Snake!

ndeme

ndeme

This dude was hanging out on my Cheiro Roxa plant yesterday. Thought you all would enjoy.
 
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Being a city boy....if I found that on one of my plants, it would be the suprise of a lifetime. I haven't seen a snake in probably 35 years and the only snakes we saw were Garter snakes. Cool find.
 
Thank you.  I love snakes in the garden.  Most of what we have are black rats.  They stink enough that you can almost find them by their smell.  But we do occasionally get the cool looking ones like corn snakes.  They are great for the garden.
 
Lol here in OZ if you find a snake you stay the hell away. Found an Eastern Brownsnake in my shed once and had to call a specialist to catch it and let the neighbours know to keep their kids inside until it's gone.

"Dont let the innocuous name of this snake fool you, 1/14,000 of an ounce of its venom is enough to kill an adult human"

I would love to have harmless snakes in my garden it would be fascinating, but with 6 of the top ten most venomous snakes living hear in OZ (listverse) it's unlikely lol
 
tctenten said:
Being a city boy....if I found that on one of my plants, it would be the suprise of a lifetime. I haven't seen a snake in probably 35 years and the only snakes we saw were Garter snakes. Cool find.
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Come to my house. We'll have some hhwiskey and find you a nice 5' Bullsnake, Rattler or Rubber Boa for you to play with. 
 
"Hold my beer, watch this!" :rofl:
 
As long as he deals with the garden pests lol, can give someone a fright.
Temps have been in the upper 20'sC and saw my first snake of the year, a Garter , strange looking on, the upper body had a orange gradient. I normally see lots of Bull snakes on my walks.
 
sicman said:
Its a black racer I believe savinared.
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Yes you might be right with the white under the chin, the indigo has more of a reddish color under the chin. Allthough the babies have white underneath.
 
Jase4224 said:
Lol here in OZ if you find a snake you stay the hell away.
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I don't know if it is true or not, but read somewhere more than 75% of all poisonous insects and critters of the world live in Australia.  Your outback reminds me of that movie Avatar when the Sgt. tells the recruits that everything out there will be trying to kill you.  I can't imagine not being free to walk threw high grass or swim in a pond without concern for poisonous bites.

Worse I have even seen in Kentucky are copper heads and they mostly just make an adult sick for a time.
 
ajdrew said:
I don't know if it is true or not, but read somewhere more than 75% of all poisonous insects and critters of the world live in Australia.  Your outback reminds me of that movie Avatar when the Sgt. tells the recruits that everything out there will be trying to kill you.  I can't imagine not being free to walk threw high grass or swim in a pond without concern for poisonous bites.

Worse I have even seen in Kentucky are copper heads and they mostly just make an adult sick for a time.
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Not sure on the figures but when you think about it there are a lot. Off the top of my head.. White tail spiders and red back spiders are common and can be found around most houses. Centipedes are easy to find in the garden. Tiger snakes are common around waterways even in town, but generally stay hidden amongst reeds. Brown snakes and a few other species are commonly seen in the bush and even in residential areas looking for rodents. Every summer people fall victim to blue bottle or box jellyfish and there has been an unusual number of shark deaths especially in the West the last few years.

I guess it's only when you think about it it sounds worse than it is. Honestly though they avoid you at all costs, by the time you see them are are already moving away from you. They don't chase you or instigate an attack. People are educated about the local dangerous animals here and bites are rare. Also hospital treatment is pretty good too.

Not sure if it's true but I watched a documentry once that stated more Americans are bit by deadly Austrailian snakes in their collections than Australians being bit by wild animals! Wouldn't be surprised, no one here keeps dangerous snakes. You can if you get a license but why put you family at such risk.
 
We have had garter snakes in our yard for many years.
 
I once found a nest with eight juveniles (about 5 or 6 inches long).
 
Great little natural pest control.
 
Jase, I am fascinated by your country. I could be very wrong, but it seems there is still plenty of undeveloped land that you could buy for a fairly small amount of money.  Seems like a haven for people who want to homestead.  Well, if not for everything wanting to kill you bit.  Of course you guys have urban areas but not my thing at all.
 
ajdrew said:
Jase, I am fascinated by your country. I could be very wrong, but it seems there is still plenty of undeveloped land that you could buy for a fairly small amount of money.  Seems like a haven for people who want to homestead.  Well, if not for everything wanting to kill you bit.  Of course you guys have urban areas but not my thing at all.
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It's a great place to live.. it's easy here I guess compared to a lot of other countries. I worked a long time in hospitality so got to talk to people from all over the world and the consensus seems to be that it's pretty laid back here.

As for land, yes you can get it cheap but depends on the popularity of the region. There are some beautiful parts of the country where you can purchase decent sized properties with or without a house on it for reasonable prices. Only 20-25 million people here and land nearly the size of the USA!
 
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