it up.Atleast with those 2 you and Ssssmithy took,you did manage to measure probably.What age would they have been,10-15year old,or older.
Yeah, that was the one next to the 11 foot Coastal Taipan and 8 foot Tiger Snake
Not really. Huge lengths are always quoted but never verified...those two carpets (the one I posted a photo of, and smithy posted a photo of the other) were two of three that I've seen over 10 foot long, and the first wild ones over that size. There's a ton of them at 8 feet, a few at 9 feet, a couple at 9'8", but to actually break 10 feet is a real rarity.
what's the biggest Carpet that you have seen and photographed in the WILD??
Please post pics.
Removals don't count....you were called there you did not find it yourself.
Photo's would be great
Cheers,
Scott
Not really. Huge lengths are always quoted but never verified...those two carpets (the one I posted a photo of, and smithy posted a photo of the other) were two of three that I've seen over 10 foot long, and the first wild ones over that size. There's a ton of them at 8 feet, a few at 9 feet, a couple at 9'8", but to actually break 10 feet is a real rarity.
i guess everyone thinks there opinion is the right one, so there really is no right or wrong answer.
but as for waruikazi's answer that we should only save the ones that are near extiction - doesnt really make sense when you suggest leaving others to die. maybe thats why some are facing extinction in the beginning, maybe if someone saved an injured, but endangered, animal it might have gone on to reproduce many many young!!!
and who should be changing their practices, in regards to my comment on the wildlife hospital? the animals or the hospital?
does your view on species survival include humans or just animals? probably straying from the point a bit but just curious?
cheers, and keep the big snake photos coming.
All true, except it wasn't released. It was kept, to cross with a Scrubby. Makes me feel sick.Im pretty sure that was caught here lector,within a couple k's of Kempsey,ive seen other photos of that snake,you are correct it is Michael and Greg Hollis,what ive been told from a few ppl up here it was on a friends property,caught took pictures and realised back where he got it.Ive seen queit a few up here,But nothing that size...
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