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The other night I was met at our back door by a 3.5m python. It was very quiet and relaxed but it too big to have around the house. Earlier in the day some of our little birds had been getting quite agitated and making warning noises, but I couldn’t see anything at the time. [...]
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This little Orange-naped snake (Furina ornata) was hiding next to our outside stairs. In spite of it’s very, very bright orange colouring, it was well camouflaged in the dull brown leaf litter. I presume it was a young one as it was only about 30 cms long – they apparently grow to around 70 cms.
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This colourful tree snake is very long. At the other end his colour changes to an olive green. He is living under this water tank in our yard.
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I heard a strange scuffling, scrunching sound outside our verandah. Looked over the edge and on the lawn noticed a small 80 cm or so long python inexorably dragging a much larger cane toad back along the grass. The cane toad appeared stunned and although obviously alive, struggled very little. The python was only a [...]
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