Posted on 08/18/2021 12:46:06 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Customers at an Australian supermarket got an unexpected wildlife encounter after happening upon a 10-foot python slithering about the shelves.
The accompanying 12-second footage shows the brilliantly speckled diamond python — which resides in coastal areas of New South Wales — jutting out from the spice aisle like a prop on a Disney “Jungle Cruise” ride.
“It just wanted to say hello,” the surprised shopper said. “Dozens of people must have walked past it.”
Alati, who coincidentally used to serve as a volunteer snake catcher, added that she was lucky it had popped out at her, saying, “Most people would have freaked out.”
“It was chill, and not aggressive at all,” said Alati, adding that the diamond python “slithered right into the bag.”
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That’s what makes no sense to me.
People spend a fortune on traps, poisons and the like when God Himself provided the perfect solution to rodent infestations and what do they do?
They kill them.
Hunting rats.
Ya know, the snake part didn’t bother me, but reading “volunteer snake catcher” and finding out that’s a thing in Australia because of all the wildlife... Nope. Just... Nope.
There used to be a really good series on cable about a guy and his wife who do nothing but that, down in Oz.
Most Aussies just want them taken safely away to live elsewhere, in peace.
It just wanted some Prey Topper.
Just 3 weeks ago I open the front door and saw this very beautiful coral snake with red, yellow & white bands from head to toe, on my covered front porch. I did not have the nerve to try to catch the snake.
Hi.
In Florida be very careful in any nursery, or even a Walmart or Target outdoors.
Poison ropes all over the place. Especially those damn pigmy rattlers.
5.56mm
Addendum.
Normally, pigmy rattlers won’t kill you.
5.56mm
Went to collect eggs from the coop a couple of nights ago and there was a big black snake wrapped around four eggs. The hen was sitting right above that nesting box. When I shone my flashlight on the snake, the hen looked down at and and gave out a little concerned squawk. Went out the next morning and the hen has gone into broody mode. Either that or she’s sitting on a snake. She hasn’t gotten off of the eggs since. Don’t have a rooster though so her efforts are in vein. I’m gonna get some fertilized eggs from a neighbor and swap them out. Hawks killed the other 5 hens and a rooster I had but this one’s a survivor so I want her to raise some chicks. She’s also been laying eggs for months on zero feed so if she can teach them that too ...
“...saw this very beautiful coral snake with red, yellow & white bands...”
Red touches yellow, dangerous fellow.
Milk snakes look similar to coral snakes.
DAYYYyy-0h! Day-ay-ay-oh.
Daylight come and me wan go home.
Come Mr. Tally Man tally me banana
Hide the deadly black tarantula
The trick is to be able to identify the snake as a Python after seeing it for less than 60 seconds. The average person in that area probably couldn’t do it.
For many; they all look alike.
Red and yella, kill a fella
Red and black, friend of Jack
Plus, the animal in question is pretty striking-looking: 
We had a family cabin that always had snakes in it. It was a hoot to see my mom screaming, running to the car and lock the doors! We kids knew how they were getting in but never told her.
Catching and playing with snakes was a major summer pastime in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
We built an all steel cabin on a river property a few years ago. The first time we had my sister and her sons down was
in November so it was pretty chilly.
My nephew went to get another cup of coffee and found a small ringneck snake curled up on the coffee maker, behind the pot!
I didn’t sleep too well until we discovered how the sneaky little thing got inside.
Was the second cobra ever captured?
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