Thread: Spring=snakes

Originally Posted by crash

Had a brown snake buy my fish pond about 2 weeks ago. Another lady at work saw a brown snake in her yard last week.
Every year I have found a snake skin buy our decking around the pool, buy the looks of it it is a fairly large brown snake.
We live in rural area, beside an orchard and a channel on the other side of the road, so we tend to get a few browns passing through, especially since it has been so dry around the area in the past few years.

I grew up in Shepparton in the late 50's-early 60's. We lived on Lockwood Road (off the Benalla Rd). My parents worked at Cleckheaton Woollen Mills - the building is still there but it's not Cleckheaton anymore. There was a farmer living next to us - we drove through Shepp a few years ago, and the farm has long gone. SPC had their tomato processing place across the road and there was a constant smell of tomatoes. Funny how you remember some things.
We used to see a lot of brown snakes back then too.

Cheers, Mrs Bundalene

Originally Posted by crash

Had a brown snake buy my fish pond about 2 weeks ago. Another lady at work saw a brown snake in her yard last week.
Every year I have found a snake skin buy our decking around the pool, buy the looks of it it is a fairly large brown snake.
We live in rural area, beside an orchard and a channel on the other side of the road, so we tend to get a few browns passing through, especially since it has been so dry around the area in the past few years.

Look mate, I've heard all the tall tales about snakes over the years, but you cant seriously expect us to believe this one.What the hell would a snake want a fishpond for??

Originally Posted by William

So, how much did the snake pay for the pond? Sorry, I just couldn't let that one through.

Bugger,beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by William
So, how much did the snake pay for the pond?


I got some genuine snake oil for it. He wanted a place to keep a fresh supply of frogs.

Originally Posted by Panda

I have absolutely no idea.

I love all other animals (

including lizards, crocs, even used to collect them

& spiders etc).

But even as a child, the mere picture of a snake would make me near on faint!

When I was 18 I moved to the UK to live for a number of years & worked in a restaurant my mother & brother owned. There was this ghastly sleazy man who owned a night club above the restaurant & one night after the dinner crowd, we were invited to a party of his at the nightclub. (I couldn't stand this man).

Anyway, at the "party" the sleazeball had a very large snake, some sort of python, which he was carrying around showing off to everyone. He knew I didn't like him, & had tried a number of times to be, shall we say, rather intimidating and influencial, to which I hated him even more.

So at the party, he beelines for me with the damn snake. I had a fair on fit. But because I didn't want this sleaze ball to have the better of me & enjoy my fear, I somehow managed to turn the situation.

So as he started to walk towards me, I confidently marched up to him with the snake & started stroking the snake & made out like I wasn't the least bit afraid of it.

I was surprised it felt so warm & soft & smooth.

The moment only lasted a couple of minutes, after which I was extremely relieved, as it seemed more like hours.

Since then, no, I still can't stand snakes ...

ps I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but as a small child I lived in the bush in Africa & one of my first memories is of my older brother swimming in the pool in which there was a snake (don't remember how it got there etc). But I remember the ensuing panic in getting him out of the pool away from the snake...

Oh & did I mention my ex husband became a herpatologist

Bet you'll sorry you asked!

you collected Croc's...........most crazy people collect cats

Originally Posted by George130

Yea the red belly are supposed to be the ones around here.
You don't often see our lizard. Our deck is the home to a blue tonge

never mind the snakes, bring on the spiders! I need to make a living again! (I'm a pesty) I leave snakes to those who know about them

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Originally Posted by William
So, how much did the snake pay for the pond? Sorry, I just couldn't let that one through.

Bugger,beat me to it.

yeah.....by about 3 hrs .

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

yeah.....by about 3 hrs .

Regards

Stevo

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