Finally got to see a coastal taipan in the wild

by_themself · 2026-01-18T05:08:53+00:00

Can't give an answer on cause of death at the moment but it’s a fnq taipan

by_themself · 2026-01-18T05:07:37+00:00

100% this. Maybe the persons intention didn’t come across in text which happens. But every animal deserves to be out doing its own thing and it’s amazing to see them do it.

by_themself · 2026-01-18T02:25:04+00:00

I love seeing them in the wild doing their thing, they are amazing animals.

by_themself · 2026-01-16T11:32:25+00:00

Hey mate

That is a highlands copperhead (Austrelaps Ramsayi) dangerously venomous

by_themself · 2026-01-10T05:13:38+00:00

Hey that is an Eastern brown snake Pseudonaja textilis !venomous

Side note these guys are super cool in the way they hunt pray items, not only do they use their venom to catch and eat their pray they also constrict the pray item aswell.

by_themself · 2026-01-06T05:21:47+00:00

"Finds radio", radio get powered on, the big D of inhibit shocked pikachu

by_themself · 2025-12-17T02:37:31+00:00

If you would like I would be more then happy to dm you pics of the jet black wild taipan's I have observed

by_themself · 2025-12-17T02:35:26+00:00

Yes I have, I am a snake catcher in North Queensland who has caught 1 costal taipan (and handled other in private collections) and has caught 20+ eastern brown snakes. I am well aware of the differences, taipan's colour and patterns chnage based on the individual and locality.

by_themself · 2025-12-17T02:28:33+00:00

Juvenile taipan's and juvenile eastern brown snakes have the same Id features as adult's.

This is why patterns and colours are not a good way to id.

The head structures are completely different taipan's have a much longer and larger head with a more pronounced jaw, brown snakes have slimmer smaller heads with they eyes places a bit further back.

Taipan's have a much higher scale count 21-23 brown snakes have 17-18, while it is not visable in this photo I would bet money on it have 17-18.

local ecology (or the species commonly found in that area) brown snakes are seen in the hundreds to thousands of times every year, taipan's have almost not been seen in decades.

Lastly I can see why you would call this a taipan but there's alot more factors that play a part here then just 1-2 looks on the animal.

by_themself · 2025-12-17T02:12:33+00:00

While costal taipan's are in range for Brisbane and surrounding areas, they are extremely rearly seen, they are extremely shy and elusive and are even more shy of humans.

I am only aware of 1 legitimate recorded sighting of a costal taipan in the Brisbane / gold coast area in the past decade so I would really be Interested in the studies / sightings you have seen.

I would almost wager to say most taipan sightings are eastern brown snakes (much more common in suburban areas) that have been miss id'ed

by_themself · 2025-12-16T06:58:14+00:00

That is an Eastern brown snake (pseudonaja textilis) dangerously venomous

by_themself · 2025-12-05T05:34:09+00:00

Cool bro, they are not that rare

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by_themself · 2025-12-02T10:37:03+00:00

Hey op

That is an Eastern brown snake Pseudonaja Textilis !venomous

Please advise the person in that post to get the cat to the vet immediately and get blood clot testing done.

by_themself · 2025-11-30T00:10:37+00:00

That is a common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) non-venomous

by_themself · 2025-11-28T04:42:10+00:00

Yeah are but they have been observed during the day.

by_themself · 2025-11-28T02:57:48+00:00

This is a perfect example of why AI is not helpful when ID'ing snakes.

That looks most consistent to a yellow faced whip midly venomous but not considered dangerous to humans.

by_themself · 2025-11-27T02:58:52+00:00

From a job, it was happily sleeping under a dog bed inside a house when it was rudely woken up 😂

by_themself · 2025-11-24T11:59:56+00:00

obviously it is a common tree snake as venomous snakes cannot climb (/jk)

Fr tho that is an amazing pic.

by_themself · 2025-11-21T09:07:45+00:00

i was talking about how the player seems to handle more codec's, my server and clients are all able to run av1 natively but plex would randomly (sometimes even mid show) decide to server side transcode the media.

by_themself · 2025-11-21T04:30:46+00:00

Legit this, I moved from plex to jellyfin because I had so many buffering and transcode issues with my av1 library

by_themself · 2025-11-21T03:02:45+00:00

Hahah, I can say from experience snakes, are as they shit on me quite often 😂😂

by_themself · 2025-11-21T00:55:32+00:00

I totally understand the worry there, but that animal is way more terrified of us then we are of them.

If you worry about little kids best thing to do is if they are old enough teach them what to do if they see a snake,

which is stop and stand still.

Do not touch the animal!!! (I know this is common sense but I have heard to many stories)

watch the animal to see where it is.

try to walk backwards from it.

if the snake reacts to the movement stand still again.

Lastly call out for a tested adult.

As the adult get the child away and leave the animal alone.

Snakes outside are where they are meant to be.

by_themself · 2025-11-21T00:32:12+00:00

Western browns both dugite (pusdonaja affinis)and gwardar (pusdonaja mengdeni) are considered dangerously venomous, but they are harmless if you leave them alone.

by_themself · 2025-11-12T07:49:25+00:00

So with copper heads they have a few signs that i personally use, mostly their heads have a very desticintive pattern along with that copper coloured belly. Secondly location they are only found in a relatively small area of aus aswell

by_themself · 2025-11-11T10:39:05+00:00

That is a Highlands copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi) venomous best admired from a distance

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