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Rollerblading along the road
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TAILGATING
Cutest Bird Ever!!!
So I've done my venomous course now,
And let me tell you,
There's somehing spectacular about having Australian Tiger, Copperhead,Redbellied, Eastern Brown, and Queensland Brown snakes wiggle over your feet, without a care in the world.
We were even lucky enough to have Inland and Coastal Taipans do the same.
We were required to appropriately capture and bag each species (except the Taipans as theyre far too dangerous for a novice) and then safely release them again.
Tell you what...those brown snakes move FAST!
It was nice though to have the interested public stand back and watch, and get to see no matter how wound up these snakes got (intentionally for demonstration purposes), full hooding (flattening themselves out like a cobra for intimidating), hissing, and rearing up to strike...the second you stop moving...they stop caring and instantly resume just going about their business.
So with that under the belt,
In a few weeks Ill be bringing home my first Red Bellied girl
She is a yearling from legally wild caught parents of South Australian locality.
Please note whilst redbellies are a generally calm species,
The freehandling shown in these photos is NOT recommended. Please do not handle venomous snakes.
The man holding her has 30 years experience as a snake catcher and relocater.
Some photos from the training day. Just dodgey phone photos sorry
Stunning Queensland brown snake
One of many Eastern brown snakes used to show colour variation. They vary from brown, to banded, to a blue grey, to red etc.
Two tiger snakes of different localities to show colour variation. The striped tiger was a real sweetie
Copperhead
Inland Taipan being bagged, Coastal Taipan in the box
South Australian Death Adder, just bagged and now im releasing it
And let me tell you,
There's somehing spectacular about having Australian Tiger, Copperhead,Redbellied, Eastern Brown, and Queensland Brown snakes wiggle over your feet, without a care in the world.
We were even lucky enough to have Inland and Coastal Taipans do the same.
We were required to appropriately capture and bag each species (except the Taipans as theyre far too dangerous for a novice) and then safely release them again.
Tell you what...those brown snakes move FAST!
It was nice though to have the interested public stand back and watch, and get to see no matter how wound up these snakes got (intentionally for demonstration purposes), full hooding (flattening themselves out like a cobra for intimidating), hissing, and rearing up to strike...the second you stop moving...they stop caring and instantly resume just going about their business.
So with that under the belt,
In a few weeks Ill be bringing home my first Red Bellied girl
She is a yearling from legally wild caught parents of South Australian locality.
Please note whilst redbellies are a generally calm species,
The freehandling shown in these photos is NOT recommended. Please do not handle venomous snakes.
The man holding her has 30 years experience as a snake catcher and relocater.
Some photos from the training day. Just dodgey phone photos sorry
Stunning Queensland brown snake
One of many Eastern brown snakes used to show colour variation. They vary from brown, to banded, to a blue grey, to red etc.
Two tiger snakes of different localities to show colour variation. The striped tiger was a real sweetie
Copperhead
Inland Taipan being bagged, Coastal Taipan in the box
South Australian Death Adder, just bagged and now im releasing it