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FarmI · 18-03-2009, 07:35 AM posted to aus.gardens

"a_nonny_mouse" wrote in message
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FarmI wrote:
"phil..c" wrote in message
wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:15:00 +1100, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given
wrote:

Are there any amateur herpitologists reading here?

Yesterday just after having spent hours working in a particular spot,
I saw a Tiger Snake there. When I told my husband he said, "But he's
such a friendly snake". (And to think I've been married to this
goose of a man for nearly 40 years!)

Anyway, I was telling a neighbour this tale of husband silliness and
they said that snakes are cranky at the moment as it's breeding
season. My response was that I thought they bred earlier in the
season. Neighbour then said that it could be that they are shedding
their skins now and that is why they are cranky. I checked with a
friend whose son has pythons and she said they do get cranky when they
shed their skins and that she once had to help to wrestle a snake into
a bathtub to aid it when it failed to shed as it should and it got
super cranky.

The sum total of this all these exchanges made me realise that
although I frequently see snakes, I don't know lot about them. I
know a fair amount about the birds and other animals aroudn here but
not snakes.

Does anyone know anythign about the life cycle of snakes? Or a good
book on the subject?

It'll probably be one with "SNAKES" in the title.... (:-))
also would have been helpful if you informed us where *here* is

If anyone reading my post is too stupid to figure out that since I'm
asking a question about snakes in the Australian garden group and so must
be interested in Australian snakes then they are clearly too stupid to
give a cogent response.

With due respect, that was an uncalled for response!

You don't mean any "due respect" at all, so cut the hypocricy given what you
go on to say in the last line of your post.

At last look, Australia was a land of some 3000km by 2700 km (I won't
argue discrepancies in these figures)
And! there were different species of animals and reptiles in different
areas.
Methinks the responders question was quite reasonable and definitely did
not deserve such a reply from OP. In my opinion the only one who could be
considered stupid would be .... well I'll leave that open to
interpretation ;-0

Try rereading what I wrote in my original post.

I wrote about seeing a Tiger Snake.

THAT tells my location to anyone who knows anything about snakes.

Or didn't you notice that I was asking for a response from someone who
actually either knew something about snakes or books on snakes?