OK, I know some people are deathly afraid of snakes, but so far, I have enjoyed my very distant relatives (the snakes). There is a Carpet Python that lives on the roof of our house. Susan filmed it last fall as it climbed back up the tree to the roof. The locals say it is good to have these snakes around as they eat the bush rats and mice around the houses and this is suppose keep the poison snakes away (less food to attract them to the house). The guess is that the one living on our roof is about 15 feet long and it's diameter is about eight inches. This is all calculated from a good distance! The photo is of the actual snake as it climbed back to it's residence. It is very beautiful and graceful if you can imagine that. I have not seen the snake in person, only in video, but we hear it slithering across the metal roof-swishhhhhh-swishhhhh- a slow, light scraping sound. The snake and the other critters is the main reason we keep all doors shut and make sure the screens are on the windows.. we don't want any surprises in the house.
Here is some info from the internet!
Pythons are generally arboreal, that is, they inhabit trees.
In the South Australian Murray-Darling basin, the Carpet
Python lives in the hollows of large River Red Gums and
north-facing cliffs along the river. Often they are found
nestled in quiet sheltered corners like pump sheds and
roof spaces. They can be useful to people in such places
by controlling vermin.
In the South Australian Murray-Darling basin, the Carpet
Python lives in the hollows of large River Red Gums and
north-facing cliffs along the river. Often they are found
nestled in quiet sheltered corners like pump sheds and
roof spaces. They can be useful to people in such places
by controlling vermin.
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