Did someone say Snake?
No really, did someone mention a snake cause I got some cool reptile shots to share….. just to prove what winter hibernation is all about?
waiting…
bluegreen said:
waiting…
Waiting………waiting……..
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
waiting…
Waiting………waiting……..
Still waiting.
If you want to be accurate, reptiles in Aus don’t hibernate they bruminate.
Saw a baby snake a month ago.
What’s bruminate?
Anywho, here is a Coastal Taipan, considered (depends on who you listen to) in the top 3 deadliest snakes in the world and a popular member of the Townsville community (saw a dead one out on the beach yesterdy)… nasty piece of work really, just look at the agro in his eyes!
and this guy is a Woma Python, often found out in the drier areas read the other side of the Great Divide. This guy is a Terrestrial Python and eats other snakes and Lizards like the Taipan and the Brown. The immunity system in a Woma is pretty impressive, being immune to the poison of any other snake. I wonder if that is the case for a snake he hasn’t met yet?
this photo is here so you can see his little sensory glands on the side of his head, which are heat sensitive and helps this little guy see his prey.
but it ain’t all about snakes…. here is a (enter your regional name here) Lizard. We used to call these Sleepys. A very monogamous lizard.
and this is a very very very sleepy Lizard, enjoying the artificial warmth from a light bulb.
and speaking of artificial light, here are two more sleepy skinks who enjoy each other’s company… but not in the same way Lucky’s rabbits do.
here’s a lovely Beardo just hanging out waiting for the sun to rise a bit more….
and a Eastern Water Dragon scoring his early morning warm up.
and a Lace Monitor. These guys are often seen around camp grounds here in the North and they can get quite brazen when food is around. I have seen them climb up onto picnic tables looking for scraps of food, and at 2metres in length, it is hard to argue with one….
but where there are snakes, and lizards, there are sometimes other bitey bitey things just below the water. Here is a Johnstone River Crocodile or a Freshwater Croc or simply a Freshie.
Top view of an Estuarine Croc, or a poorly called Saltwater croc or simply a Salty. These guys prefer brackish water and only use the ocean as a means of finding a new creek/river inlet.
This Salty is checking me out…
never smile at a crocodile…
and last one. A big Male and his wife. The females never get too big because when they do, the blokes see them as just another bloke crocodile, and they get all nasty… like the way the Russian chick spoke of Sam Stosur the other day…
pain master said:
and last one. A big Male and his wife. The females never get too big because when they do, the blokes see them as just another bloke crocodile, and they get all nasty… like the way the Russian chick spoke of Sam Stosur the other day…
You’ve done justice to these subjects, PainMaster…I take it these are all at the excellent Billabong Sanctuary?
Bruminate (I had to look it up) means to slow down a lot, as opposed to actually going to sleep…so reptiles, if it’s cold enough, slow down to a full stop, but they’re not actually sound asleep…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
and last one. A big Male and his wife. The females never get too big because when they do, the blokes see them as just another bloke crocodile, and they get all nasty… like the way the Russian chick spoke of Sam Stosur the other day…
You’ve done justice to these subjects, PainMaster…I take it these are all at the excellent Billabong Sanctuary?
Bruminate (I had to look it up) means to slow down a lot, as opposed to actually going to sleep…so reptiles, if it’s cold enough, slow down to a full stop, but they’re not actually sound asleep…
Yes, they were all part of the Billabong Sanctuary, and thanks for the bruminate.
pain master said:
Yes, they were all part of the Billabong Sanctuary, and thanks for the bruminate.
Should be more places like that Sanctuary…Rockhampton has it’s Zoo but it’s just not the same… improving all the time, tho’…
You’re welcome about the meaning of bruminate…thanks to Bubba Louie for alerting us to this fact…I found it fascinating to realize the distinction from hibernation…
Cool bitey pics PM ..
Best way to meet them, on a screen! :D
Dinetta said:
pain master said:Yes, they were all part of the Billabong Sanctuary, and thanks for the bruminate.
Should be more places like that Sanctuary…Rockhampton has it’s Zoo but it’s just not the same… improving all the time, tho’…
You’re welcome about the meaning of bruminate…thanks to Bubba Louie for alerting us to this fact…I found it fascinating to realize the distinction from hibernation…
The Johnstone River at Innisfail has a Sanctuary as does a little spot just short of Pt Douglas. I have yet to be to either of them. I always leave the Billabong a little saddened by my visit of such remarkable beasts being held captive, but I also understand the educational role that the Billabong provides to visitors and the young… and the not-so-young. I still reckon they should have a breeding program to re-stock the Ross River, keep all those Dogs and Waterskiers to a respectable number.
Happy Potter said:
Cool bitey pics PM ..Best way to meet them, on a screen! :D
I have had a few distant encounters with crocs up here and in PNG, and they are impressive. I’ve seen a few snakes and lizards up close here though.
pain master said:
What’s bruminate?Anywho, here is a Coastal Taipan, considered (depends on who you listen to) in the top 3 deadliest snakes in the world and a popular member of the Townsville community (saw a dead one out on the beach yesterdy)… nasty piece of work really, just look at the agro in his eyes!
Even though he’s quite beautiful, he’s just plain ugly too.
pain master said:
this photo is here so you can see his little sensory glands on the side of his head, which are heat sensitive and helps this little guy see his prey.
what’s his name. A python I imagine.
pain master said:
but it ain’t all about snakes…. here is a (enter your regional name here) Lizard. We used to call these Sleepys. A very monogamous lizard.
A shingle back I know him as. I had one as a pet when I was a teenager. Henry was his name. He lived in an old fish tank but was able to come and go as he pleased. We owned a Hotel at that time and our quarters were just single rooms for each member of the family. The housemaids wouldn’t go in to my room because of Henry but he wouldn’t harm a fly. He loved water melon.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
A shingle back I know him as. I had one as a pet when I was a teenager. Henry was his name. He lived in an old fish tank but was able to come and go as he pleased. We owned a Hotel at that time and our quarters were just single rooms for each member of the family. The housemaids wouldn’t go in to my room because of Henry but he wouldn’t harm a fly. He loved water melon.
pain master said:
What’s bruminate?
uote]You’ll have to ask Scribbly for an exact definition, but it’d different to hibernate.
Dinetta said:
pain master said:Yes, they were all part of the Billabong Sanctuary, and thanks for the bruminate.
Should be more places like that Sanctuary…Rockhampton has it’s Zoo but it’s just not the same… improving all the time, tho’…
You’re welcome about the meaning of bruminate…thanks to Bubba Louie for alerting us to this fact…I found it fascinating to realize the distinction from hibernation…
I only knew because I lurk at Scribbly.
Just beautiful, thanks PM – love the lizards and snakes.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
but it ain’t all about snakes…. here is a (enter your regional name here) Lizard. We used to call these Sleepys. A very monogamous lizard.
A shingle back I know him as. I had one as a pet when I was a teenager. Henry was his name. He lived in an old fish tank but was able to come and go as he pleased. We owned a Hotel at that time and our quarters were just single rooms for each member of the family. The housemaids wouldn’t go in to my room because of Henry but he wouldn’t harm a fly. He loved water melon.
I looked after one for a while, who had the flu – at the time there was a lot of flu going around the bobtails in Perth. The wildlife carers didn’t have any advice except to keep him warm and fed. He perked up a bit for a while but didn’t make it. Called him Fantus – a few here would get the reference :)
thankfully they are all asleep down here.
I only like the 4 legged snakes LoL
pomolo said:
pain master said:
What’s bruminate?Anywho, here is a Coastal Taipan, considered (depends on who you listen to) in the top 3 deadliest snakes in the world and a popular member of the Townsville community (saw a dead one out on the beach yesterdy)… nasty piece of work really, just look at the agro in his eyes!
Even though he’s quite beautiful, he’s just plain ugly too.
I think it is the flat line across the eye that makes him look meaner…
pomolo said:
pain master said:
this photo is here so you can see his little sensory glands on the side of his head, which are heat sensitive and helps this little guy see his prey.
what’s his name. A python I imagine.
I got confused at this point, because the keeper had two snakes in his hands, one was poisonous and the other not. And they both looked alike, you needed to count scales or sumthink.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
but it ain’t all about snakes…. here is a (enter your regional name here) Lizard. We used to call these Sleepys. A very monogamous lizard.
A shingle back I know him as. I had one as a pet when I was a teenager. Henry was his name. He lived in an old fish tank but was able to come and go as he pleased. We owned a Hotel at that time and our quarters were just single rooms for each member of the family. The housemaids wouldn’t go in to my room because of Henry but he wouldn’t harm a fly. He loved water melon.
here’s the story… when Henry was a young fella he met a young lady and decided that they would be life partners so they rooted and he wandered off and she wandered off and had the baby. 12 months later on their anniversary of meeting, Henry went back to the same spot and there she was… another root and another separation. This carries on and year after year all the Henrys who have found true love carry out this monogamous life style. Until someone finds Henry and sticks him in a Glass Cage. The next year on the anniversary, she goes to see Henry and he’s not at the usual spot; but she will do this every year of her life until she dies of old age or gets run over. Henry will do the same if she is runned over.
A broken heart is the third biggest killer of sleepys after being runned over and glass cage coffins….
bon008 said:
Just beautiful, thanks PM – love the lizards and snakes.
No worries bon, I kinda remembered a request I think from you about the reptiles up this way…
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
What’s bruminate?Anywho, here is a Coastal Taipan, considered (depends on who you listen to) in the top 3 deadliest snakes in the world and a popular member of the Townsville community (saw a dead one out on the beach yesterdy)… nasty piece of work really, just look at the agro in his eyes!
Even though he’s quite beautiful, he’s just plain ugly too.
I think it is the flat line across the eye that makes him look meaner…
To me, that just makes him look as if he’s thinking about something :)
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
That is soooooooooooooo cool….lurv to see one in its home area..not captive
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
he/she seems happy to see you! thinking “lunch” maybe. lol!
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
That is soooooooooooooo cool….lurv to see one in its home area..not captive
This guy was pretty close, and he or she had garnered an Audience, with some Mums and Toddlers checking it out.
a little Black and White Fly.
These Grasshoppers are eating our garden… but I have some dramatic photos later of when this guy accidentally flew/jumped/pushed into a Spider’s web. Mwahahahahahaaa!
a Yellow Ladybird…
here is a Wasp of some kind…
and a Stink Bug
A brown and white Moth trying to look like a turd.
a normal coloured ladybird
and the yellow ladybird again with a Green Fly that I think might be a Fruit Fly but I dunno.
and a Green Tree Ant.
and a new frog to Mangolia, although he looks all warty like a Toad. Maybe the Green Tree Frogs and the Cane Toads are getting together???
that’s all… when the Spider meets the Grasshopper will be displayed later…
pain master said:
and a new frog to Mangolia, although he looks all warty like a Toad. Maybe the Green Tree Frogs and the Cane Toads are getting together???
awesome :)
pain master said:
and the yellow ladybird again with a Green Fly that I think might be a Fruit Fly but I dunno.
Nope.
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
I just shuddered. Big boy. Or girl.
pain master said:
a little Black and White Fly.
Now he’s cute. Reminds me that I saw a lot of blue banded bees around here last summer. Have never noticed any before then.
pain master said:
a Yellow Ladybird…
It’s amazing what is there in a garden when you really have a look isn’t it?
pain master said:
and the yellow ladybird again with a Green Fly that I think might be a Fruit Fly but I dunno.
Not the fruit fly I know.
pain master said:
and a Green Tree Ant.
A good pic. He can see you you know.
pain master said:
and a new frog to Mangolia, although he looks all warty like a Toad. Maybe the Green Tree Frogs and the Cane Toads are getting together???
Don’t even think that. Too horrible to imagine. Our green frogs wouldn’t lower themselves.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
I just shuddered. Big boy. Or girl.
snappy snappy
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and a Green Tree Ant.
A good pic. He can see you you know.
I hope I look Massive to him!
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and a new frog to Mangolia, although he looks all warty like a Toad. Maybe the Green Tree Frogs and the Cane Toads are getting together???
Don’t even think that. Too horrible to imagine. Our green frogs wouldn’t lower themselves.
They co-habit the same gully-trap outside my bathroom.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
here is a non-captive wild freshwater Crocodile I spotted last weekend, along the Ross River.
I just shuddered. Big boy. Or girl.
snappy snappy
That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:I just shuddered. Big boy. Or girl.
snappy snappy
The Deltones.
That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:I just shuddered. Big boy. Or girl.
snappy snappy
That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter?
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:snappy snappy
That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter?
ROFL!
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:snappy snappy
That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter?
Funny. LOL.
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:That song comes to mind “ just come a lil closer, and you will see…”
Who sings that ?
Happy Potter?
ROFL!
The Deltones. Which I thought I submitted before. How many oher replies do I lose?
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:Happy Potter?
ROFL!
The Deltones. Which I thought I submitted before. How many oher replies do I lose?
I saw your previous answer, thanks :)
You didn’t scroll down far enough and your post was in the middle of the chat.
spider alert spider alert spider alert spider alert
next post.
found out yesterday that our resident Orb Weaver has been consumed by something. The last few nights the little micro bats are very active and we think maybe a bird or bat has taken our spider. Sad really, this spider sat in the same web and same spot for several months.
Here’s a series of photos of when a grasshopper accidentally got caught in its web. first shot, spider waiting patiently.
again larger images for impact. Here you can see the grasshopper off to the right.
the spider starts to move in.
then Bango! She grabs her prey.
then she turns her prey over and slowly with her legs she spins a web around the grasshopper
the parcel then gets hung out for dining on later.
now she sometimes needs to shed her skin in order to grow in size.
pain master said:
then she turns her prey over and slowly with her legs she spins a web around the grasshopper
awesome shot! did you set the scene up by providing the grasshopper?
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
then she turns her prey over and slowly with her legs she spins a web around the grasshopper
awesome shot! did you set the scene up by providing the grasshopper?
I might have thrown the grasshopper in… it was eating my lettuces
pain master said:
I might have thrown the grasshopper in… it was eating my lettuces
he wasn’t wasted, that’s for sure!
pain master said:
now she sometimes needs to shed her skin in order to grow in size.
amazing… you are on a roll with your nature shots today…mind you I’m most appreciative…
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
then she turns her prey over and slowly with her legs she spins a web around the grasshopper
awesome shot! did you set the scene up by providing the grasshopper?
I might have thrown the grasshopper in… it was eating my lettuces
A really big grasshopper will last about a week…we saw that happen once, the orb was in a corner just above our dining table on the back deck…it was surreal, watching the kids eat whilst the orb sucked on the grasshopper…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
now she sometimes needs to shed her skin in order to grow in size.
amazing… you are on a roll with your nature shots today…mind you I’m most appreciative…
Love the spidy shots
Now after you prune your Mandy, you might get some re-growth. Good-o… that’s what the green ants reckon’ too. They lurve the fresh new leafs to make ‘em a beaut new home.
wanpis anis.
