My turn this morning to get out of bed to go down to the kitchen to make morning drinks. Tea for MrsTea & coffee for me. The outdoor undercover kitchen is reached via the carport. Whilst walking through the carport I stopped to examine a dense conglomeration of green ants which had accumulated on a section of the house wall. Standing there, sans clothing, a slight movement out the corner of my eye on top of 'stuff' piled up against the wall, at waist height, caused me to look down. There 10cms from me was 'Monty', the 2 metre, rather skinny scrub python who lives in a hole underneath the car port's concrete slab, & named by MrsTea. Made me jump I can tell you!
This one, a beautiful Green Tree Python who had just had a Melomys or frog sized feed, was a few metres from the house last night. Less startling than 'Monty' as we were out spotlighting.
-- Edited by Cuppa on Monday 23rd of January 2023 10:51:30 AM
..1. You would not have seen me for dust and 2. At the same time, you would have seen the big yellow stipe down my back through that dust and I tell you that for free.
Cuppa said
12:31 PM Jan 23, 2023
Dougwe wrote:
If the was me standing, there or spotlighting...
..1. You would not have seen me for dust and 2. At the same time, you would have seen the big yellow stipe down my back through that dust and I tell you that for free.
A few friends have said much the same Doug! However these are python, non venomous & generally very laid back & docile. Mind you the scrub python made it clear that it wasn't comfortable with me stroking it's back.
Pradokakadudavid said
01:52 PM Jan 23, 2023
If you were "sans clothing", the poor python may have been just as scared as you were!
Great story.
Cheers.
David
RickJ said
02:01 PM Jan 23, 2023
Pradokakadudavid wrote:
If you were "sans clothing", the poor python may have been just as scared as you were!
Great story.
Cheers.
David
I recon that there might have been a few snakes *hissing in pits* in Lockhart this morning.
dogbox said
02:51 PM Jan 23, 2023
what is the name of the parasite hanging of his head ? i,ve seen them before
Cuppa said
03:26 PM Jan 23, 2023
dogbox wrote:
what is the name of the parasite hanging of his head ? i,ve seen them before
We think it was a tick.We too have seen them on snakes before.
Whenarewethere said
04:45 PM Jan 23, 2023
Maybe it would be happier if you tickled its tummy.
RickJ said
05:13 PM Jan 23, 2023
dogbox wrote:
what is the name of the parasite hanging of his head ? i,ve seen them before
That thing that is just behind the snakes right eye?
It looks like the press stud for the clip on foreskin on a trouser snake to me.
-- Edited by RickJ on Monday 23rd of January 2023 06:10:49 PM
Great pix, Cuppa.
Very glad you didn't include a selfie.
Cheers,
Roy.
RickJ said
05:55 PM Jan 23, 2023
Roy E wrote:
Great pix, Cuppa. Very glad you didn't include a selfie. Cheers, Roy.
86GTS said
06:18 PM Jan 23, 2023
Beautiful creatures, interesting post Cuppa.
Definitely a bloated scrub (paralysis) tick.
I'm a tick magnet, they love me.
Billy Cokebottle said
09:30 AM Jan 24, 2023
Pythons can very often have ticks.
If they attract a big number of ticks they can become sick. They can swell up and look like when they have eaten something but it can be caused by the ticks infecting them. Not too good for us either.
That one looks like he has blood and first look he did look like a press stud only in the photo.
hufnpuf said
09:52 AM Jan 24, 2023
What with you being au naturel and Monty, the first thing that popped into my head was "wakey wakey hands off snakey". :D I like snakes but I don't think I could handle an encounter pre-coffee.
86GTS said
02:57 PM Jan 24, 2023
We encountered this beauty up in the Top End, guessing that it was 3 metres plus in length. Magnificent creature.
Cuppa said
05:11 PM Jan 24, 2023
What a beauty! An Oenpelli Python?
86GTS said
06:18 PM Jan 24, 2023
Not too sure what it is Cuppa. It wasn't as big as the amethistine python that we saw in rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands.
My turn this morning to get out of bed to go down to the kitchen to make morning drinks. Tea for MrsTea & coffee for me. The outdoor undercover kitchen is reached via the carport. Whilst walking through the carport I stopped to examine a dense conglomeration of green ants which had accumulated on a section of the house wall. Standing there, sans clothing, a slight movement out the corner of my eye on top of 'stuff' piled up against the wall, at waist height, caused me to look down. There 10cms from me was 'Monty', the 2 metre, rather skinny scrub python who lives in a hole underneath the car port's concrete slab, & named by MrsTea. Made me jump I can tell you!
This one, a beautiful Green Tree Python who had just had a Melomys or frog sized feed, was a few metres from the house last night. Less startling than 'Monty' as we were out spotlighting.
-- Edited by Cuppa on Monday 23rd of January 2023 10:51:30 AM
If the was me standing, there or spotlighting...
..1. You would not have seen me for dust and 2. At the same time, you would have seen the big yellow stipe down my back through that dust and I tell you that for free.
A few friends have said much the same Doug! However these are python, non venomous & generally very laid back & docile. Mind you the scrub python made it clear that it wasn't comfortable with me stroking it's back.
If you were "sans clothing", the poor python may have been just as scared as you were!
Great story.
Cheers.
David
I recon that there might have been a few snakes *hissing in pits* in Lockhart this morning.
We think it was a tick.We too have seen them on snakes before.
Maybe it would be happier if you tickled its tummy.
That thing that is just behind the snakes right eye?
It looks like the press stud for the clip on foreskin on a trouser snake to me.
-- Edited by RickJ on Monday 23rd of January 2023 06:10:49 PM
Very glad you didn't include a selfie.
Cheers,
Roy.
If they attract a big number of ticks they can become sick. They can swell up and look like when they have eaten something but it can be caused by the ticks infecting them. Not too good for us either.
That one looks like he has blood and first look he did look like a press stud only in the photo.
What with you being au naturel and Monty, the first thing that popped into my head was "wakey wakey hands off snakey". :D I like snakes but I don't think I could handle an encounter pre-coffee.
We encountered this beauty up in the Top End, guessing that it was 3 metres plus in length. Magnificent creature.