Hissss!

[bushwalker]

I was in my front yard chatting to a neighbour when I saw a baby snake (40 -50 cm long)! It was black so no doubt is rather poisonous - tiger snake or brown snake probably. I went to phone the council to send someone around to pick it up but they wouldn't come unless it was still in the same spot. Alas it had moved. They gave me the numbers of

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[monkeygirldiva]

yikes!

i'd still get the guys out... i've heard there's been quite a few brown snakes around recently and they can be very nasty.

[bushwalker]

Yeah I think I will for peace of mind; although it show that snakey friends can appear at any time. Yes brown snakes are the most poisonous of all aren't they? I never mastered the finer art of telling them apart. Tiger snakes can be quite aggressive though. Apparantly the council had received 3 calls that day for snakes. I wouldn't be surprised if the drought had something to do with it. Now the Australian cock roaches are kicking out their dirtier foreign counterparts from our houses due to the dry and indeed I spotted one beneath our kitchen sink the other day. We have never had cockroaches in Melbourne before! Seeing as though the Aussie cockroach (with yellow stripe) is clean it is not such a terrible thing... the snake was near some grey water that B hadn't finished putting on the plants so that may have had something to do with it.

[monkeygirldiva]

i think taipans are more poisonous, but it wouldn't make much difference if it bite one of the little ones... brown snakes are still very deadly. it would be good to know what kind of snake you're dealing with, just in case there are more around and someone does get biten and they need anti-venom.

there have always been snakes on my family's farm outside gympie but they were saying that it's been particularly bad with the dry weather - and my relatives are significantly more "rural" than i am, i took their word for it.

the person i'm staying with said exactly the same thing a few days ago about the cockroaches. i quote "melbourne now has cockroaches - i found one in the cupboard". i responded with "i'm sure some of my old flats had cockroaches" to which she replied "well, kew has never had cockroaches before". :)

[kafechick]

Kew has always had cockroaches .. they have just never *admitted* that they have had them! :)

[bushwalker]

Yes the drought is having a significant impact upon the beasties of our fair climes. It now has to be the subject of my next post.