the missing possum?

[Guest]

Good company.

I love snakes... but I must admit the 2 meter brown snake we had in the building here last December bothered me a touch - especially when he crawled out unannounced from under my bench while I was sitting there.

[Fuzz]

» Good company.

»

» I love snakes... but I must admit the 2 meter brown snake we had in the

» building here last December bothered me a touch - especially when he

» crawled out unannounced from under my bench while I was sitting there.

We had a pair of red belly black snakes living it up at our head office, till a delivery truck squished one.

[Guest Warren]

Ken I think you should keep him and call it Monty.

Always look on the bright side of life.:-D

I hope he wiped his feet before he went across your carpet. ;-)

[Mel]

» Ken I think you should keep him and call it Monty.

» Always look on the bright side of life.:-D

»

» I hope he wiped his feet before he went across your carpet. ;-)

I can see by the screening that critters must me common there. I just see that as proof that you live in a great place.

[Tampa1257]

What kind of snake is that?

It does look large enough to dispatch a possum, yet currently Ken is still safe.................

[Mel]

» What kind of snake is that?

»

» It does look large enough to dispatch a possum, yet currently Ken is still

» safe.................

No way that snake is big enough for the possum aroung here. If it is Ken then tell me how big of a snake do you need to eat a beaver?:-D

[Guest Warren]

» What kind of snake is that?

»

» It does look large enough to dispatch a possum, yet currently Ken is still

» safe.................

It's a Carpet python and they're pretty common here in Brisbane and you would be surprised at what this snake could fit through it's jaws.

One of them tried to eat my cat once , I should have let him.:-D

To put the size of this snake into perspective ( I almost wrote Kens snake but that would just set me up for gags)

the timber post that it has it's head against is about as thick as a mans fist so how big do you think it's head is.

[JMH]

You should have caught it and put it under the drivers seat of robs car!

[Ken Gargett]

» You should have caught it and put it under the drivers seat of robs car!

yeah, nice thought but experience has told me that people don't find that funny. you put one python in a mini at uni and the girl never speaks to you again. some people are so sensitive.

[jaylax5]

» rob may not be responsible. poured a glass of good pinot, picked up a

» couple of fishing mags and headed for the balcony for a quick early

» evening relax before a bit more work.

» was chatting to a friend when i was joined by an interloper (not rob for

» once).

» love the place but could do with fewer interlopers. it was dispatched,

» alive, over the side into the

» bushes.

And then you peed on it. :-D

[El Presidente]

Nice belt :-D

[Ken Gargett]

rob may not be responsible. poured a glass of good pinot, picked up a couple of fishing mags and headed for the balcony for a quick early evening relax before a bit more work.

was chatting to a friend when i was joined by an interloper (not rob for once).

love the place but could do with fewer interlopers. it was dispatched, alive, over the side into the bushes.

[Ken Gargett]

yes, common old carpet snake. the post is actually a lot thicking than a fist. the head is about the size of a big fist.

snake that size would have no problem swallowing a possom or a cat or even a medium sized dog. they unhinge their jaws which allows them to get prey vastly bigger than themselves into their throats which stretch. you'll sometimes find one with a whopping great bulge half way along, being some poor animal it nailed. but the bulge will be far far bigger than the snake itself.

this photo of a slightly bigger snake which tried to swallow a full grown sheep will give you an idea. sometimes they do go too big - this snake choked itself.

[mkz]

I think I saw that snake yesterday...

wait...

here it is: