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It was pouring rain and one downpipe was blocked, so I knelt down and put my hand in the bottom of the downpipe to clean it of dead leaves from the schotia tree...As I was cleaning the pipe, I saw a carpet python curled up about a handspan from my face... Extricated the snake which was about 1.4 metres long and took it down the back to the old woodpile and set it free. The snake started moving and suddenly a kookaburra flew in to grab the snake, which was quite slow due to the cold rain. Twice the kooka tried to get the snake but the snake sought sanctuary in the woodpile.

Now, it is back to the downpipe for me to clean up the dead leaves, then to put on a dry shirt...

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Cheers, Bobj.

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I had a pet money spider holed up in the roof lining of the van, now and again it would fuss about near the top of the windscreen, I wouldn't kill it as the missus suggested, so she wouldn't get in the van, let alone drive it.

 

About a week ago it decided to drop down while I was driving on a single thread, so I collected it and stuffed it out of the window. She'll drive the van now, funny that.

 

As for them Aussie wild life, na she won't be having none of them.

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Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


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A 1.4m snake sounds a bit ambitious for a Kookaburra, (but I'll admit to knowing jack about Kookaburras - except their size).

 

I had a pet money spider holed up in the roof lining of the van, now and again it would fuss about near the top of the windscreen,

 

I get spiders in my van too, but mostly I notice the ones in the door mirrors - I had one (or it's offspring) for a good few years - it always stayed tucked away when I was driving but used to appear from behind the mirror at speeds of over about 55mph. I can only assume that there was more airflow behind the mirror at those speeds than it was comfortable with and it took it's chances on the surface instead.

 

What do they find to eat inside a van?

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A 1.4m snake sounds a bit ambitious for a Kookaburra, (but I'll admit to knowing jack about Kookaburras - except their size).

 

 

I get spiders in my van too, but mostly I notice the ones in the door mirrors - I had one (or it's offspring) for a good few years - it always stayed tucked away when I was driving but used to appear from behind the mirror at speeds of over about 55mph. I can only assume that there was more airflow behind the mirror at those speeds than it was comfortable with and it took it's chances on the surface instead.

 

What do they find to eat inside a van?

Knowing spiders like I do, probably other spiders.

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A 1.4m snake sounds a bit ambitious for a Kookaburra, (but I'll admit to knowing jack about Kookaburras - except their size).

 

 

I get spiders in my van too, but mostly I notice the ones in the door mirrors - I had one (or it's offspring) for a good few years - it always stayed tucked away when I was driving but used to appear from behind the mirror at speeds of over about 55mph. I can only assume that there was more airflow behind the mirror at those speeds than it was comfortable with and it took it's chances on the surface instead.

 

What do they find to eat inside a van?

My old mate was killed by such a bird in the late 70’s just outside of Sydney. Not enough, the predator also raped his dog and stole two tinnies of VB straight out of the pantry.

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My old mate was killed by such a bird in the late 70’s just outside of Sydney. Not enough, the predator also raped his dog and stole two tinnies of VB straight out of the pantry.

 

So relatively harmless by Aussie wildlife standards?

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So relatively harmless by Aussie wildlife standards?

At least the nobbies won't drink yer beer mate.

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Bobj,

 

The problem is much easier for me. In my realm of North America there are but two kinds of snake. Poisonous and dead.

 

Is the snake native?

 

For some reason spiders are of no concern. Worked in a cotton compress and the warehouses were like going to heaven for black widow spiders. As far as I was concerned they had to fend for themselves. I wasn't bothered.

 

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Bobj,

 

The problem is much easier for me. In my realm of North America there are but two kinds of snake. Poisonous and dead.

 

Is the snake native?

 

For some reason spiders are of no concern. Worked in a cotton compress and the warehouses were like going to heaven for black widow spiders. As far as I was concerned they had to fend for themselves. I wasn't bothered.

 

Weird Phone

I didn't know you had any poisonous snakes State-side. I know you've got a fair few venomous ones.

 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/whats-difference-between-poisonous-and-venomous-animals-180956186/

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