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28th February 2019, 04:48 PM #1
Echidna
Was fortunate enough to spot this little critter wandering around the garden this morning...an Echidna!
Don't often come across them so regarded this experience as quite a treat
What wonderful creatures they are...here's some pics...MMMapleman
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28th February 2019, 06:47 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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I followed one around in the Wollemi National Park for a while once. He ended up getting away from me by walking down into an old wombat hole. I'm pretty sure he was giving me the finger as he disappeared! Probably considered me a feral pest.
They are amazing creatures.
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28th February 2019, 10:37 PM #3
Got a few very close to where I live, see them at least 3 or 4 times a year
Beautiful animalThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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1st March 2019, 09:53 AM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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We have quite a few around Canberra. I love the way they curl up with nose down if you attempt to walk near them (even 8 metres away) with that "You can't see me attitude"
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1st March 2019, 09:12 PM #5
We have a regular echidna who helps with the gardening....
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1st March 2019, 09:44 PM #6
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2nd March 2019, 03:39 PM #8
We also employ a 2m long carpet python (on piece rates...lol) to keep the mice and rats down. Here he is resting up after dealing with something quite large, judging by the lump in his middle. Could even have been a tiny baby rabbit living in our grevillea hedge, which I'd been trying to shoot for a while, and which disappeared about the time this photo was taken....
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2nd March 2019, 03:49 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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[QUOTE=Mr Brush;2129024]We also employ a 2m long carpet python (on piece rates...lol) to keep the mice and rats down. Here he is resting up after dealing with something quite large, judging by the lump in his middle. Could even have been a tiny baby rabbit living in our grevillea hedge, which I'd been trying to shoot for a while, and which disappeared about the time this photo was taken.... QUOTE]
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2nd March 2019, 04:52 PM #10
It took the python about 10 days to digest that and the lump to disappear....he/she was often found lying in the sun outside the front of the shed. Makes a nice change from all the other bitey snakes we get here, mainly red-bellied blacks and copperheads.
We used to get rats and mice in traps, all the time, but since Mr/Ms Python signed on (about 3 years ago) there has never been a need to do this...
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Red belly black's are ok, the gentleman snake! I'm not so keen on some of the more aggressive species though , browns and tigers always get my attention and I'm not real happy that they're often not in any hurry to leave the vicinity.
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