Snakes

[Comic Book Guy]

A couple of weeks back I was lucky enough to see two male Red Bellies fighting. Breeding season is upon us.

 

[sane]

Little tiger out there this arvo was keen on posing for a pic. Is this my good side?

 

[Labcanary]

Not on the trails, at my in law's place near Creswick.

Highlands copperhead:

(Probably) Lowlands copperhead

Lots of frogs here for them to feed on!

 

[Stredda]

Came across this little beauty on Saturday out on the Latrobe, Wild Mersey trails, heading out to the suspension bridge.

Haven't seen a tiger snake quite so yellow before.

 

[fjohn860]

Mint weather (and a Melbourne public horse flogging day) means eleventy billion people at the Yewies today.

But also some cold blooded friends too!

 

[Calvin27]

This thread is less scary when you are out of action from injury

 

[Mr Crudley]

This thread is less scary when you are out of action from injury

They are probably learning how to ride the bus and open doors as we speak.

 

[zooks]

Didn't even flinch when I got close. Was pretty comfy there

 

[oldcorollas]

different kind of snake on the "urban flow" track yesterday.. poor thing was a bit squashed

 

[beeb]

 

[DougalStrachan]

Nearly ran over the smallest Brown snake I've ever seen the other night on the commute home, must have been pretty fresh. I think he was still coming to grips with slithering as it wasn't making much progress as as I got close it look like it panicked and lost it's shit, it looked like a rubber snake on a trampoline, a squiggly mess bouncing off the path. Looked quite funny.

 

[shiny]

New fear unlocked. Most of my rides are early morn. Forecast for a hot one today 39 and was 26 this morn so did an hour loop.

Cruising single track in my own world then that’s a weird looking piece of bark. Hang on. That’s a snake. 6am in the morn. Lucky he was on the side of the trail but that woke me up.

 

[fjohn860]

New fear unlocked. Most of my rides are early morn. Forecast for a hot one today 39 and was 26 this morn so did an hour loop.

Cruising single track in my own world then that’s a weird looking piece of bark. Hang on. That’s a snake. 6am in the morn. Lucky he was on the side of the trail but that woke me up.

I feel like 23-28 is the perfect temp for danger noodles just noodling about on the trail.

I'm always more vigilante on those kind of days than 30+ days

 

[Labcanary]

I feel like 23-28 is the perfect temp for danger noodles just noodling about on the trail.

I'm always more vigilante on those kind of days than 30+ days

I think 18-24 deg Celcius is their preferred temp range. Some don't mind cooler (copperheads) and most will retreat to somewhere cool when it's hotter (including into people's homes)
Yeah, 30+ days you're unlikely to see a snake out in the heat of the day unless there is something wrong with it or its already dead.

 

[shiny]

I feel like 23-28 is the perfect temp for danger noodles just noodling about on the trail.

I'm always more vigilante on those kind of days than 30+ days

Yeah but 6am - danger noodles should be tucked up in bed not scaring the bejesus out of me.

Have see a few around on super hot days. We have bush land across the road and coming home mid arvo a big brown was on the road and slithered off as I drove near would have been at least 35 plus.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Have see a few around on super hot days. We have bush land across the road and coming home mid arvo a big brown was on the road and slithered off as I drove near would have been at least 35 plus.

I've seen them out on silly hot days here too. I do winder if they are either too energised from the warmth and ready to go or too warm to bother with me.

 

[Labcanary]

What a job!

Near the end of the video he runs through snake bite first aid.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Look who I just wandered past obliviously the other day. Young red belly. The Lad was just behind me and saw it and stopped. He and M'lady spent a few minutes trying to convince it that it should just...leave. It eventually decided that being a petulant teenager probably wasn't that cool after all...

 

[beeb]

View attachment 414767 Look who I just wandered past obliviously the other day. Young red belly. The Lad was just behind me and saw it and stopped. He and M'lady spent a few minutes trying to convince it that it should just...leave. It eventually decided that being a petulant teenager probably wasn't that cool after all...

Red bellied black you say?

Sydney man discovers âshockâ 102 red-bellied black snakes in garden

A man in the city’s west spotted six snakes in a mulch pile – but the number keeps increasing as females give birth to ‘baby after baby’

www.theguardian.com

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Red bellied black you say?

Sydney man discovers âshockâ 102 red-bellied black snakes in garden

A man in the city’s west spotted six snakes in a mulch pile – but the number keeps increasing as females give birth to ‘baby after baby’

www.theguardian.com

Okay...that's glorious. I honestly think snakes are fantastic and the only dodgy encounters I've had with them over the years are ones I created...not the snake.