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Eats Squid
Same venom type as snakes.
Snakes
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yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
wow - surprised any snakes are still out and about. Mind you, I'm in Melbourne and its freezing cold at the moment so I tempted to find a cave for myself and hibernate.
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
I went into the central highlands (NSW) trout fishing about 6 weeks ago, woke up to a very low fog and a heavy frost, I would estimate -2°, but still managed to see a Highland Copperhead sunning itself around lunchtime..it was a first for me, I thought from april onwards was safe snake season, I was wrong!
Flow-Rider
Burner
Probably caused by climate change and Qld is a bit warmer in any case, but I think it's called brumation. It isn't cold enough for them to hibernate and they move to a warmer place to rest without using much energy.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
Encountered a red belly black snake at Awaba last weekend
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Aussie snakes (and reptiles in general) rarely go into full hibernation, although they do slow down a fair bit through the winter. They still need to eat & drink, at a much less frequent rate than in summer, so if the sun is out, even if it's bluddy cold, they can be out catching some rays.
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
this one encounter has completely changed everything I thought I knew and was comfortable about danger noodles once the temp starts dropping..I spent nearly 4 decades in Canberra, and as an avid trout fisherman, I always was aware of them during summer, but in the tail end of the season, heading towards the june long W/E, I was always a bit carefree towards them, even to the point where I had passed this information down to my young boys whom have also started their fishing journey..I will now have a very different outlook on long grass in cold weather.....they are still there, just slower!
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
I also assumed all reptiles disappeared for 4-5 months of the year, then almost ran over this one on Saturday:
Going to return to keeping an eye out for shiny sticks all year round now.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
Saw a decent size copperhead walking the dogs in an off lead park near home this arvo.
There is a creek one side, then a long grass storm drain area going up the hill from the creek. We were just walking along 15m from the long grass when I saw it sunbaking right on the edge of the long grass. One of our dogs had already walked past it but doubled back at he must've smelt the snake. I quickly went over and yell at him to stay away but he got pretty close (maybe 300mm away)
Thankfully old mate snek buggered off into the long grass and didn't strike
There is a creek one side, then a long grass storm drain area going up the hill from the creek. We were just walking along 15m from the long grass when I saw it sunbaking right on the edge of the long grass. One of our dogs had already walked past it but doubled back at he must've smelt the snake. I quickly went over and yell at him to stay away but he got pretty close (maybe 300mm away)
Thankfully old mate snek buggered off into the long grass and didn't strike
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The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Copperheads are one of the nicer ones to meet, they're pretty mild-mannered and even if seriously assaulted will tend to headbutt rather than bite.
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
First alive snake siting today (seen a couple of squashed ones). Red belly just slowly making his way across road.
dancaseyimages
Mountain bike pornographer
Saw one of these today, never seen in the Wild before, was thinking about what it was riding past so decided to turn back and check.
Shingleback lizard, was right next to the road, by the time I turned around to make sure he wasn't squished, he was on his way into the scrub on the other side of the road.
(Not my photo, just one from a local rescue group)
Shingleback lizard, was right next to the road, by the time I turned around to make sure he wasn't squished, he was on his way into the scrub on the other side of the road.
(Not my photo, just one from a local rescue group)
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
Saw a shingleback at the You Yangs today. Never seen one out there before either.Saw one of these today, never seen in the Wild before, was thinking about what it was riding past so decided to turn back and check.
Shingleback lizard, was right next to the road, by the time I turned around to make sure he wasn't squished, he was on his way into the scrub on the other side of the road.
(Not my photo, just one from a local rescue group)
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
What a cutie! (the lizard, not youSaw one of these today, never seen in the Wild before, was thinking about what it was riding past so decided to turn back and check.
Shingleback lizard, was right next to the road, by the time I turned around to make sure he wasn't squished, he was on his way into the scrub on the other side of the road.
(Not my photo, just one from a local rescue group)
) Very common in the drier areas.A few years ago I was driving back to Melbourne from Murray Bridge via a deliberately indirect route, and there were heaps of these guys on or near the roads. At one point between Swan Reach & Loxton there was one lounging in the middle of the opposite lane to the one I was in, and in the distance a Very Large Truck was approaching, so I hit the anchors & pulled off the road & jumped out to shepherd or carry if necessary the Stumpy to safety. My approach had the desired effect, and it scuttled away to the side of the road. As the truck passed the liz turned around and did its menacing display before retreating to the scrub. One intact lizard and I was happy to see it stay that way.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
I've never seen one there either, but I did once see a blue-tongue disappearing into the scrub off the trail.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
I snapped this fella on one of my paths yesterday. I've been hearing a shuffling in amongst the garden bed beside this path, each time I pass for the past week, and assumed it was this guy.
Next time I walked past, heard the shuffle, and poked my head in for a look. Nope, it's a brown snake living in there. I'll have to be a bit wary working that bed.
Next time I walked past, heard the shuffle, and poked my head in for a look. Nope, it's a brown snake living in there. I'll have to be a bit wary working that bed.
fjohn860
Alice in diaperland
I initially thought blue tongue from a distance as I pedalled towards it.I've never seen one there either, but I did once see a blue-tongue disappearing into the scrub off the trail.
But on closer inspection it was definitely a shingle back. Super surprised to see one, have seen a blue tongue up there before too and there's a whole "community" of them living under the paved creek track near home.
huge
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Stumpytail remember in my younger days I dug a mine shaft for shits and gig s took me two days to get down 15ft , roped a mate in because I only had a 20ltr bucket and a tie down strap tied to a tree to get in and out . He was there too remove the bucket and lower it back down anyway two buckets in he yodels snake and runs off leaving me down the hole , took a lot of yelling to get him back to lower the strap only to find that it was one cheeky buggars , nervous ten mins in a deep hole haha