Metoo Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 She retreated into this pot for a couple of days, you can just see her head peeping out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 23 hours ago, Toots said: Here is a very recent pic of one of our local snake catchers with a tiger snake found in a back yard. *shudder* I don’t like the look of that one bit. My brother had a few garter snakes when we were kids and they were little and pretty. This one in the picture is not. @Toots, shudder for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Metoo said: Prettier than that black one but I’d still want to run a mile. Edited February 8, 2021 by Tulip1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, Tulip1 said: Prettier than that black one but I’d still want to run a mile. You me both!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Metoo said: She retreated into this pot for a couple of days, you can just see her head peeping out Rose seems to have made herself quite at home around your place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Metoo said: That snake has a very wide neck and a big head, oh my gosh. Tiger snakes flatten their head like that when they feel threatened. I would hate to be that close to it - they are the world's 4th most venomous snake IIRC . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Skani said: Tiger snakes flatten their head like that when they feel threatened. I would hate to be that close to it - they are the world's 4th most venomous snake IIRC . Had many, many encounters with snakes over the years, from putting snakes back into the “bush” after they fell in a trench we made, (Main Roads Dept, WA, Broome 1964) Did that job for 3 weeks, most in one day was 17. Fishing the Beardy Waters in Glen Innes, NSW came across 11 tiger snakes in one morning, most of them quite lethargic and warming up in the sun. Here, in Ball Bay, Qld, we used to get about 3 tree snakes a week in the allamanda vine along the house, until the National Parks people decided to burn off in the NP behind our garden, rarely see any, now. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBabe2022 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 10/02/2021 at 08:00, Bobj said: Fishing the Beardy Waters in Glen Innes, NSW came across 11 tiger snakes in one morning, most of them quite lethargic and warming up in the sun. Must be a lot of snakes there. The town is home to about 6,000 residents, and have a number of snake removal services. I might strike that off my retirement list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BeachBabe2022 said: Must be a lot of snakes there. The town is home to about 6,000 residents, and have a number of snake removal services. I might strike that off my retirement list. @BeachBabe2022 Lived there for 22 years but only saw snakes in the Beardy Waters valley and the headwaters of the Macintyre River, which were red bellied black snakes. I don't remember seeing any in the town. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ1976 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 How’s Brian? Is he still about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tootsie Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 16/03/2019 at 12:22, Toots said: t's 70 years since someone died from snake bite in Tassie. Sadly that is no longer true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Tootsie said: Sadly that is no longer true. Yes a 79 year old man died a couple of years ago after being bitten by a tiger snake. He was herding his sheep and it's thought he stumbled and fell on the snake. Horrible. I know a man who was also bitten by a tiger snake when he was moving stuff around in his garden. He was OK after being helicoptered to hospital in Hobart. I spoke to him a couple of weeks after he was bitten and he still felt "not the best" but he's fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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