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Revlac Guru  Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
How about a corrugated snake?   Cheers Aaron Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
A 2ft long lizard, who walks up the brick wall and pops over the gap at the top to get in and out... Amazing to see such a large lizard simply walking up the wall as if it was flat... |
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| George65 Guru Joined: 18/09/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 308 |
A corrugated snake! That a new one on me! Round here everyone is Nervous about the Eastern browns and the Red belly blacks but never heard of a Corrugated snake. Looks like they could be a species of Python which is lucky! |
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| Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
Yep He will get a bit longer if stretched out (carpet snake) Found his relative under the tractor seat, lucky i saw it first.  Then again behind the hot water/boiler/stove.  I did find a red belly black snake in amongst the box of tools when i put my hand in there, I jumped out the way fast, bugger that. The badicoots often eat the red belly black snake's. Not bothered with eastern browns much they just move out the way. Walking past the shed door one afternoon, could hear some scratching inside, I thought sh*t thats a feral cat best fix that, Started to open the door carefully and bugger me its an Echidna half way up the wall, must have come in before i shut the door the other night. caught a Goanna in the shed once, damn thing smacked me across the face with its tail for the trouble. Cheers Aaron Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| George65 Guru Joined: 18/09/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 308 |
Your round ones are clearly much bigger and hairier than mine because I'm very bothered by the things. Been a few round here lately the neighborhood alarm system went into overdrive with more back fence meetings in an hour than the previous 3 months before. I'm afraid I won't tolerate any around here. People are extremely wary of them in this area as there are kids and animals about so people are bothered by them. So is my brother in law up the road. He lost his very dearly beloved dog to one a few years back. He's the typical Mild mannered confrontation avoiding accountant, but when it comes to those things now, he takes on a Demeanor that makes Rambo look like a pussy. Pretty sure he's bought a box of grenades or a rocket launcher or something on the black market ( he well has the funds!) and just waits for the next one to arrive for some payback. Here people are fond of the Red bellies because they say they eat and attack the browns and are much less of a threat over all. I'll be real happy if I never see any of either of them! Been looking for a tractor for a while. Want to put it through the gardens full of shrubs, flax and other snake hiding place's so thoughtfully nurtured by the last owner. You couldn't tell what the heck was in any of that but it's time is limited and so is anything in thee. |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Browns here. Nothing but browns. When I lived in Mackay I had pythons in the shed and house, lots of cute little green tree snakes in the garden, and one taipan out in the yard in the 5 years I lived there. At my current place I have browns. Just browns, about 4 to 5 near the house every year, and about half of them over 4 foot long. Lots of close calls, once weeding the garden a brown was under the weeds I was pulling out, another time I almost backed onto a big 6 foot one as I was lining up to take a photo of the dog out in the yard ( dog warned me ), and one chased me for a couple of meters when I nearly stepped on it while walking along the creek. I hate them. So far nothing in the shed, but found a few skins near the battery room. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
Did you see that there was a brown snake fatal at or near Tamworth about a week back? The dog had the snake and the guy took it from the dog and it bit him. He died 40 minutes later. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/12/brown-snake-bite-kills-man-who-tried-to-defend-dog |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Browns can get very aggressive, I had one attack the 444 I was slashing with, it attacked the tyre then started climbing the tyre, using the chevrons on it to climb up- I was half off the other side ready to jump lol I got photos on the laptop of one at Mackay, it was curled around the axle on my boat, its head poking out one of the holes in the pass side mag, its tail still on the drivers side mag... another was crossing a gravel track down the back shed on the farm, it was literally wider than the track (and it had trucks driving up and down it, not just cars) Im afraid that IMHO the best thing for a brownie, is a 12g |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6098 |
I had a dog who was good at telling me if it was a snake or bluetongue in the bushes. I could tell immediately by his expression which it was. One day he was in the kitchen doing his 'hey dad, it's a snake' think pointing to the freezer. "Don't be daft Bert", but I had a look anyway. Bert was right as usual. I ended up getting the trolley and wheeling the freezer, complete with tiger snake outside. The tiger stayed on board for the full trip but he was pleased to see the escape route when we got outside. The wife is terrified of snakes. I'm a bit better but certainly wish they wern't here. The first day I brought the (now) wife home to show her what a paradise she was going to be living in, had to tell her to stay in the kitchen and don't be alarmed when the gun goes off. There was a tiger snake climbing a verandah post. We had to get the snake catcher in to help once. The snake came into the laundry while I was tiling the floor and hid in the laundry cupboard. (The snake, not me) Normally, I relocate them myself. I prefer to relocate their head a few metres from their body... Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| joebog1 Senior Member  Joined: 07/11/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 114 |
I live in Taipan Central !!! at least ten every year. They run away!! ON occasion we get a king brown!!   I run like bloody hell!!! MOST aggressive snake hereabouts!!! I have been all over QLD, met MOST of the reptilian inhabitants, NOTHING makes me run like a king brown!!! Perhaps only 5 minutes longer than Taipan to die, but they chase you!!! for 20 meters or even more!! Info: Im west of Cairns on Mareeba patch which is NOT the tablelands!!!( Im below the jumpup) Atherton is tablelands. ( Top of jumpup, AKA the escarpment, which goes right across north Australia, from east coast to west coast ) Will post a few pics of the 68 wind generators going in. ( I heard 8 megawatts each ) Owned by France!!! Mr Speaker! ( wave glasses frantically ) I just live here  Joe |
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| George65 Guru Joined: 18/09/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 308 |
That's Illegal! For some stupid reason.  When I moved here, somewhat alternative/ fruity Neighbor with a voice like a dry over sped roller bearing warned me about the browns and keeping away from them if I saw one. I said "Well a 12G needs a bit of distance to spread the pellets anyway" and didn't I get it! They are protected, that's Illegal, can't shoot them ( Just effing watch me!) and so it went. Bit Ironic I thought coming from someone that has chickens which I'm told are one of the most attractive things to a snake. I don't much care what you think sweetheart. When it comes to a deadly snake and my family or pets, snake is not the one I'm going to loose any sleep over... especially when the things are everywhere and serve no other purpose than what many other non venomous ones do. Other thing is, what if you just let the thing go, it scurries away and then bites a kid playing in their back yard the next street over. Truth is it's too damn hard for us semi city slickers to have anything to protect ourselves with these days so I have been wondering what I could use to move a brown snake along ( to serpent heaven) from a safe distance? 10M seems like it would be a safe enough distance  but other than a gun, I haven't been able to come up with anything to quickly neutralize any threat. Wonder how a long stick with a battery and a 240V inverter with a couple of exposed probes dabbed on the thing would go? 2.4KV @ about 2A would be better. Maybe a Microwave Oven transformer connected to the inverter and then to the probes? |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Yeah 2g fine afaik for killing a snake... Good thing about being in the bush is.... no neighbours nearby If I dont have access to a gun, I stay away, cause man those things are fast...., the 444 couldnt outrun one, and I sure as hell wsnt going to get down to where he could reach me One thing I learned from my old neighbour was to get the fishing net with 1" squares, she used to loosely roll it in big 'swoopy' loops and then peg it into the ground all around her fence. Pythons, green tree snakes etc, she would just untangle from the net and let them go on their way, brownies it was a shovel lol (she didnt believe in this no kill the poor snake garbage either I had a carpet python for years that every cold night would come inside through one of the many holes and curl up on top of the TV where it was warm- had no problems with that, and he kept the mice down inside as well- he loved meeces to pieces lol |
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| Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
chucked the bird mesh in the woodshed after using it on the grapes, days later this.   Well the bird mesh works, this wasn't intentional but Sh*t happens. Cheers Aaron Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| joebog1 Senior Member Joined: 07/11/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 114 |
You really wanna kill a snake ?? NOTHING beats 6 or 7 feet of 1 1/2" poly pipe. If ya real strong ( take a shower ) use 2" poly pipe  taught wifey this 40 years ago!! n we still together. Grand father always said use a shovel, cause ya cant miss. ( he was a real blacksmith) Joe |
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| Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
Sounds like fun joe, bit much excitement for me  I have found that lizards and snakes behave different depending on the location, bearded dragons at our old place you could pick up and hand feed, done that for years never looked like getting bitten, But at this place bitten chunks out every time forget it.  The browns here have never chased me or anyone around here, don't hear of it. The black snakes totally different always get chaste by them nasty aggressive, anyone on a Quad including the Fire Ant mob has a few close encounters with them. Was out hunting one night, found a red belly black on the driveway thought i would try and move it, Had a red laser spot, point it in front of the snake and it backed away each time, perhaps that could deter/chase the buggers abit. The other day we had a large Greentree snake behind and on top of the inverter? Easy to shift. Cheers Aaron Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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| Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
Other things that have caused trouble in the shed are the common MUD WASP! over the years they have been stuffing there mud into just about everything they could. Air tools. The motor on the drill press shorted from mud. The circuit board on my other 48volt battery charger was also ruined with mud (should have checked it before I turned the thing on). A few times they have clogged up the mufflers on some small engines, stuffing around trying to start a B/S motor and the mud nest wont come out ended up drilling a hole in the baffles of the muffle just to start the rotten thing, soaking it in water would have worked but I didn't have time to bugger around with it. Frogs have also caused similar problems. Here is a few that have made them selves a home in the roof of the house, before I started putting the insulation in.   I relocated the frogs elsewhere and seald the ridge capping up a bit so they wouldn't get back in. And then the mud wasp nests.    Throughout the whole ceiling space I must have removed 100kg of mud nest's. Cheers Aaron Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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