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January 8, 2012 by Seamus Campbell

Beautiful big python at our backdoor

The other night I was met at our back door by a 3.5m python. It was very quiet and relaxed but it too big to have around the house.

Earlier in the day some of our little birds had been getting quite agitated and making warning noises, but I couldn’t see anything at the time. So I think the python had eaten something from our garden.

I asked our neighbour to help bag it and then I re-located it on the banks of a nearby creek.

He grabbed the python and I helped put it in a bag – this was my first time handling a snake like this; it was very strong – two of us struggled to get it in the bag.

I then drove to a nearby creek and let the python out on the bank – it seemed like a nice place for a big python to live.

Curled up behind the house
Curled up behind the house
python at Portland Roads
A bit of the python at it’s new home

python coming inside
Coming in our backdoor
python close-up
On the mat at our backdoor

python at Portland Roads
Moving away from the back door

Filed Under: Snakes Cape York Tagged With: python Cape York, reptiles Cape York, snakes Cape York

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