louiseos

If you're living in Victoria, watch out . . . apparently we're going to have a 'Summer of Snakes' . . .

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vic...-1225954098750

Not happy Jan!! Me no likey snakes!

Might have to see if St. Patrick can do a visit to my area!!

Japonica

I liked this part of it...

That must be an Aussie thing. My husband could be completely paralytic drunk and there's no way in hell he'd ever pick up a snake...

louiseos

LOL . . . I agree . . . and I don't even think its dependant on your nationality . . . You would want to be unconsciously drunk to do something like that . . . and if you're unconscious, then you probably can't do it!!

mr mover

My neighbour Killed a 5FT brown snake in one of her horse yards yesterday.....mm

louiseos

She's braver than me . . . I'd probably end up freezing to the spot and wait for it to kill me!!

renth

Isn't that a $4000 fine?

Anyway, at our fire brigade meeting last night we were told that there were an unusually large number of snakes active in the bush around where we operate this year.

I saw a big dugite at a controlled burn a few weeks ago.

Amazulu

My next door neighbour killed one a few weeks ago. There do seem to be a lot more about this year - maybe the dry weather has something to do with it.

11001001

I once came off my bike quite badly on the track round Lake Joondalup (stupid kids sandpit overspill ), got up all limping and bleeding, got back on the bike, rode another 10 metres round a corner - straight over a huge dugite that was crossing the path.

Neither of us had time to avoid the other, and it looked mighty pissed off as my wheels bumped over it.

Not a day I'll forget in a hurry!

jad n rich

Ignorant teacher idiot near us killed a placid carpet snake that had been in the area for years. Not a snake thats going to kill anyone just part of the bushland, we had pics of it eating a rat on the driveway.

We had a brown on the job yesterday, curled up in a shower base, one of the labourers shoveled it into a dustbin and let it go down the bushland.

cresta57

I found a 6' length of shed skin under the house at the weekend I knew there was a reason I don't use the laundry

Cheetah7

Yep thats about the sum of the fine.

I was called out the other week to a workshop, one guy was on the roof of the staff toilet building trying to keep an eye on a baby dugite, the other guys were hiding.

The snake got away but they still gave me $50

Talking of fire brigade, we had to do our fire warden training today and some of the stuff this fireman was telling us really made me think about our own safety. I am going to organise those RCD thingies for my house.



Do you do volunteer firefighting Renth?

ProudVIC

Wet years will see a lot more snakes in eastern AUS. Basically, longer grass, an abundance of frogs which are all breeding up, etc.

Walking through long grass should be avoided, or if you do, always watch where you are stepping.

The Herald Sun loves running these sort of stories, it is more of a light weight magazine format than the Age or Australian which tend to run with less sensationalist or barely newsworthy stories.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Dry weather..

Personally I was thinking of having a chat with Noah to see if he has any hints and tips.

renth

Yes, have done for over 5 years now.

northernbird

I live in suburbia and we had a warning over the PA at school today as dugites have been spotted in our local park.