Snakes alive !

ta for that, I'm off to moreton this weekend, very relevant ....

Are young Brown snakes part of the normal diet of Black snakes? I didn't know they ate their own?

Now there's NO chance of me slashing and cutting the property :))))))))))

Don't know whether it's the toads, or the weather. I've never seen so many snakes before. In the last month I've spent weekends in the Samford area, Coffs Harbour, and near Urbenville. On each weekend I saw at least two snakes. I haven't seen more than two snakes in any year, anywhere, except when in Tassie a couple of years ago. Tassie in summer a couple of years ago seemed to be teeming with tiger snakes, and the little Copperheads.

Samford area weekend - 4 browns.
Coffs - 2 Red belly blacks and a big carpet python.
Malara Creek area (north NSW) - 2 red belly blacks.

bugger, and i was planning on spending some weekends this summer at my parent's weekender at samford.

Ok, what is and where in the world do you get a reptile kit from ? (just googled to no avail) Or is it a collection of various sized bandages to apply to different areas of the body as torniquet ?

Reptiles are rather adaptable, at least in regards to chow time :))))

Snakes : Cannibalism

great info , although i a officialy bleep ting myself lol

aaaaaargh we are all going to die -------- Someones found out there are snakes in OZ blooody hell sick of listening to snake parania crap just gives everyone justification to kill anything that wriggles. spent plenty of time bushwalking for work and play in long grass whatever and I dont even know of any one getting bitten that wasnt mucking about with them.
As for freezing when seeing one- how about obseving it, they are not rapant death machine killers. You might evenget some appreciation for them instead of spreading this all too common drivel

If you want to/have to walk through the bush while there is a cr@p load of snakes about, just make a bit more noise, they'll move on & just be a bit more careful. I've been tagged twice by browns but luckily both times (seperate occasions) they got the top of my work boot, 1st time I stood on him walking down a set of stairs & when I hit the bottom I felt a squishy thing under my boot then a whack on my leg and the second time I was walking through sparse bush with trails through the long grass & stood directly on it because my eyes were elswhere, now I walk through the grass to make noise & keep my eyes on the ground when there is no cover.
Browns are everywhere here all the time except maybe the week of cold weather we get a year, I've killed my share & have lost a dog to one but I'll only kill one now if its a danger to my family or me, same as anything.