This python was basking in the sun just next to the walkway through the park at the bottom of the cliffs on Kangaroo Point. I am no snake expert but believe it to be a carpet python. If you are good at snake identification, post me a note below.It is easy to overestimate the size of a large snake but this one was on the order of 3 meters (10 feet). The head shot at left was taken from a distance of about two feet. He was very still while I photographed him except when I accidently moved the post beside him and he raised his head and tasted the air around him with his tongue.
Pythons are not poisonous although they can be agressive feeders I understand. They are helpful by ridding us of mice, rats, and other such pests. There are lots of stories around here of pythons getting into houses - especially the old Queenslander style. We haven't spotted any in the apartment yet :-)
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