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Post by Martin on Nov 24, 2011 12:36:15 GMT
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Post by martindn on Nov 24, 2011 21:24:21 GMT
Have a great Thanksgiving guys and gals!!
Martin D
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Post by Jillian on Nov 25, 2011 12:46:59 GMT
Hi everyone,
Well, I just got the fright of my life. Came home after doing some shopping and saw that all of my tupperware containers off their shelf and all over the kitchen floor. Initially got a bit cross as I thought my housemates may have done it. So started cleaning up the kitchen and putting away the containers.
Then looked across the kitchen and saw an over one metre python snake slithering along the bench. Oh my goodness. It wasn't poisonous or aggressive, but I can tell you I got the fright of my life! Wasn't exactly expecting to see that in my kitchen! It was practically biblical.
Fortunately, the snake catcher man came and took it away. I was planning on uploading some concert videos tonight, but that has gone by the wayside!
Cheers, Jillian
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Post by Dave on Nov 25, 2011 13:18:13 GMT
...looked across the kitchen and saw an over one metre python snake slithering along the bench. Oh my goodness. Hi Jillian, Oh my goodness, indeed! The only home invaders I've ever encountered here in the UK are ants, domestic cats and an occasional lost blackbird or sparrow, glad you survived the encounter! Oh, I don't suppose you had the chance to take a photo of it, did you? Cheers, Dave
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Post by Jillian on Nov 25, 2011 13:33:31 GMT
Hi Dave, A couple of unclear photos. This one is the snake with the snake catcher - who was very nice to come around after 10pm. I think he was quite enjoying himself - pythons are much nicer than the very posionous brown snakes, he said. One of my housemates is touching its tail here. * shudder* Snake sitting on / hiding behind the toaster. The creepiest thing was when the snake catcher came it tried to evade capture by going vertically up the wall.
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Post by Jillian on Nov 25, 2011 13:36:27 GMT
And to think I was having such a nice holiday in New Zealand where they don't have snakes...
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Post by Dave on Nov 25, 2011 13:46:39 GMT
Many thanks for the photos Jillian, it must have been an almost surreal experience for you all and I bet you'll remember it for a looooong time! Cheers, Dave
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Post by Jillian on Nov 25, 2011 13:51:02 GMT
Hi Dave, I think I'll remember the seconds where I looked up from picking a container up off the floor and saw it stretched out on the bench -- they look so sinister - particularly when I hadn't had time to register whether it was dangerous or not. Massive girly scream moment! ha ha ha ha But it must have noticed me too. The catcher man said that pythons often sit still like it was on the toaster in an attempt not to be noticed. So perhaps it was a little worried about me too!! (Even though I think the snake is scarier than I am)....
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Post by postscript on Nov 25, 2011 13:53:09 GMT
Well done Jillian for coping. That is one of the perils of travelling, you have to check out what the local problems might be. I remember panicking myself once in the States when I put my foot in a shoe and thought it was a scorpion inside! It turned out to be a small pack of cardboard matches.
I think there is nothing threatening in NZ at all? Elsewhere, well, in the southern states there is poison ivy and I remembering once walking in Texas to the horror of someone who found me and said, "Don't you realise this is rattler country?"
Fortunately all we have in England is adders and it is fairly obvious where they might be. Did you find out how it got in? I thought in countries like yours homes were snake-proof, you just had to be careful when stepping out on the porch. Thanks for the photos.
Peter S.
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Post by Jillian on Nov 25, 2011 14:11:16 GMT
Hi Peter,
I think it got in the backdoor - there's a tree right next to it and one of my friends saw a snake in it last year. So I'm thinking it may have just dropped down onto the railing / steps and got in when we've had the door open...
As for New Zealand, I gather that prior to Maori and British settlement there were no real land dwelling predators. Bats were about it. That's why so many apparently defenceless and delicious flightless birds evolved.
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Post by Richard on Nov 25, 2011 15:20:58 GMT
Hello Jillian! You could have had toasted python for tea. I've heard it's quite a delicacy, but I'll take their word for it! I'm sure this will be of interest to Sandy. Richard
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Post by grant on Nov 25, 2011 15:41:09 GMT
Hi Jillian Glad you're non the worse for your python adventure - that will teach you to leave doors open! I handled a python a few years ago when I was in Thailand - it was qite a bug one and felt very heavy draped around my neck i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif He was tame and very friendly though! Best wishes Grant
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Post by I-H-F on Nov 25, 2011 23:14:22 GMT
Thankfully there are no snakes in Ireland. St Patrick took care of that problem
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Post by martindn on Nov 25, 2011 23:21:43 GMT
Strange isn't it. So Ireland doesn't even have grass snakes and adders like Great Britain. Hadn't realised that.
In Malta, the story goes St Paul was bitten by a snake, but instead of dying he shook it off into a fire,and since then Malta has been free of snakes. Sounds like a similar legend.
Martin D
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Post by I-H-F on Nov 25, 2011 23:40:25 GMT
Strange isn't it. So Ireland doesn't even have grass snakes and adders like Great Britain. Hadn't realised that. In Malta, the story goes St Paul was bitten by a snake, but instead of dying he shook it off into a fire,and since then Malta has been free of snakes. Sounds like a similar legend. Martin D Legend? What do you mean 'legend'? That's a true story! Yes, there are no snakes in Ireland. St Patrick got the credit for driving them out, but I hear there were none to begin with.
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