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Originally posted by chris vickery
Keith, I hope you were shooting with a telephoto lens on that one. The more I see of OZ, the less I want to go there. Did I tell you guys that I hate snakes? The only good thing about crocs might be having it on the bar-b-que. In all seriousness, are these little buggers really common to see?
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Hi Chris
Perfectly safe to visit our wide brown land as long as you have a guardian Aussie to take care of you
I was shooting this with a macro lens about 8 inches away, although of course this snake, as Monty Python (an apt misquote I hope) would say: This is an ex-snake, it's snuffed it, shuffled off the mortal coil..." It is, rather quaintly, illegal to kill this sort of critter in this country.
My wife noticed it by the rubbish bins near the house stuck in some bird netting which had strangled the poor thing - this stuff is deadly to snakes who can't back of it. It took me quite some time to cut it out to show the children.
So, if you choose to visit, perhaps you could protect yourself (from snakes at least) by surrounding the property with bird netting.
As for common to see, I s'pose we'd see one or two in our garden every couple of years. Some time ago Belinda (wife) was about to put her hand into a cucumber patch harbouring a Tiger snake like this one.
They are, incidentally very poisonous and should be left alone when active.
