Thread: Not what you want to find in your garden....

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I know that browns are very agressive and will attack even if not cornered, just if you are near them (several metres being near). I have seen tigers coming out of the grass to attack, perhaps there was a nest or something, but have never seen a red bellied black attack even when you are standing over them. (with a bail of hay)

Diana

I'm with you Diana. Red-bellied blacks are pussycats - Nah, heaps better.

Personally I dont mind snakes, most kinds dont bother me at all and some I find quite beautiful. Being that I live in the bush they're a part of life. Mind you, we maintain a 5m rule. If a snake comes within 5m of my dwellings it runs the risk of being permanently removed. This is most often based on the snake. No matter what sort it is, if it leaves when asked, normally via a polite broomstick, I dont worry. If it persists...I call dad. He has the keys.

Originally Posted by jik22

Yep, lake just round the corner.....with big warning signs about them everywhere, but this was the first I've seen. Not used to snakes in England - think I'd seen one grass snake my entire life.

My youngest was standing on a chair until it was caught......inside the house.

Dont worry , I have also lived between the two countries and the most common misonception is that we have to reluctantly coexist next to the worlds most dangerous creatures on daily basis....just not true, Ive seen three snakes my entire life, probably a couple of dozen red backs and never seen a shark.

Of course you could play it up a little, the in laws may never come out, hopefully.

You know when you shoot a Tiger that's big and fat with a 12gauge, lots of little tigers come out, they have live young

Same deal, no fear of them, but I like my dogs to much, so if they're hanging around......

Sorry Jeff
Tiger Snakes are very agressive!!!
I was on the Vibe roller and saw one cross the road up ahead.
Thought I wouldnt mind chasing it and squashing it,but too far away and the roller too slow.
As I got closer the 7 foot Tiger came back to attack the roller,head a foot off the ground in the strike position.
Next revolution of the drum had a snake imprinted.
The guy on the water truck witnessed it and comented what an angry snake it was!!!
Andrew

Tiger snakes if provoked will become agressive, but it rare for them to become so if not provoked as with most snakes. The Taipan on the other hand will attack for no reason. Brown snakes are the most common throughout Australia.
King Browns are also called Mulga Snakes.
Western Browns are also called Gwardars.
This explains why some have not heard them called Browns.
Dugites are highly venomous but rarely agressive. They are generally light to dark brown with a black head as juveniles with the black head fading as they get older. There is blieved to have been some cross breeding in SW WA between Dugites and Browns.
95% of snake bites are by people trying to kill or pick them up. And I have to do a snake handlers course soon.

Came across a snake on a track in Cape Arid National Park a few years ago, never was sure what type it was, but I am sure someone here will know. Is it a Dugite?

I went to a talk on snakes Thursday, and the guy said the king brown was in fact more closely related to the black snake. He said it was a bad name and they were really a black snake.