Python(Carpet snake) on my balcony this morning

Not my most welcome guest!!

[Jenfurj]

Ooh wow! There had been a lot on the news lately about these snakes. It is mating season and then are very active.
They'll keep the rats away.

[Pam Knowler]

OMG! No! Not my idea of a house guest! Too frightening for me!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Waw !! not my ideal uninvited guest - great shot though !

[Dianne]

I cannot even look at it! I don't know how you were brave enough to photograph it….

[Margo]

@365projectorgjenfurj @pamknowler @beryl @dide I told it to turn around & LEAVE!! & it did. I didn't want to know where!! Thankyou for commenting

[FBailey]

Oh my goodness - I would have been straight out of there, let alone reach for a camera!

[julia]

This is a good reason to live in New Zealand ... Don't think I would get a photo.. Saw a you tube clip the other day where and elderly lady dealt with two snakes in the BBq while the son stood by and watched her...

[Pigeons Farm]

WOW. I hope you managed to move it on to other pastures very quickly.

[Chris]

Goodness Me!!!!! I agree with Julia "it is" a good reason to live here in NZ

[Lynda McG]

Yikes! And I scream when a wasp is near

[Domenico Dodaro]

Yikes! But I see several pairs of nice shoes... lol

[Karen]

Pleased we don't have snakes in New Zealand

[sally agnew]

What a beauty :)

[Jane Anderson]

Wow! Something I've never seen or even heard about!

[Peter Dulis]

nice capture -

[Faye Turner]

Yikes! Great shot!

[Helen Sanderson]

he's keeping other things you dont want away!

[Gina Rieck]

Might be looking for a mate. It's that time of year. I've started to be aware that they'll be about soon. We had more snakes than usual last summer, hope I don't have so many this time.

[Sarah Bremner]

Ooooh don't think I could cope with that. Hope well and truly cleared off!!

[Babs]

Oh wow probably looking for a mate.

[Henri Russell]

Oh my! I think I might faint if I saw this over my door. I don't think there would have been a picture. Good of you to have kept your senses and snapped this picyure.

[bep]

Makes me shiver...!

[Candace]

Oh my!

[Diana Ludwigs]

OMW, I would surely die!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Yikes! LOL Great shot.

[Jacqueline]

A bit large for my taste, brrrrrr, Getting your camera is a very brave thing to do Margaret!

[tony gig]

You are very lucky, would love this in my Garden, nature at its best...Fav

[carol white]

Great capture

[KWind]

OMG... that's scary!

[Henk-Jan]

I like python (the language), but the snake variant looks scary to me ;)

[Korcsog Károly]

rich event day!

[Pyrrhula]

Wow. scary, if you do n`t know them. great shot never the less.

[Islandgirl]

Yikes.................not my idea of a house guest!

[Danette Thompson]

Oh my!

[4rky]

Magnificent find and great capture. Nothing like this in the UK! (Thankfully!)

[Margo]

@fbailey @julzmaioro @kgolab @kipper1951 @lyndamcg @domenicododaro @rustymonkey @hermann @janeandcharlie @pdulis @fayefaye @hrs @gmonty @sarah19 @onewing @henrir @gijsje @ribbet9 @ludwigsdiana @mittens @jacqbb @carolmw @kwind @hajeka @kork @pyrrhula @radiogirl @danette @4rky Thankyou all for your interesting comments> All you Kiwi,s so scared of snakes!! Makes me laugh!!

[Margo]

@tonygig They do keep the rats away & any other small animals. I prefer they don't come on my balcony.. Hw slithered away across the road later I heard!!

[Sarah Bremner]

Good to hear!

[Jodie]

Wow, What an amazing visitor

[Margo]

@sarah19 @jodies Thankyou for commenting on the big Python!!

[CC Folk]

Yikes! What did you do?

[Suzanne]

Oh my goodness, I would be so excited and so petrified to see this!

[eDorre Andresen]

What a beauty!

[Margo]

@gardenfolk @suzanne234 @edorreandresen For some reason I was not afraid. Just told him to turn around & go!!

[Sana Pluto]

Wow! You are brave!