Encounter with a diamond python
Bonnie Vale, 29. August 2004: We are just setting up for a picnic when we have an unexpected encounter with an inquisitive guest. Diamond pythons are stranglers and thus not poisonous (but you wouldn't want to have their teeth in your flesh...). When the snake is almost going over my shoe, I pet her tail — it has the effect of a fast forward button on a remote control: The python goes faster. Later, we watch a fight between a crow and the snake.
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Diamond Python in tree next to picnic bench
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Claudia's right foot and the snake
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Diamond python and Mark - photo taken by Claudia
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Diamond python and Claudia - photo taken by Mark
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A close-up with blue tongue
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Approaching...
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Eye in eye with a python
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Photographer in action
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5cm before the lens
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The battle between the python and the crow with a masked lapwing watching