Snakes

[Oddjob]

Brown ones are unnerving. Never seem to be all that fussed about getting away from you either.

The king browns are usually chill, it's the little ones that are all angry.

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[Asininedrivel]

The king browns are usually chill, it's the little ones that are all angry.

Ah so they take after adult human males then.

 

[ForkinGreat]

Ah so they take after adult human males then.

Does that make them the eshays of the snake world?

 

[fatboyonabike]

Does that make them the eshays of the snake world?

No...Brown snakes are dangerous and have purpose!

 

[k3n!f]

Healthy specimens!

Youies Track 5 over past the quarry?

You Yangs somewhere, I have no idea the numbers for the tracks out there though....

They both seemed like pretty chill snakes, certainly no aggression and quietly moved away in opposite directions. It wasn't until I got back to the car that I really thought about the fact I was standing between two horny brown snakes

 

[The Duckmeister]

First snake of the season. I took a step closer to get a good photo for my daughter and found the second snake of the season

Pretty sure I interrupted them making snake babies.

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Baby Bruces!

 

[Flow-Rider]

Fknell!

The little girl was out walking in Newport, in Melbourne’s southwest, when she spotted the baby snake and picked it up, letting it curl around her fingers.
“This is an extremely dangerous eastern brown snake. The girl in the video is extremely lucky that she wasn’t bitten by the snake and her parents should probably go and buy a lottery ticket,”

 

[beeb]

Fknell!

The little girl was out walking in Newport, in Melbourne’s southwest, when she spotted the baby snake and picked it up, letting it curl around her fingers.
“This is an extremely dangerous eastern brown snake. The girl in the video is extremely lucky that she wasn’t bitten by the snake and her parents should probably go and buy a lottery ticket,”

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Snek like hooman. Is warm.

 

[rockmoose]

I used to grow dope in Newport. Maybe the snake's been munching on the remnants, and is just chill as fuck.

 

[fjohn860]

Snek like hooman. Is warm.

Ahhhahahahahahahaha. Too good!

 

[beeb]

Ahhhahahahahahahaha. Too good!

Channeling my inner @Spanky_Ham!

 

[shiny]

Channeling my inner @Spanky_Ham!

Has not been around for a while. Might be away vacuuming cows.

 

[jrewing]

Man I’ve been up close to 3 tigers in 24 hrs. Warmed up in tassie and out in force. 1st one was not happy and tensed up and looking at me while I was bent down clearing some sticks right in front of him. Big one too. Others just on track and I went by them.

 

[rockmoose]

Has not been around for a while. Might be away vacuuming cows.

Wherever he is, he's looking stylish.

And buff.

 

[Cardy George]

I used to grow dope in Newport. Maybe the snake's been munching on the remnants, and is just chill as fuck.

Aahhhhh, now I know why you live in SA......

 

[rockmoose]

Aahhhhh, now I know why you live in SA......

I actually quit when I moved here. Didn't stop everyone giving me buds, it was just the done thing. Gave me heaps to give to other people though, because it was just the done thing.

 

[Flow-Rider]

I used to grow dope in Newport. Maybe the snake's been munching on the remnants, and is just chill as fuck.

I'm wonder if the dickheads have kept it from young as a pet, either that or it was a very cold morning and it was slow.

 

[Comic Book Guy]

Not sure if I have told this story.

A guy I knew years ago lived in a semi-rural area. A neighbour of his turned up at his front door with a snake in hand and wanted to know if said guy could identify it for him. Well it was a baby Eastern Brown and when advised as such he dropped the snake and it took off into the lounge room and hid behind the lounge. It took hours to get the snake out of the house as it had to be coaxed along. Apparently it was pretty pissed after a while as well. Said guy was not happy.

So far this season I have had 2 snake encounters. One Red Belly and one Brown.

 

[rockmoose]

I saw 3 browns while I was fencing yesterday. 2 raced straight off, but one big bugger just kept cruising along in the same direction as me. No amount of stomping could alter his chosen path. Our side is nicely mowed, but, of course the wire is on this clowns side.

That's chest high.

 

[ozzybmx]

I was putting an isolation on a steam valve about 10yrs ago and felt this tap, tap, tap at my boot. This little fekkin banded brownie was going nutts trying to get at me. Those little fuckers are very dangerous... the only saving grace with a brownie is their venomising teeth are tiny, about ~3mm in adults and a lot smaller in juveniles. Though bare skin is easily broken, a pair of loose work pants and boots and you'll be pretty safe... considering they dry bite more than a venomous strike.

I've seen my fair share of snakes over the years, been swiped at by a RBB, ran over RBB's and Brownies but they always seem to be avoiding me as much as I am avoiding them. Was at Mt Zero in the Grampians and a massive Brownie slithered from under a rock and between my feet that were only about 200mm apart as I was taking a picture.

Tassie is the place in Australia that I see more snakes than anywhere on the mainland, Tigers by the bucket load, White Lipped and Copperhead occasionally, reckon we had a count of 22 in 2019.

At the end of the day, its Australia, they are everywhere. A bit more docile in Winter but its mating season and they are out in force right now.

Be careful in long grass and look before stopping and slamming a foot down on the side of the trail.