Bored with nice, touchy- feely subjects? Well, if you are, here be a nasty!

[ucci]

Haven't posted for awhile, overawed by the excellence of all the other posts. Plus there seems to be even less hours in the day as time passes to get done what needs to be done. ( Times is fled and we are grown old!
Now as that good lad young Donald will tell you, every picture should tell a story. So here is the one to go with this one.

This is a newly hatched brown snake, about 8 to 12 inches long, with the thickness of a shoe lace. Found him wriggling around in our computer room trying to get under a filing cabinet.

For those not in the know, our Brown snakes rank as either 3 or 4 on the world heritage list of most poisonous snakes. And they can be pretty aggressive and keen to attack when cranky or annoyed, which is most of the time. When first hatched they emerge charged up and ready to go, with enough venom on tap to knock off up to 20 adults.

So, is that nasty enough for you?

[flashback]

Nest to spiders, snakes are my favorite. Since it's Oz I will just assume it's poisonous (although it doesn't appear to be a viper.)
It looks like it may be in the process of shedding? Great pic.

[deetheturk]

You are a brave man Ken

[Donald]

Now as that good lad young Donald will tell you,

Correct comment. Okay, you can stay!

"our Brown snakes rank as either 3 or 4 on the world heritage list of most poisonous snakes. And they can be pretty aggressive and keen to attack when cranky or annoyed," Not sure how you come to terms with sharing your environment with that. Think I'd become obsessive about securing the house so that they couldn't get in. I suppose it's about what you grow up with and get used to. And learning to be careful.

As for the pic - Nailed it well. You could maybe have asked it (nicely) to just hold that pose whilst you threw a bit of light onto the top of its head. But maybe it didn't want to wait.

[dje]

Ken

You've captured it well but you wouldn't get me doing that. I'd have the shovel out ! We live near a creek and have screen doors kept closed at all times to keep nasties like this out.

You didn't tell us it's fate

Dave

[IzzieK]

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[Mike Buckley]

Considering that it had just hatched, were you not concerned that it's larger mother would be near you?

[ucci]

Thank you all for viewing with a special thank you for those who took the time to submit a comment.

[chauncey]

Gee, thanks...I'm about as enamored by snakes as I am about bugs.

[terrib]

Well, I'm glad you are still around to tell the story!

[John 2]

Good capture (I hope you did!). I wonder where it's brothers and sisters ar@_@@_@e

[Wavelength]

i would call it cute if it were non venomous....