Post #731818 by komohana on Thu, Nov 20, 2014 1:37 AM

Was burning the last of the dry grass yesterday and found this little bugger in the pile.

Lucky for the snake it didn't end up in the fire only a couple of feet to the left of the rake,
as I just saw it in time while I was flicking the grass onto the flames.

The picture is blurry because it is a snap shot from a short video that I managed to take but
the snake can be seen to the right of the rake head and alongside the brick wall.

A little funny at the time because as I whipped out my phone with my left hand, had the rake in
my right, and as I wasn't wearing any glasses couldn't tell whether the bloody phone was in
video mode or what, while keeping one eye on the snake and the other on the screen.

Anyhow, just a young-un at about two and a half feet this snake was not harmed and made a bee-line
for the bush behind our place, quick smart.

By all accounts it's a bumper year for snakes in the West, with about 190 people bitten this year
state-wide and around 20 within the last month or so.
Recent news separately saw a couple of kids needing treatment in hospital, and some dick-head
out in the goldfields died after being bit three times on the arm and refusing medical treatment,
he was aboriginal.

[ Edited by: komohana 2014-11-20 19:43 ]