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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Snake and Birds
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:00:13 +1000
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I guess he or she was just doing what snakes do to make a living! I think
that you have shown one of these on your farm once before? I think I recall
that species is not dangerous to humans?
Don't farm over here though. We have 9 of the world's top ten on toxicity
and I think 20 of the top 25. Number 2 is the Eastern Brown and those are
the most common snake right here. I see one every several years in my
suburban yard. They aren't aggressive unless provoked but you definitely
treat them with respect if encountered. I think we have more venomous than
non-venomous species so its a simple rule to treat all the same. The big
pythons are pretty obviously not poisonous though, Just as well when they
have been recorded up to 28 ft . More commonly only 10 or 15.

Cheers
Geoff

*Australia, paying for the world's carbon sins, one tonne at a time**.*



On 19 July 2011 04:13, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> PESO:
>
> My wonderful husband saved me from a heart attack when he checked for eggs
> this morning and discovered a 7 foot long black snake in one of the nest
> boxes!
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/136525195
>
> I'm so glad he didn't get the babies in the fig bush:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/136525206
>
> Just record shots with the GF1 which is handy to carry but is not a Leica.
>
> Tina
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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