Australian Python

America: Seen Through a Windshield ^ | 06-17-07 | Alan Burkhart

[neverhome]

Photos of a snake caught on an electric fence on a sheep & cattle station near the NSW town of Nyngan....Some tourists on holidays came across the snake caught in an electric fence, being continually shocked, and getting very angry!

[neverhome]

I'm told this is a "Carpet Python." It's a bit larger than the occasional little green snakes I find under my doorstep.

[Oztrich Boy]

Looks quite well fed.

[neverhome]

Yup... I guess when you’re that big you can pretty much eat anything you want.

[IrishCatholic]

I’ve seen these pictures quite a while ago on strangecosmos.com. The snake is dead. It was electrocuted and that is why it is just sitting there. No greenies, no phantom farmer.
A thread earlier today was doing the .50 cal sniper video from Iraq that was actually rockchuck hunting out West.
Must be the day for recycling what goes around.

[neverhome]

OK... That’s the second time I’ve posted a snake photo and then found out it was bogus. I’m starting to feel snake bit...

[neverhome]

According to Snopes, it all took place in Africa, not Australia. That’s what I get for not 2x-checking the thing before posting it.

Well... the story’s half right. It is after all, a python under an electric fence.

Apologies from me.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/fencesnake.asp

[Oztrich Boy]

Carpet pythons have different coloration (lighter lighter patches) and are somewhat smaller

[spotbust1]

http://www.bushveld.co.za/pictures-python.htm

Not sure if this link will work, but here are some more pictures including the last meal the snake had.

[IrishCatholic]

Heck, why are you apologizing to me? It is a cool photo after all. I just spend too much time on the web and caught it. Just keep posting and don’t mind me.