oxyuranus microlepidotus

does anyone know who the person is that was bitten by his pet taipan yesterday. 34 year old male taken to sutherland shire hospital, is in stable condition. story on page 3 todays telegraph. cheers.

can someone please tell me ?? is a yellow belly black a black snake or is it just a colour variant of the green tree snake ? and if anyone could post piccies that would b great

what are they, i cant find much arout with the hole ten can the list be for 1 to 10 thanks ashley

hi all. i was watching a show early this morning on fox. about sharks it was interesting in the way they put it(you will see what i mean) no this was the show and not me ok. also they said recorded attacks and this is an inpotant part of this stats most dangerious (most attacks on...

Since my parents work with and are friends with a few teachers from the local primary school, I was asked to do a presentation for one of the senior classes (grade 5-6) cause they are doing a project on snakes. Anyway I was planning on doing up a fact sheet for the kids with interesting snake...

Picture of my little nipper......

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in my finger :) I'm sure he will get over it. This is from my little Capy who loves to bit anything and everything that moves or not. He is only about 600m long and is the most agressive little 3 month old I've ever had. he already eats adult mice with ease.

I am planing Bike trip from Cairns to Cape York this year. I am wandering if there is available some poster with photos of snakes living in that part of Australia. I have purchased poster in Northern teritory with pictures of local snakes and would like simeller thing for top Queensland area...

RE: Sale or Swap Is he truly 8 feet or are you just guessing? Photos next to a tape measure please.

http://nyngan.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=364918&y=2005&m=1

i know we have talked about it before but lets talk more, what are you thought's and you top 10 reptile gardens say's 1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. The most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would...

Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. The most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice. These rare snakes are virtually unknown in collections outside of...

I watched sir crikeys dvd - 10 deadliest snakes. Ironically he is on the cover holding a carpet :shock: which wasn't encouraging but it is actually a really good watch. It's not as show-man..ish as his normal stuff and there is some great footage and good info throughout. There is also a...

has anybody been watching this guy on the animal planet playing with all types of snakes.... he looks a bit dangerous to me.... Angel

Hi I was just wondering what everyones oppinion was on the top 3 most easily handled, placid good natured snakes. This is in general not on a single snake they had which was really good, but just in general.. Cheers

I just bought some Alumacore cages from Marc Furbank, they are absolutely fantastic. One I got is for my carpet snakes and the other one for my forest dragons, I'll sent Pics as soon as I can take some. Thanks again Marc for your help and service I will recommend Alumacore enclosures to...

3 o'clock news - 35 yo Man bitten by eastern brown and told at the hospital "don't be silly your just hyperventilating". They removed the bandages and told him to breath into a paper bag. Suprisingly, 10 minutes later they were trying to revive him from heart failure. I hope it wasn't anywhere...

Did anybody else just watch "Dangerous Australians" on Animal Planet , Sunday night 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM. It highlighted a variety of dangerous and venomous things in Australia - GOD you gotta love this country

Hey! Just checked out pailsforscales.com and saw that reptile TV thing... I reckon we should get him to kiss a brown snake live on TV.. not just on a photo!!! Good work Pails... looks good, I think we should get him to do some wierd stuff when he does the first show or whatever it is! Anyone...

Hello everyone OK a bit of fun now GUESS WHO I AM what snake is it who can guess right without looking at snake pics. PK

Hi there, As you may know, I love spiders and keep many tarantulas as pets, and there is a new Australian spider forum, where people talk about their pet tarantulas, and spiders in general. So, if you are that way inclined, please join up!! :wink: www.mytarantula.com/forum

I was just interested in finding out what this fierce a mate has is worth, its 3ft female nice looking snake (will get a photo in the next day or 2) no free handleing as you would expect. Cheers Ricko

Long story, but a good one none-the-less. http://www.barefootbushman.com/budden.htm

* There are 140 species of snakes in Australia * Green tree snakes come in a variety of colours from black ,brown to yellow and even a pale blue * The fierce snake is the most venomous snake in the world - fortunately it is not aggressive. * The largest Australian python is the Scrub...

* There are 140 species of snakes in Australia * Green tree snakes come in a variety of colours from black ,brown to yellow and even a pale blue * The fierce snake is the most venomous snake in the world - fortunately it is not aggressive. * The largest Australian python is the Scrub...

just wondering if i did get the eastern bearded dragon pogona barbata and the central bearded dragon pogona vitticeps. could they be housed together or would it be a bad idea to do that.

I just went to the ag show in Caboolture yesterday and got some pics of some snakes . Please correct me if i am wrong on any of the names .

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1154464.htm

Biggest (Most Massive) reptile - the estuarine crocodile (over 7 m (23 ft) long). Smallest reptile (and smallest lizard) - the British Virgin Islands gecko (only 18 mm = 7/10 inches long) Fastest reptile - the spiny-tailed iguana (tracked at 34.9 km/h = 21 mph) Biggest (heaviest) snake -...

I posted a story about an aboriginal fella i know who "CLAIMS" to have been tagged by a brown on three occasions i wrote in the post what i was told and what he told me was he'd been stung that many time by bees that the poison in the sting never leaves your body whitch has built an immunity to...

Just wandering if any people on here have any taipans and any pictures of them? or if anyone breeds them? Im interested in getting them but along way down the road, but it was a hot topic of conversation the other night when a few mates and i were having a drink wanderin how many people keep...

http://www.crusty.com/ http://www.metalmulisha.com/home.html I think they are fan-bloody-tastic i would love to learn to do it all, even though everyone says 'but your a chick' but its so fun and it gets your adrenilin goin evn watching it

Well I know this is something that gets done every now and then, but I figure with all the new members as of late I would do another one to get things going again. Name : Colin Age : 32 *** : (please) Male Location : Brisvegas Occupation : Pest Control ( at the moment anyway) Interest ...

Okay peoples, I have started putting together imformation for a beginners handbook. I am currently working on the first chapter which is "What snake should I get?" I have broken the factors up into size, coloration & pattern, price, temprament and availability.I am thinking of putting a list...

hey people, just thought i may put a game up that everyone can enjoy its the ABC game and each post has to name something related to herpotology starting from the letter A to Z for example: A for atherton tableland python or albino olive and B for bredli's python etc. Anyway ill start...

Hi Bob, Thought I'd post this in the forums instead of PM, just in case other people may be interested. Sorry if it takes you a while to type your answer. I'm just wondering: 1a. What species have you registered with NSW Agriculture as being display animals - not just the regular ones, but...

I was just wondering what can be seen around the Bourke area? All help appreciated Thanks in advance, Brent

He wouldnt harm a fly i promise you

First snake = Me holding craig23's Inland Taipan. 2nd = A Marsh Snake me and craig23 found today. 3rd = A Small Eyed Snake my dad caught today. We'd been out since early morning, so excuse my bad hair and dirt clothes :)

I?ve brought this up in another thread, but has anyone had any experience with chipping snakes? The reason I?m interested is, from time to time I see ads on certain sites saying ?python stolen? etc, etc. Imagine the look on the rotten sods face when you showed up at the door with the cops asking...

I must say that I do feel sorry for the remarks I have made about the Bob in the croc's enclosure to be honest I would have done the same thing. The only thing different would have been, I would have introduced Bob to off displayed croc's.....it struck home when Terri said its just like people...

just wandering how many people in aps keep venomous reptiles? if so what sort? as i have a few myself and just want ideas on what most other people keep. Thanks Rick

This is my new snakey! She's a real cutie pie but i cant think of a good name for her! she's got a beautiful temperament and eats like a horse, she just shed too so she looks pretty spunky! she had a few scales left on her and a small section on the tip of the tail retained when we bought her...

Has anyone been watching this. ABC Sundays 7:30pm just small pieces though last night they had goulds monitors hatching and escaping the termite mound. Thorny devils - adults and hatchies. Mertens water monitor - the jacobsens works underwater! Nature filming nowadays is amazing - how do...

I was just wondering how many people out there who keep Venomous keep there snakes in top opening Viv's, who keeps them in the normal side opening style? Which one would you consider safer and why?

im the kind of person that needs to experience something to find out if i like it or not im not sure about keeping vens, i dont know if id get satisfaction out of keeping a snake i couldnt really handle. so my q is to people who keep vens... what part of keeping venomous snakes do u get...

Is the Bredl's Python named for Rob Bredl's family? I have been wondering this for awhile but it just occured to me because Killer Instinct is on. Not sure if you have that there.

...and everyone else, but I thought David could help me with this one. We constantly hear about Australia's Fierce Snake as having the most potent venom in the world (of the terrestrial species of snakes), but often hear about another school of thought which suggests that the scale by which...

I think it is time for another triva contest. One point per question. first to 10 points. Questions will be posted at randon times but most questions will be posted after 9:00 Central daylight time. I'll try and make the questions google - unfreindly ! Where a question asks for a species...