This coastal carpet python is feeling very smug having just spent over 2 hours getting a large magpie into its stomach.
Our theme this week, please join in, is to make a tiny planet image. I think this came out rather ok! @koalagardens
Very cool! Looks like a clear glass the way your tiny planet formed.
So glad I live in an area with NO poisonous spiders or snakes or reptiles that can do you harm.
We are at the top of the food chain here in Eastern Ontario!
@farmreporter yeah pretty sure there are bears up there?
I often find it amazing that mankind think they have to be top of the chain - naturally occurring predators are the most important balancing factor in ecosystems and keep everything else healthy.
Introduced predators (like man) destroy balance and allow disease and excess to overtake.
I love seeing snakes such as this awesome predator that keeps my native habitat balanced :) makes me feel safe and like there is hope in the world.
I really like this and I’m wondering what the snake looked like. One of my first paid jobs was as “Mother Nature” in one of our state parks. I worked with children who came to summer camp. We used to tell them to make plenty of noise and not to sneak around because our rattlesnakes will do everything they can to avoid us. Those who are bit are usually teasing the snake or stick their foot or hand into a spot they can’t see. That is our mountain rattler not true at all for other snakes or even other rattle snakes.
So glad I live in an area with NO poisonous spiders or snakes or reptiles that can do you harm.
We are at the top of the food chain here in Eastern Ontario!
I like garter snakes and spiders that eat other insects. It is the ones that can hurt (or kill) me that I have problems with!
I often find it amazing that mankind think they have to be top of the chain - naturally occurring predators are the most important balancing factor in ecosystems and keep everything else healthy.
Introduced predators (like man) destroy balance and allow disease and excess to overtake.
I love seeing snakes such as this awesome predator that keeps my native habitat balanced :) makes me feel safe and like there is hope in the world.
@shutterbug49 this gives you a good look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVI_XGfrQoI&t=1s