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Post by youcantry on May 13, 2008 14:55:59 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2008 15:33:34 GMT 10
I saw a great doco on TV last week where a python was swallowing a deer (or some kind of similar hoofed creature). The snake's sides actually split while it was swallowing its prey over the space of a day - a common hazard apparently. The wounds heal over time. That meal would 'power up' the python for a year, according to the commentary. Ruby  |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2008 19:21:23 GMT 10
I have a couple of power point slide shows of pythons one swallowing a kangaroo the other zapped by the electric fence after he swallowed a sheep and couldn't fit past the live wire. That one must have been cruel the zap is only about 1 milli-amp (but about 40,000V) and administered once every 1.5 to 2 seconds this enables stock to move away but once he got caught it could have taken a fair time to die.
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Post by Thylacoleo Gal on May 13, 2008 20:06:01 GMT 10
Spotted that story. Yeech. Poor kitty!  |
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Post by Hobbes on May 13, 2008 23:18:02 GMT 10
Maybe we need bigger pythons to catch the big cats running around in the bush. Then we would only have to look for big snakes, get a big x-ray machine, and look for evidence of swallowed kitties!! ;D Would it be easier to find a giant snake you think  |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2008 9:41:48 GMT 10
Gee up our way they couldn't find an escaped elephant so snakes, cats and other elusive critters are much harder to find. Rarely do we see a wild feral goat but sometimes find dead ones so they must still be around. One area use to have a lot of goats (old maps even have wild goat herds indicated in some regions) but now it just seems to have panther reports.
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Post by youcantry on May 14, 2008 14:43:56 GMT 10
When the panthers start running out of goats - you'll start seeing the occassional dead panther lying around!  |
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Post by Wally1 on May 14, 2008 22:45:10 GMT 10
No mate you wont find any dead panthers, presuming by pantheryou are referring to melanistic leopards. You wont find any bigcats either.
They are canabalistic and absolutely nothing is left.
I expect leopards are canabalistic but I know that bigcats and pumas are.
The only dead bigcat found that I know of was found near Mansfield after it died from eating 1080 rabbits.
It was taken into custody and became a what cat.
Wally
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Post by Wally1 on May 17, 2008 4:30:26 GMT 10
Reminds me of the oldie.
Little girl goes into pet shop.
"Have you got widdle wabits".
"Yes Ive got widdle wabits, do you want a widdle fluffy white wabit or a widdle fluffy black wabit".
'Oh my pyfons not fussy"
yeah Wally
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