Snakes can't move forward

[Fuscus]

Must be true - it's on the internet.
Also avoid that terrible snake pictured
http://www.abc.net.au/westqld/stories/s1198705.htm

 

[peterescue]

I like the most common snakes.
King Brown and the Mulga. Thats how common they are they have to be named twice.

 

[instar]

dont sound right, my lil hatchy can move forward pretty damn quickly! :lol:

 

[OuZo]

it's scary that she is the Senior Wildlife Ranger with Queensland Parks and Wildlife :shock:

 

[Fuscus]

LOL I missed that peter, well spotted

 

[Guest]

roflmao, good to see what the experts know.

 

[dobermanmick]

Lol I just sent them some feedback on the contact us email we will see what they have to reply with !

 

[nuthn2do]

The mulga snake is one that might tend to come into the house, and is venomous. It is about one metre in length, golden brown in colour and quite plain looking.

Dwarf species???

 

[herptrader]

Given that the target audience is the uninformed I thought the article stressed the basics pretty well.

Often with such journalisim the tone on of the artical is hysteria even though the words say be calm. This is a calm article that says don't touch and keep your distance.

 

[herptrader]

This article on the same site is also of interest:

http://www.abc.net.au/kimberley/stories/s1198189.htm

 

[Paddy]

snakes

yes, it is good to see them put forward a message about snakes coming out in warmer weather without creating panic amongst the masses!
and in defence for the ranger quoted as saying snakes can't move forward - that is what the head ranger from townsville tells you when you do the venomous snake awareness course through parks and wildlife!
i think they meant moving forwards in relation to the snakes ability to strike, more so than move. when you think about it they are far more likely to swipe sideways and strike than move froward.

 

[dobermanmick]

I just found this on the abc site its interesting to see whether the same terminoligy is used around australia
http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/default.htm

 

[dobermanmick]

i think they meant moving forwards in relation to the snakes ability to strike, more so than move. when you think about it they are far more likely to swipe sideways and strike than move froward.

Would that be the mulga or the king brown ? :wink:

 

[Paddy]

snakes

you think the mulgas and king browns are bad, you should try dealing with some of the black snakes - now they are bad ass dudes!

 

[dobermanmick]

:lol:

 

[Ricko]

bhp's are upon most common, is this true qld people?? good spotting there peter

 

[Moclobe]

Oh my god my snake is deformed. I didn't know until reading the artical that snakes can't move forward. Well there goes the breeding program I had in mind. Will have to take my bredl to the vet to be put down.

 

[PilbaraPythons]

I once witnessed a Qld ranger identify a snake in a bag that an old biddy had found when removing sheets of iron and had brought into parks and wildlife. The ranger told her that it was a harmless slatey grey. And you guessed it, It was in fact the dangerous eastern small eyed snake. When I intervened and told her the mistake she had made and the differences between the two she still insisted that she was in fact correct. It was only when I started spruking the scientific name and grabbed down the coggers of their shelf that she began to listen. In my experience most rangers in regards to widlife are jack of all trades but masters of none. And some are so full of excretement its scary