one of the feared poisionious snakes in Australia is the eastern brown.
i have the delight
(insert sarcastic tone for the word delight) of working in a semi industrial area, near the major airport in Brisbane, it is on reclaimed swamp land.
so aside from planes taking off and landing all day, the smell of fertilizer plants and oil referineries, we have the pleasure of also dealing with Brown snakes, they can be in the car park, or near the entrance of one of our buildings
Brown snakes are fast moving and quite aggressive so you dont tend to hang around them...
our facilities management people (delightful team - yes sarcasm again) sent out this email.....
Hi All,
A timely reminder to you all that as summer approaches we are likely to see an increase in snake sightings, as was the case this afternoon at the front doors of Building C. As such, please be on the lookout for any of our reptilian neighbours and exercise caution particularly around the vegetated areas of the buildings (and I am not referring to the facilities section).
If you do happen across any snakes or wildlife that maybe endangering to staff or if the animal is injured please
-stay well away from harm
-contact facilities immediately on ext# 666 or notify reception
-keep watch on the position until facilities arrives and
-if possible get a photograph of the culprit so we know exactly what it is that we are dealing with.
Do not attempt to capture the animal yourself; facilities will engage handlers to do that so no harm will come to you or the animal.
Thanks for your cooperation.
I can assure you that most of us that read this were like, "YEAH RIGHT as if we are going to hang around and take a photo of the thing, get ripped" a few of the people that go jogging at lunchtime have also seen them on the side of the road.
to date my only incident with wildlife out here is a brush turkey chasing me when i tried to get my car one afternoon,
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Brush-turkey )
I have lived semi rural and had carpet pythons in the laundry and the garage....
its fun to be an aussie......
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Actually, that's not a fact, (as far as I'm aware), and I'm certainly no herpetologist. I was just expressing my own experience, over a lifetime of "snake-watching". It may be species-specific, or maybe it's peculiar to this part of the country, for all I know, but around here, if someone sees a snake, they tend to count on seeing it's mate, usually within a day or so.
I grew up with "Chew the Fat" and "Reckon" but that was it. HaHa
