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Live in Qld? No thanks

imastawka — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:20:59 GMT

A huge snake that has lived in the roof of an Australian home for 10 years has tried to upgrade to the master bedroom.

Trina Hibberd, from Mission Beach in Queensland, woke on Monday to find the 5.2m scrub python named Monty stretched from her lounge room to her bedroom.

Monty managed to turn on a light and knock over a lamp before snake-catcher Dave Goodwin arrived.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36573623

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davidc4430 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:29:22 GMT

um, how did they know his name was monty?

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tasfleur — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:30:47 GMT

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davidc4430 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:36:41 GMT

of course theres a book,

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Snake-Invasion-Choose-Your-Own-Nightmare-by-Doug-Wilhelm-/222162681485?hash=item33b9ed7e8d:g:jtQAAOSwc1FXatlF

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imastawka — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:45:48 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
um, how did they know his name was monty?

Monty Python?

I think you'd notice if you had a 40kg snake in ya roof

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lloydslights — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:06:27 GMT

I could almost guarantee there are no mice or possums in the family abode.

DEB

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esayaf — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:58:26 GMT

I have had copper heads and tiger snakes in my house. Would happily exchange for a python

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electric*mayhem*band — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:12:01 GMT

@esayaf wrote:
I have had copper heads and tiger snakes in my house. Would happily exchange for a python

Arrghhh...http://www.oocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/8025/psycho.wav

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electric*mayhem*band — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:58:49 GMT

imastawka wrote:

Monty Python?

I think you'd notice if you had a 40kg snake in ya roof

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lind9650 — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:29:54 GMT

Living in Queensland?

How I wish I could. We have spent three winters in the Atherton Tablelands. It was heaven to run around in short sleeved tops and shorts in the middle of winter. 26C to 29C every day. When the temperature dropped to 19C, son-in-law lit the fire in the wood heater and declared it was cold.

This winter we have to stay in freezing Victoria for medical reasons. BRRRRRRR! I just bought a couple of fleecy lined tracksuits.

Snakes or no snakes, I wish I was up north.

Erica

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collect247 — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:06:54 GMT

You would have loved the 4 degrees today then

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azureline** — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:11:47 GMT

16 deg here in my area of Qld today.

I have no pythons in my ceiling now but when we lived in Northern NSW, there was one regular visitor between the camphor laurel tree and the roof. It was about 3 metres long, we were in midst of getting new lighting installed in a sunroom and there was a gap in the plasterboard ceiling, it made it's way down to the wall unit below and curled up there, sleeping.

My OH got a fence paling and encouraged the visitor to curl around it while my daughter and I held a tarp for him to drop it in.

Needless to say, it was way too smart and too heavy anyway, so he had to carry it out on the paling! We sold the house some years leater and the new owners had it relocated after finding it asleep in their bird cage.

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imastawka — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:20:33 GMT

Like I said...................................no thanks

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davidc4430 — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 03:39:15 GMT

why am i imagining tweety birds cage, door open, no tweety, pan down to sylvester asleep on his bed with one yellow feather stuck on his lip?

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azureline** — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 03:40:51 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
why am i imagining tweety birds cage, door open, no tweety, pan down to sylvester asleep on his bed with one yellow feather stuck on his lip?

no, all parrots present and alive, perhaps he was saving them for later.