Aussies make good parents…

[Glass Half Full]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DORj7vjk0vc/?igsh=Ynh1bnFlN3BwOWZu

 

 

 

[westg]

Nothing unusual there.  The Aussie Trouser snake now that is something you need to be very weary of 🐍

[Ford2112]

That woman walked by that snake like it was a barbie doll meanwhile I was crying just watching it in terror.

[Li Bai]

16 minutes ago, Ford2112 said:

That woman walked by that snake like it was a barbie doll meanwhile I was crying just watching it in terror.

Me too brother, me too 😂🤣

[El Presidente]

Excellent parenting. My kids could relate. 

Next lesson is to hold dad's lit cigar while he is filling the boat's gas tank. 

 

[JDoughty]

Australian pythons are harmless and come in some lovely color morphs. They are greatly coveted and often bred and sold by collectors in the US. That one would fetch a pretty penny over here to be sure. It looks to be something in the genus Morelia, but I don't usually work with those species and couldn't pinpoint which one. I prefer your elapids. 

[El Presidente]

9 hours ago, JDoughty said:

Australian pythons are harmless and come in some lovely color morphs. 

 

Generally true 

'Nightmare' as python attacks sleeping Australian boy

• Published
  24 February 2016

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Image source,AFP Image caption,

The snake was killed after relatives were called to the property

An Australian mother woke to the sound of her son's screams and found a python wrapped around his belly.

Tamara Thurgood struggled to pull the snake off her son after it bit him repeatedly on the face while he slept, relatives said online.

Ms Thurgood told local media, external it was "like a nightmare" as she fought to free her son.

She said Tyler, 6, had his eyes closed during the ordeal and could not remember being bitten.

Two male relatives who were called to the property at Eungai Rail in northern New South Wales killed the snake.

Snake experts described the encounter with what was probably a 2.5m (8ft) coastal carpet python as an "unfortunate chance meeting".

[JDoughty]

Yeah, Pythonidae and little kids aren't a good mix, even for the smaller genera like Morelia. An average adult is not in any danger from a typical Australian python. A very large one might be ambitious enough to try for something toddler sized. A six year old wouldn't be physically swallowable for a snake that size, really even a toddler wouldn't be, so I'm surprised even a full grown Morelia gave it a try. 

[Glass Half Full]

I did not think this post would take this turn!   I learned a new popular phrasing this week in BsAs —  “Que Quilombo!”  …Maybe appropriate “down unda” too!  (And in the rest of the world; no snakes required )