PHOTO THREAD.

[Brakelite]

No explanation necessary.

 

[Brakelite]

So close and so cute, could've swiped one and popped it in my pocket.



Perhaps not this one, they stand about Foot and a half high. And those beaks... Pocket? Nuh.

 

[Brakelite]

Umm, yeah. Tiger snake. What would an Australian photo gallery be without one.

 

[Brakelite]

A tree kangaroo. Yep. Native to new Guinea. And here. I think.


Da boss.

 

[quietthinker]

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A tree kangaroo. Yep. Native to new Guinea. And here. I think.

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Da boss.

looks like my backyard!

 

[farouk]

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So close and so cute, could've swiped one and popped it in my pocket.

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Perhaps not this one, they stand about Foot and a half high. And those beaks... Pocket? Nuh.

Colourful....

 

[Brakelite]

looks like my backyard!

Yep. Took a video to take in some of the longer pythons, but can't upload them. There this however...

 

[quietthinker]

I've been in Australia 5 years, first time I've seen one if these guys, y'all know what it is huh... But it ain't a bear...View attachment 21426

And bigger and just as cuddly as it looks in photos.

cutting that branch off so close to his bum would have me showing my claws also. :)

 

[quietthinker]

Yep. Took a video to take in some of the longer pythons, but can't upload them. There this however...View attachment 21447

In my younger and keener years I would pick these guys up lying across the road and take them around to the local backpackers for the guests to get up close and personal to. They, ie, the pythons, have personality's like people; some are relaxed and pliable, others are on the edge and a bit feisty.
I picked a 3mtr whopper up one time and misjudged it. It swung around mouth open and onto my hand. These guys have rows of needle like teeth around their bite.....I tell you, it bled like nothing else; one who have thought I had cut an artery. Fortunately they are not poisonous and if there's going to be any complication it'll be from bacteria in their mouths from whatever else they've consumed......Ohhh, and getting them to uncoil from around ones arm is another trick.....it's as strong as a band of steel.

 

[Brakelite]

In my younger and keener years I would pick these guys up lying across the road and take them around to the local backpackers for the guests to get up close and personal to. They, ie, the pythons, have personality's like people; some are relaxed and pliable, others are on the edge and a bit feisty.
I picked a 3mtr whopper up one time and misjudged it. It swung around mouth open and onto my hand. These guys have rows of needle like teeth around their bite.....I tell you, it bled like nothing else; one who have thought I had cut an artery. Fortunately they are not poisonous and if there's going to be any complication it'll be from bacteria in their mouths from whatever else they've consumed......Ohhh, and getting them to uncoil from around ones arm is another trick.....it's as strong as a band of steel.

Wouldn't mind handling one so long as I knew it was friendly.

 

[Brakelite]

So here's a selection of more birds I came across...

 

[Brakelite]

Early morning at work...

 

[APAK]

 

[APAK]

 

[Raccoon1010]

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LOL

 

[quietthinker]

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Lol

 

[Brakelite]

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Sadly an entire generation is being raised to be stupid.

 

[JohnPaul]

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I'm sticking with my gasoline fueled cars, no electric for me.

 

[Brakelite]

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LOL

 

[Brakelite]

Another expedition with the classes into the city... The local war memorial...Shrine

The above is the NZ flag, fit those who may be a little confused. Below, can you imagine approaching an open beach with hundreds of snipers on the cliff tops in one of these? This is how the Australian and NZ forces arrived in Turkey in 1914. The fatality count was horrendous.