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Saw this fella today, legging it across the road.
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wayneL
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Pretty passive species in my opinion. Have seen quite a few Dugites and Browns over the last few weeks. They will pretty much leave you alone so how long as you don't hustle them.
Tigers are a whole 'nuther story, the buggers will chase you in breeding season.
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Been Strange spring/summer for us. Usually see a few snake skins around the place and the odd Joe Blake. Haven't seen narry a one at all.
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The longest reticulated python ever recorded was found in 1912 and measured in at a staggering 10 metres - that's more than half the length of a bowling lane and makes this snake longer than a giraffe is tall.
The longest and heaviest snake to ever be held in captivity was a female reticulated python called Medusa. Held in the USA, Medusa reached 7.67 metres long and weighed 158.8 kilograms.
The longest venomous snake
In 1937, a 5.54-metre-long king cobra was found in Negeri Sembilan state on the Malay Peninsula. Captured and kept at London Zoo, it eventually grew to 5.71 metres. But this huge snake was killed at the outbreak of the Second World War, to avoid putting the public in danger should the zoo be bombed and the snake escape.A Museum worker holds a king cobra specimen in the 1930s. It is thought that the specimen may have just arrived at the Museum when this photo was taken. Discover more about our amphibian and reptile collections.
