Comments on: Do I prefer pesky Pythons, or slithery Snakes?

By: Sonia Mascaro

Sonia Mascaro — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:24:17 +0000

WOW! What a big snake! I am without words…..
Great photos!

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SNAKES! | Artists Blog — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:53:06 +0000

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By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:19:33 +0000

Laura,

Yes we’ve had the cat drag in a baby Dugite or two. We thought she had a rubber snake until we saw it move! Unfortunatley they are deadly snakes – my sister’s horse got bitten on the nose and died within 5 minutes.

At least pythons aren’t venomous – they just sneak up on you by surprise!

By: Laura Pugh

Laura Pugh — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:20:22 +0000

Oh my goodness! I’m reading this snake post late at night and I’m hoping not to have snake dreams when I finally do go to bed. I can’t even tell you how freaked out I’d be if we had pythons here (Columbia, Missouri USA). A couple of years ago, we had a garden snake in our house-I suspect the cat brought it in. I thought I was so brave for sweeping it up into a dust pan and tossing it outside. Your story makes me seem like a wimp!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:28:20 +0000

Michele, now THAT is something I’d like to see! I can totally understand the persisting nightmares. You and Indiana Jones share a common hate.

ELizabeth, yes, jumping was the order of the day….

By: ELIZABETH BARNES

ELIZABETH BARNES — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:27:23 +0000

Woah Cindy…a great story with pics and I am giggling and even jumped back when saw the snake behind the air con..

By: Michele R. Unger

Michele R. Unger — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:04:45 +0000

Oh, my God….that would do me in. I HATE snakes. I have a pathological fear of them and they, sensing this, love me. They come from everywhere to where I am, to visit, to chat, to drive me crackerdog. In Nepal I had a six foot King cobra rise up alongside me on a trail. That was twenty years ago and I still have nightmares about it. Gak!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:51:12 +0000

Hey Jennifer,

We weren’t short on the adders either! – Look what we caught in a bucket (for release where people wouldn’t tread on it) here: http://www.artistsblog.com.au/2009/01/29/soft-cute-cuddly/

Next time you go trail walking, take your camera and bucket!

By: Jennifer Rose

Jennifer Rose — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:29:58 +0000

you can get Adders here, but I haven’t seen any. There are probably some around if I went walking up in the trails, lots of rabbits to eat :p but they are hard to find

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:04:35 +0000

Hi everyone,

Nice to see some new faces and some not-so-new (I wasn’t going to say “old”!)

Jennifer Rose, are no there snakes at all in your part of Scotland? (Did St Pat visit there as well?)

Diane, yep, FNQ strikes again. Isn’t it funny that some people have lived in Cairns for years without ever seeing a python and we couldn’t get the pesky things out of our garden!

Jenny I do love your visitor, We have foxes here in droves – they cross the road from the beach and river at night and seem quite bold. At least they put a dent in the rabbit population.

Sharon, it’s the unexpectedness of where they’ll be next that makes you jump. Once you know where they are it’s a little bit less frightening. Maybe not for the cat.

Bill, it’s the imaginary canetoads we keep seeing everywhere! Leaves blowing around at night especially. You expect to see them flattened on the roads at night. FNQ has scarred us all mentally in one way or another!