“Racer snakes chase Iguana”: http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/terrifying-chase-scene-in-new-david-attenborough-movie-likened-to-james-bond-film/news-story/116d4f35ded007f8da9f43c9c7481f55
Excerpt from Planet Earth 2 narrated by David Attenborough.
Saw that earlier. Nightmarish snakes. They seem to be everywhere and move very fast.
It’s the second, longer excerpt on that page that I saw earlier.
Bubblecar said:
It’s the second, longer excerpt on that page that I saw earlier.
Yes. I wish I could link to it directly.
Bubblecar said:
Saw that earlier. Nightmarish snakes. They seem to be everywhere and move very fast.
I’d better avoid watching it then.
I know from an earlier documentary that snakes lived among the sea iguanas of the Galapagos, but didn’t know why.
Have you ever seen a list of the animals (I’m specifically thinking bird species) than have featured on David Attenborough specials?
I can remember he discussed the torrent duck, all the bowerbirds and birds of paradise, emperor penguin, the elephant bird of Madagascar, the dodo, archaeopteryx, and gannet (diving on a bait ball). Galapagos finches. Kakapo. What others? Skua? Little Auk? Guillemot? Lammergeier?
This would be a scene from one of my dreams. It’s a recurring theme; numerous snakes beside a pathway I need to walk along. They are usually lazing about and do not approach me, but I always presume they are tiger snakes :/
Speedy said:
This would be a scene from one of my dreams. It’s a recurring theme; numerous snakes beside a pathway I need to walk along. They are usually lazing about and do not approach me, but I always presume they are tiger snakes :/
Some years ago (I was about 16) my grandparents took me to visit a friend of their who lived in (and ran) a pub in a country town in central Victoria. The lot next to the pub was vacant (and rather large); while the adults were nattering I went outside to do a bit of exploring, including wandering through the vacant lot next door. In just crossing the lot I found 15 snakes of different types, including copperhead, tiger, brown, and black. It was a warm day, and they were mostly lazing, but I had to carefully step out of the way a few times.
btm said:
Speedy said:
This would be a scene from one of my dreams. It’s a recurring theme; numerous snakes beside a pathway I need to walk along. They are usually lazing about and do not approach me, but I always presume they are tiger snakes :/
Some years ago (I was about 16) my grandparents took me to visit a friend of their who lived in (and ran) a pub in a country town in central Victoria. The lot next to the pub was vacant (and rather large); while the adults were nattering I went outside to do a bit of exploring, including wandering through the vacant lot next door. In just crossing the lot I found 15 snakes of different types, including copperhead, tiger, brown, and black. It was a warm day, and they were mostly lazing, but I had to carefully step out of the way a few times.
That makes me shudder.
I had a similar, but not as frightening experience at Belanglo SF. We were having a picnic by a dam which had a timber walkway beside it leading to the forest. This walkway was simply wooden palings or sleepers placed on the ground as a “bridge” through a swampy area. There were lots of Red Bellied Black snakes there and as we walked over the bridge, the snakes swam away on one side into the dam and slithered away on the other into the bush, only to return once we had crossed. We had to return the same way :/