Ex-wallaby
“If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise….”
As I came up to the metre wide trunk of this tree, I wondered where the other half of the resident was - the pointy half.
Tip-toeing quietly around the tree trunk, (which was perched on a steep slope above a very rocky creek bed some metres below), I found this:
One ex-wallaby and a very satisfied Scrubby (Amethystine Python).
That’s dinner taken care of for the next 6 months or so. Would that be considered yo-yo dieting?
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Ooooops……are you encouraging this type of behaviour!!! Wow that is nightmarish.
I will not let the little kids walk around my sheds because of the pythons….getting a little jittery after seeing the bigger and bigger meals your back yard visitors enjoy…..I do have a huge python who lives in a shed with a possum and perhaps he, the python thinks because the possums have been sleeping in there forever he does not eat them…or am I just not noticing fresh lumps and fewer possums……actually have not seen slytherian this season…..seen the fellow who lives in the suburu though and always innocently ask a visitor particularly if they think they are tough macho type people to kindly shift the ute for for me being an innocent helpless female…I get a little nervous after a spate of your backyard python antics….
Great captures Cindy…you have an observant eye…
Oh Yes Cindy….I was expecting a footballer who may have been an x but was in great shape…….and what do I get Jurassic Park!!
Yes, it’s bit worriesome, the size of the reptiles. When the DPI bloke was here last week, they were very reluctant to lay baits near Deep Creek out the back. Even they know there’s a BIG Saltie lurking there. Let’s hope he’s not in the mood to go a-wandering towards my back fence any time soon.
Elizabeth, an All-Black as an Ex maybe…..
Pythons are pleasant compared to a crocodile. You take care. What a beatuiful sharp shot oF Mr Python’s face. I wish I could do that…eat big and then not eat for a few months.
I’ve arrived here via Doda’s Creative Wanderings and so glad I did!! What a fascinating blog you keep! I’ll be back to read more about your lovely art and the amazing creatures in your garden! I live in Malaysia, near a rainforest too, but don’t get quite such exotic visitors - fortunately no pythons, mostly naughty monkeys!
Diane, I am no waaaay going near that creek. And yes, the Pythons have an enviable digestive system.
Caroline, lovely to see you here. Malaysia is a beautiful land, and I have many relatives there. Must pop over to visit your blog!
Wow, that is some pretty cool pictures. We don’t get big pythons over here, but we get venomous snakes like dugites. Love your photography skills!
…I’ve got chills up & down my back! I’m going to show my kids tomorrow & to think they are afraid of tiny spiders in the house. Is it illegal to kill them on your own? Are they “skittish” around people and slither away usually? It looks like he just hung around while you watched him… very creepy - hope your kitty is still safe.