Thread: Cairns Python

Didn't I hear n the news this morning about one eating the family dog in Cairns recently? (Don't worry, it was only a chihuahua - hardly counts as a dog.)

Yeap, both have been in the news, one eating a dog & one eating a wobbley.
They caught the one that ate the dog, it is called "Fluffy"
When it has had a chance to digest the dog they will let it go in a safe place.

They are both scrub pythons, we have a 7' carpet python in the stump of the silky oak that 'Larry' pushed over on our shed.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

They caught the one that ate the dog, it is called "Fluffy"

The overgrown rat or the python?

The dog eating python was just down the road from here. I've seen scrub pythons big enough to eat a labrador, and I'd be worried if I was sleeping on the ground and one of these decided to take me for a meal.

Mick

If memory serves me right, one latched onto a small child sleeping in a tent on Fraser Island a couple of years ago. Kid was left with an interesting bite mark....

Methinks I would be introducing a bit of lead poisoning by way of Tree o Tree. I suppose you could build large fish hooks into the dogs chain, but beware a greenie would cry foul.

Regards Mike

Snakes cause a lot less damage to humans in Australia than pet dogs, knife wielding druggies and car drivers.

Before you shoot a harmless snake (it's illegal) then start shooting pet dogs, druggies and car drivers if you feel shooting is the way of ridding us humans of danger.

The snakes in those photos were pythons which can cause a nasty wound but are not in the least venomous. Apart from the Scrubbies, most pythons make excellent pets. I have two - one is part of my Avatar.

The fear is all in your minds.

Here is a pic of ours, we call him/her Joe Blake (Original isn't it. )

When I was a wipper snapper the snakes up home were so big they could eat a sheep for breakfast then line up a cow...........

You try and tell the young fellas these days though, they just won't believe you.................

Benny, that will be 'cos sheep & cows grow much bigger now days.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Benny, that will be 'cos sheep & cows grow much bigger now days.

Very true, I see the price reflected at the butchers

There where two snakes talking. The 1st one said ''Sidney, are we the type of snakes who wrap ourselves around our prey and squeeze and crush until they''re dead? Or are we the type of snake who ambush our prey and bite them and they are poisioned?''. Then the second Snake says "Why do you ask?" The 1st one replies: "I just bit my lip!"


Regards Mike


"I have had a dislike for snakes since waking up with a black snake in my bed when I was about eight years old, although he did not bite he provided me with a very traumatic experience which will be with me for a lifetime". I can assure you snakes are not welcome here.

I, too, have an intense dislike for snakes. Probably due to being bitten by a taipan when I was a kid, on our cane farm near Innisfail.

This snake has me worried

Snakes are worth preserving inho.