snake on road
Submitted: Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 22:18
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Member - swagman(VIC)
travelling back today from deniliquin,a large(brown)snake suddenly slithered accross the road .it reached nearly from left side whiteline to centre white line with a couple of bends in its body ,couldnt avoid it safelely or stop and ran over it ,a car close behind must have hit it too,it is the largest snake i have seen in a long time.stopped down the road to see it wasnt stuck underneath tho
Reply By: furph - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:47
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:47
King Brown.
Have seen them possibly even longer than that crossing the road. When the snake senses the imminent danger will rear up and thrash as if to get extra momentum to avoid the vehicle.
It is an impressive but ominous sight.
Have seen its Qld. relative, a Mulga snake killed by a pig shooter which measured just 3m.
Was scavenging around an old dump once when came across a recently shed skin. It was woven in and out of rusty vehicle parts and looked like it was 15ft. long.
More likely 9ft., but I didn't hang around long enough to meet it.
furph
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:27
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:27
King brown and mulga are one and the same - recently there has been more of a push to name them mulga snakes because they are actually a black snake not a brown
and the skins seem to stretch a bit and be a bit longer than the actual snake .
Mulgas are generally not overly aggresive and will give plenty of warning and threats before biting. most unprovoked bites are due to them being a bit lazy and getting stepped on
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Reply By: Bushtrek - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:02
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:02
Yeah they are big sometimes!
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Reply By: T-Ribby - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 13:42
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 13:42
Last week on the Bruce highway in Caboolture area saw a dead red-bellied black on the side of the lane. It was a big bugger - close to 2m and fat. Pity really because they prey on
young browns and I know which one I'd prefer to be bitten by. Seems the RBB's are on the decline as they haven't learned not to eat cane toads. Plenty of lizards around now so snakes will be on the move.
cheers
T.R.
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Reply By: TerraFirma - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:14
Reply By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:55
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:55
Or this one, someone sent this to me and apparently it is one killed in Fiji. Now that is not a native there so I guess we are lucky we dont have these lurking in the bush here. Thank god for quarantine!
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Kind regards
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 16:34
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 16:34
Thats a week of meals
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Follow Up By: Member - Lionel A (WA) - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 19:03
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 19:03
Two weeks if it scoffed the thongs as
well......hehehe.
Cheers...Lionel.
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