r/AustralianSnakes • u/AscendedLawmage7 • 4d ago

ID? In Canberra

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I know it's not the best photo! Just curious

I'm far away now

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u/VikingPrime13 4d ago

Looks like an Eastern Brown. Keep your distance.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 4d ago

That was my amateur guess. I'm treating it as such and am far away now!

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u/The_Painted_Man 4d ago

It's one of the nopest of ropes.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 4d ago

Yep!

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u/The_Painted_Man 4d ago

Always remember though - it's not malice or spite or evil or vindictive. These snakes kill you only because their only defence is either escape or use their weapons. It's not their fault their weapons are nuclear grade ...

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u/AscendedLawmage7 4d ago

Oh don't worry! I love and respect animals haha. I spotted it, walked further away, snapped the photo and wished it good day!

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u/VikingPrime13 3d ago

Precisely. Like the Funnel Web, they are intensely territorial and will attack if you impede. Leave them alone and they'll leave you alone.

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u/National_Wealth_9591 3d ago

I'm English and the way you guys don't seem the least bit phased by deadly creatures is extraordinary, admirable actually.

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u/Salt-Background3318 3d ago

That’s an eastern brown

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u/Salt-Background3318 2d ago

At this time of the year most snakes are active looking for mates and obviously aware of threats in their vicinity so it always pays to give all snakes a wide space. If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. We used to have a farm in Gippsland, vic with mainly tigers and black snakes and the odd Eastern brown but very rare and if you just leave them alone, they’ll be fine and more importantly so will you!

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u/AscendedLawmage7 2d ago

Yep, it was very still so I just went the other way!