christmas in australia, instead of angels on the tree....

[Ken Gargett]

for our oversea friends, tiger snakes are certainly not our most venomous land snakes - taipans, browns, death adders and probably a few more all leave them behind, i believe, but they are still in the world's top ten worst snakes.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/19/thats-not-tinsel-deadlsnake-found-curled-around-australian-christmas-tree?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=204753&subid=1392341&CMP=ema_632

[irratebass]

F-that! That's worse than the squirrel that ended up in the Griswald's tree.

[Mattb82]

I would probably never have another Christmas tree 

[Dijit]

Not quite as agile as the squirrel. Though it is a little faster than most of the other snakes mentioned in the article.

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[Warren]

I woke up one Christmas morning to find a dead Eastern Water dragon under the tree. It seems our cat decided we needed a gift from him. The lizard was about half a meter long and there was blood everywhere .

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, Warren said:

I woke up one Christmas morning to find a dead Eastern Water dragon under the tree. It seems our cat decided we needed a gift from him. The lizard was about half a meter long and there was blood everywhere .

that is very sad. they are such fabulous lizards.

personally, and not wanting to open the topic, cats are an excellent reason for firearms. the damage they do to the environment is massive. we have an estimated 20-30 million feral cats here (plus all the "domestic" ones). how much native wildlife dies every day to feed. that lot?

i rarely get into any 'debates' on other forums but had a bang-up fight with a heap of people on an environmental site as they were outraged we were trying to do something to exterminate the problem. the number of people, not australian, who insisted that we should not try and wipe them out but catch them and then neuter and release them was staggering. aside from the fact that means another 5 years or so of them killing native animals, the idea of trapping 20 million cats across australia??? but i have digressed.

[Warren]

9 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

that is very sad. they are such fabulous lizards.

personally, and not wanting to open the topic, cats are an excellent reason for firearms. the damage they do to the environment is massive. we have an estimated 20-30 million feral cats here (plus all the "domestic" ones). how much native wildlife dies every day to feed. that lot?

i rarely get into any 'debates' on other forums but had a bang-up fight with a heap of people on an environmental site as they were outraged we were trying to do something to exterminate the problem. the number of people, not australian, who insisted that we should not try and wipe them out but catch them and then neuter and release them was staggering. aside from the fact that means another 5 years or so of them killing native animals, the idea of trapping 20 million cats across australia??? but i have digressed.

Yes they are great lizards. We had one that used to come up on the deck and sit with us on the couch. Funny thing is that the very same cat was happy to sit with it also and never bothered it. We don't have cats anymore. I'm sure the very same people who suggested that we catch these friendly kitties out bush have never actually seen a true feral cat. One of the nastiest animals you could come across, try handling one and you would end up looing like you went 5 rounds with a runaway chainsaw.

[Ken Gargett]

48 minutes ago, Warren said:

Yes they are great lizards. We had one that used to come up on the deck and sit with us on the couch. Funny thing is that the very same cat was happy to sit with it also and never bothered it. We don't have cats anymore. I'm sure the very same people who suggested that we catch these friendly kitties out bush have never actually seen a true feral cat. One of the nastiest animals you could come across, try handling one and you would end up looing like you went 5 rounds with a runaway chainsaw.

yes, well meaning but utterly devoid of any connection with reality.

[MaxG]

20 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

yes, well meaning but utterly devoid of any connection with reality.

Married a woman like that once. 

- MG