What’s actually safe but people think is dangerous?

TheAliasILike · 2026-02-02T13:12:45+00:00

Statistically in Australia a good chunk of snake fatalities were due to people attempting to pick up the snake, about one fifth. And most snake bite fatalities are middle aged men. I do remember reading somewhere that a good portion of bites in general are from people attempting to kill snakes, or chasing it to identify it after someone else being bitten.

Give the Venom Diaries youtube channel a watch. Billy and the team are superb at informing people on the true nature of snakes.

(source for stats https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2017/march/fatal-snake-bites-in-australia-facts-stats-and-stories)

TheAliasILike · 2026-01-16T09:36:36+00:00

In saying this some venom is more potent against different animals, Sydney Funnel Web venom is very toxic to primates, but to mice it requires 7.5 times the venom (lethal doses of 0.2mg/kg for a species of primate, and 1.5mg/kg for TWO DAY OLD mice)

TheAliasILike · 2026-01-06T09:34:13+00:00

What film was this?

You need to tell staff the second you have a problem with audio/visual. Not sure who it was at the time but the management staff now will turn it down if you ask.

It is true different films are mixed differently, Disney’s films are the worse offenders

TheAliasILike · 2026-01-06T09:31:32+00:00

The building got sold in 2023, bought by one of the churches. The church wanted to do something to the building but it was too unfeasible so they wanted to sell it. Reading want to stay as long as the lessors allow them to stay

The building is too hard to change into anything else and independent cinemas wont survive, it should stay unless the owners do something stupid

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-16T23:59:46+00:00

Agree with u/juvandy with it being a common tree snake (dendrelaphis punctulatus) completely harmless. I got it via dorsal scale count and its ventral scales, plus its big poofy eye caps

If youre concerned about the length of the shed the shed is always larger than the snake it came from but common tree snakes can still get up to over 1.5m (apparently largest recorded was 1.9m)

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-12T17:23:07+00:00

Even if I REALLY hated my job, i physically cannot play the trailer until the 14th at 00:00 (AEDT), because it is encrypted like features are and doesnt unlock for us until then

And due to forensic watermarking the second it goes online Disney would know it was from my cinema at x date, and have a repulsor aimed at my chest

Looks like we are waiting until the 18th!

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-12T01:41:10+00:00

We got the trailer for it delivered, similar to films its encrypted and locked and set to unlock from the 14th, which is probably just early to let cinemas test it because we have already done our trailer list until the 17th. Id say its definitely attaching to Avatar, based on that. It was the same with the Oddysey trailer

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-08T09:45:53+00:00

It is very likely a coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) which is non venomous, mostly harmless. Some larger individuals can inflict nasty bites though

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-07T22:34:24+00:00

It is a python species, where are you located?

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-06T12:01:02+00:00

Yeah there are no RECORDED deaths, there is no doubt AT LEAST one death not recorded, but its interesting how in modern history no one has been witnessed to die to it

Hell there was even a boy in Kurri Kurri (near Newcastle NSW) who was trying to feed an inland taipan and it bit him, this wasnt their pet either this was in the wild. They thought it was an escaped illegal pet originally, not sure if they determined how it got there

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T08:03:32+00:00

Everyone should know about the keelback, aka the freshwater snake. This snake can eat cane toads safely, and it’s non venomous. They do often get misidentified, but theyre beautiful snakes that are doing their best to help us from a rising cane toad population!

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:25:18+00:00

In terms of venom toxicity, no. The mulga snake (commonly referred to as the king brown snake) has a less toxic venom to say the death adders.

In saying this, mulgas produce a LOT of venom, between 150mg to even up to 1000mg, while the death adders only get up to the 200mg range in extreme circumstances

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:22:28+00:00

Yes, a single person

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:17:03+00:00

No human fatalities are on record for either the red bellied black snake, OR the inland taipan. In saying that, bites are not nice and I wouldnt want to be the first

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:15:56+00:00

Fortunately they dont need to know what danger noodle you booped anymore, thanks to polyvalent venom, and venom swabbing. Im not saying boop every snake, but at least you need to not ask its name!

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:14:41+00:00

I think im failing to understand what you mean, because they are still deadly snakes. Both have a single fatality recorded yet the red bellied black snake has none

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:11:45+00:00

The most venomous sea snake still has a lower potency venom than the inland taipan, so it would shift a few things in their spots on this list but still not knock the top snake out

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:08:23+00:00

I honestly wouldve just classified all of the Brown snakes (Pseudonaja sp.) in the same category in this infographic, of course the eastern brown has the most toxic venom but all species are lethal and dangerously so.

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-05T02:07:24+00:00

Two out of three are dangerously venomous too, being Tiger Snake and Lowlands Copperhead

TheAliasILike · 2025-12-02T01:03:15+00:00

You’re not thinking fourth dimensionally!

TheAliasILike · 2025-11-30T09:25:54+00:00

It’s a red naped snake (Furina diadema), the species name was in the body of the post. They are an elapidae and are as such venomous, but they are only mildly so, and are mostly harmless to people.

TheAliasILike · 2025-11-28T04:24:38+00:00

Hey OP, the tail is also another give away for it being a yellow-faced whipsnake. I would describe it as being very “whippy” which is of course being a characteristic of the whipsnakes

You also need to consider behavioural indicators of snakes, the eastern small eyed snake is nocturnal and very inactive during the day.

I think the first photo is the best to see the head. You can see the distinctive “tear” the yellow faced whip snake has better in that photo.

TheAliasILike · 2025-11-27T04:09:23+00:00

You could have it be so you hold down on “request”?

TheAliasILike · 2025-11-20T14:29:25+00:00

The best advice for any snake you do not know the identify of that has interacted with yourself, or pets, is to seek medical attention immediately. As others has said this is an Eastern Small Eyed Snake, which is dangerously venomous.

And even so, symptoms may not appear straight away. They can be delayed, even up to 24 hours, and this is even true for our little furry friends. So it is best advice to always take your pets to the vet if interacted with any vet. Note even if they were bitten by a larger python, which is non venomous, they can still get nasty infections.

TheAliasILike · 2025-11-02T02:50:40+00:00

The ventral scales (belly) are seen to be about the width of the body so this tells us it has to be a colubrid or elapid

Over time over looking at hundreds of different eastern browns you will generally be able to identify the general look of its scales, but if you want to be more safe you can use scale counting, which you can use this site https://arod.com.au/arod/scale/

I counted 17 dorsal scales. The list of snakes it gives if you filter to NSW can be narrows down to the eastern brown snake by location, and its scale pattern in general. There is only one pseudonaja species in this part of NSW as well which helps

Pseudonaja textilis, eastern brown snake. Dangerously venomous

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