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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

  1. Tony C. Ωf Jury member Jun 5, 2020

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    Forgive me if this has been posted previously, but...WOW! The Aussie who posted it said that he had heard (I'm paraphrasing) a big racket on the roof, and saw this when he looked outside. YIKES!

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  2. larryganz The cable guy Jun 5, 2020

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    I spit my coffee out and just missed my keyboard!
     
  3. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Jun 5, 2020

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  4. 0uss Jun 7, 2020

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    I guess pythons sneak in households quite often.. Luckily this aussie dude is too badass !

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    Woah :eek::eek: That's Terryfing!!!
     
  5. lindo Jun 7, 2020

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    It looks like that early bird caught the wrong worm.....
     
  6. marco Jun 7, 2020

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    That magpie is cactus, a different story if it was a kookaburra. I have seen a kookaburra kill a five foot Brown snake.Supa tough birds those supa K's.
     
  7. larryganz The cable guy Jun 8, 2020

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    Don't forget about the famous woodpecker and snake video.

     
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  8. nzshadow Stowaway Jun 8, 2020

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    We had a carpet python climb onto our balcony & try to eat our Maltese terrier cross. Our other dog headed it off while I did my best impression of someone who knew what they were doing, and used a broom to push it back off the balcony & into the rainforest down the back. It was at least 2 1/2 meters long. Here are a few shots:

    A shot from my phone as I held 2 dogs back with a broom in my other hand:
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    Once I wrangled it back, it climbed a big paperback in the backyard - I ran & fetched my SLR & managed to get this shot:
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    The two idiots - safe & sound.
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  9. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Jun 8, 2020

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    You need to keep chooks out the back. The dogs will never be bothered again.

    (Note: Re-fill chook pen every three months).
     
  10. nzshadow Stowaway Jun 8, 2020

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    Ill just put this here.

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  11. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Jun 8, 2020

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  12. rob#1 Jun 8, 2020

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    Actually, it’s Note: Don’t ever fill chook pen again :(.

    The carpet snake that got in our chook house just sat there slowly eating its dinner of raw chicken while the chicken’s two siblings sat at the other end of the house, traumatised. Worst thing was, after half an hour the snake decided to bugger off, leaving me to deal with a dead chicken that looked normal from its back end while its front was all squished to snake-edible size ::puke::
     
  13. Barking mad Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder Jun 8, 2020

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    Top 8, source unclear but from the net. Have unfortunately had meetings with all but never been bitten.
    • 1Sydney Funnel-Web Spider. Considered the world's most dangerous spider, the Sydney Funnel-Web is a recurring presence in New South Wales, found both in back gardens and bush lands. ...
    • 2Redback Spider. ...
    • 3Mouse Spider. ...
    • 4Trap Door Spider. ...
    • 5White-Tailed Spider. ...
    • 6Black House Spider. ...
    • 7Australian Tarantulas. ...
    • 8Fiddleback /Recluse Spider.
     
  14. queriver Aug 1, 2020

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    Moving away from Aussie killers for a moment. This cutie loved to be photographed -

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    and straight after I took a few shots, this happened next....::facepalm2::

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  15. rob#1 Aug 1, 2020

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    Looks like the bird on the right is a killer with the ladies ;)

    Great action shot though, you don’t see these kind of pictures in twitcher’s guidebooks
     
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  16. queriver Aug 2, 2020

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    You seem to have an interest in things avian so here are 2 subsequent shots. I think she's saying "Enough Now!" in the last one.
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  17. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Aug 2, 2020

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  18. queriver Aug 2, 2020

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    Rainbow Lorikeet
     
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  19. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Aug 3, 2020

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  20. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Aug 3, 2020

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    Have a few huntsman that live on the roof. They a regularly seen scampering across the roof to catch insects ( good mosquito catchers )
    Living with a entomologist I’m only allowed to kill cockroaches.
     
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