Guest The Pom Queen Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 A 5.7m (19ft) python has been seized after it fell from the ceiling of a charity shop in Australia. The python, weighing 17kg (37lbs), was recovered by a snake-handler after police investigated a suspected break-in at the shop in Ingham, Queensland. "Its head was the size of a small dog," said police spokesman Sgt Don Auld. The snake fell through a ceiling panel, smashing shop goods. Police said it may have got in through the roof, which was damaged by Cyclone Yasi in 2011. When police were initially called to the property on Monday, they believed a person had fallen through the ceiling because the roof panel had been cut in half. Crockery, clothes and other goods were scattered all over the floor. Police were called back to the shop the following day when a large crowd formed outside. Sgt Auld said the snake must have been hiding when police went there the first time. It has been released in nearby wetlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Only a baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmarees1986 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 One about 3/4 of the size of that is currently rotting on the side of the Rockhampton-Yeppoon road. My English husband arrived the day it was killed. He made me pull over so he could take photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The stuff of nightmares lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candygirl Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Oh My Life! Imagine working in the shop and that "baby" living over your head:swoon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 As soon as I saw the headline on the BBC I thought it was probably Queensland. I remember reading there are lots of pythons in our lofts here and I do hear some strange noises at night. Just hope nothing crashes down through the hatch that goes up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinaisrar Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 just your average day in queens hey lol............19ft thats huge i would not have been in a crowd looking at it, i would have been in home doors windows locked till it was removed haaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Please dont tell me thats baby sized? I have a image of that Anaconda film now in my head lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 just your average day in queens hey lol............19ft thats huge i would not have been in a crowd looking at it, i would have been in home doors windows locked till it was removed haaaaa We get them in the garden heaps I usually send Rob out to move them on. Absolutely beautiful creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candygirl Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I adore Queensland, but that's the reason I could not live there. Too many beauties for me. When we took the Wrinklies to Cairns, my Mum did not sleep for a week and that was just because she saw a ghecko on the wall and had a baby frog on her pillow in the hotel. I honestly think she would keel over if she saw a snake. My Beagle loves to run with the dead snakes that she finds down by the lake, she would have a nasty surprise if she came across that "baby". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest74886 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They are beautiful creatures but it is difficult to tell them from the poisonous ones unless they are very big so you have to take care, not very common in the suburbs ofBrisbane tho the common poisonous snakes are. The constrictors kill by squeezing their prey or simply swallowing it so relatively non threatening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They are beautiful creatures but it is difficult to tell them from the poisonous ones unless they are very big so you have to take care, not very common in the suburbs ofBrisbane tho the common poisonous snakes are.The constrictors kill by squeezing their prey or simply swallowing it so relatively non threatening. Carpet pythons are very common in the suburbs around us (including ours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They are beautiful creatures but it is difficult to tell them from the poisonous ones unless they are very big so you have to take care, not very common in the suburbs ofBrisbane tho the common poisonous snakes are.The constrictors kill by squeezing their prey or simply swallowing it so relatively non threatening. Quite easy if you are Australian and grown up with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 With apologies to Crocodile Dundee........"that's not a snake......that's a snake".......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thats a big one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maruska Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Is it a baby? How long do they grow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Is it a baby? How long do they grow? No, not a baby, Amethystine Pythons grow to around 8 metres http://www.wildlife-australia.com/amethystine.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 In Florida they are overrun with non native Burmese Pythons causing a real imbalance in the ecosystem. Local Gov declared open season paying people for dead ones brought in. Most dangerous thing in the Everglades whilst we were there were the idiots with guns!! What were they thinking!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maruska Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 In Florida they are overrun with non native Burmese Pythons causing a real imbalance in the ecosystem. Local Gov declared open season paying people for dead ones brought in. Most dangerous thing in the Everglades whilst we were there were the idiots with guns!! What were they thinking!! I don`t know who`s brilliant idea that was :no:, letting a trigger-happy idiots into a national park on a killing spree. I actually like snakes and I would love to see some in the nature - not in the zoo ( so far I`ve seen a green garden snake and a copperhead at the local park:biggrin:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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