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Green Tree Snake

Postby Big Red on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:14 pm

oh, its you again...
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i'm getting a bit annoyed with you shoving that lens in my face ...
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now NICK OFF !!...
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Postby BullcreekBob on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:24 pm

Big Red wrote:i'm getting a bit annoyed with you shoving that lens in my face ...


Yikes !!

How close to its face did you put your lens? The EXIF data says a 100mm lens and the way I think about it, a 100mm lens would have me way too close.

Good colours though.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:27 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Big Red on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:29 pm

He He,
i was out of strike range as he was in the fork of a tree [and i cropped the shots about 50% :wink: ]
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Postby blacknstormy on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:37 pm

Shane my sweet - great shots, but it's not a whip snake :)

It is actually a green tree snake - they are really variable in colour, but this is, according to Damo, 'The most typical green tree snake I've ever seen - but what a gorgeous snake' :)

Another thing to remember is whip snakes don't climb and cant' climb as a rule :)

Congrats on a great shot though :) :) :)

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Postby Big Red on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:44 pm

cool Thanks Rel ... we were debating its id and GTS was my guess but i'd never seen a whip snake and this one was really black on top so ...
i need a really good reptile book :lol:

title now fixed :D
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Postby Killakoala on Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:57 am

Cool. He certainly is an angry fellow.
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Postby Handlebars on Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:04 am

#3 is a fantastic shot! You wouldn't find me within 20m of a snake I couldn't ID (and that is nearly all af them! :shock: )
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Postby marcotrov on Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:35 am

Great environmental series Shane. Lovely and sharp where it counts.
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Postby chrisk on Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:49 am

let me preface this by saying that 3rd image is an absolute cracker ! love the commentry aswell. lol

now...in saying that...you are a complete friggin lunatic ! :shock:
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Postby Big Red on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:53 am

thanks guys 8)

you do tend to forget about the dangerous bit when your trying to get a "better shot" but as Rel pointed out its only a Green Tree Snake so we were ... probably... safe ... i suppose ... umm ... err ... are green tree snakes dangerous ??
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i really have to get a decent book as its so hard to find info on the net!
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Postby Travy on Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:35 pm

number 3 is definatly a cracker :lol:

nice work :)
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Postby Handlebars on Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:07 pm

so we were ... probably... safe ... i suppose ... umm ... err ... are green tree snakes dangerous ??


Well I can not see any teeth in #3, but sometimes those with the smallest teeth pack the biggest punch... :shock:

But then again as long as you can run faster than whoever is with you... :lol:
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Postby CraigVTR on Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:55 pm

Shane
I understand Green Tree Snakes are harmless and it takes quite a bit to get them to bite.

I got this info after I found one in the house a couple of years ago. We got him/her out into the garden by gently picking him/her up on the end of a very loooooong piece of timber I had on the veranda. During the extraction process he/she was very calm and docile (just like me).

Before the removal I got the camera out to find the battery was dead, so no photos. :D :D :D

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Postby Big Red on Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:36 pm

i was going to let it crawl past/over my foot for a pic as it headed towards a tree behind me but thought it might have tried climbing my leg and chickened out :oops:
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Postby MATT on Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:53 pm

excellent, great capturing the moment..

I hate snakes..


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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:14 pm

MATT wrote:excellent, great capturing the moment..

I hate snakes..


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when standing still it seemed to carry on with its business as if no one was there, it only got a bit antsy when you got in its way :lol:
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