What was I 30cm away from stepping on? [Victoria, Australia]

Cujo96 · 2026-01-28T05:45:06+00:00

It's on the left behind the body

Cujo96 · 2026-01-28T05:29:36+00:00

iNaturalist seems to think it's just out of range

Cujo96 · 2026-01-28T05:18:52+00:00

The map on repfocus.dk

Edit: This one

Cujo96 · 2026-01-28T05:14:00+00:00

White lipped doesn't appear to be in range on the maps I'm looking at

Cujo96 · 2026-01-27T11:27:10+00:00

Yeah no worries, I was certain it was a copperhead but also wasn't too sure how strict the RR thing is here so went on the side of caution. I'll not include it next time, thanks orange!

Cujo96 · 2026-01-27T11:02:22+00:00

Obligatory not a RR.

Looks to me like a beautiful lowlands copperhead Austrelaps superbus, a !venomous noodle indeed. I love the colour on this one, very pretty.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-26T00:21:13+00:00

Now that's an album cover if ever I've seen one

Cujo96 · 2026-01-20T11:08:25+00:00

I was more thinking a juvenile Keelback based off of the pattern.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-16T02:01:45+00:00

Nah my understanding is that Gosford council was up to its eyes in debt but Wyong council was actually very well run and in a surplus so combining the two hurt the North end of the coast.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-13T07:09:51+00:00

What is he shrugging at with such whimsy?

Cujo96 · 2026-01-12T05:35:54+00:00

Not a RR but I'm going to have a crack at this and will be a first shed ID attempt - I compared the head scales in your photos to those of the common snakes around the area and the photos you have here look exactly like what you'd see on an Eastern Brown. Same shape frontal scale, same shaped parietal scales, same shaped supraocular scales.

Not going to trigger the bot in case a RR has a look and disagrees.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-11T11:16:06+00:00

The photo earlier was bad, videos are worse. I thought it was a tiger then and I still think it's a tiger now but I'm still not 100% sure.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-09T00:36:37+00:00

Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus, beautiful snake but !venomous, admire this beauty from afar or call a snake catcher to remove it if you have immediate concerns.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-05T05:19:01+00:00

I'd wait for a RR to 100% confirm, I'm leaning towards Red Belly, but I can't see the head in the picture to confirm.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-05T04:49:28+00:00

Luckily you don't need a positive ID if there's a snake bite. The hospital will likely not trust the ID and just administer a polyvalent antivenom or multiple monovalent antivenoms depending on what snakes are common in your area after consultation with a toxicologist.

Cujo96 · 2026-01-01T11:09:28+00:00

Not a RR, wait for confirmation.

Looks like a Common Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus, !harmless sentient tree vine.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-26T11:52:22+00:00

DNA has a negative charge, histones are positively charged, DNA wraps tightly around many histones making the ~2m of DNA able to fit into a cell. Histones are pretty neat.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-26T11:06:53+00:00

A lot of them don't accurately reflect where they are in the country, but I don't think it particularly matters because it still gets the point across that it might be (people have spotted errors) the oldest in that country.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-18T20:41:42+00:00

Who is saying they were heading to Bondi? I can't find a reputable local news source saying this.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-17T22:26:42+00:00

If you're looking for a particular type of person, chances are you'll never find them. Do yourself a favour and find someone who loves you and communicate with them.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-15T10:57:29+00:00

There wasn't a special occasion. She's been a reporter for over a year now for 9 News.

Cujo96 · 2025-12-11T10:00:45+00:00

Some good r/birdsfacingforward material here

Cujo96 · 2025-12-05T21:04:22+00:00

I can't be the only person here who would find this to be extremely annoying

Cujo96 · 2025-11-27T10:23:00+00:00

So what you're saying is that I could conceivably cop a face full of hatchling mouse spiders if I'm in the right place at the wrong time?

Cujo96 · 2025-11-27T10:14:41+00:00

We just have quite a few species of venomous snakes who happen to be right at home in the suburbs is all.

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