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I got so lucky this morning, my first close-up shot of a snake in years, while I was returning this morning from another Trig Point photo shoot (highest point of North Lamma, about 15 minutes on the Snake Trail starting at Lamma Winds).

I heard a faint rustling in the dry leaves behind me, just off the Snake Path, not far above the Kindergarten. I stopped in my track and spotted this little beauty just off the path. Camera still on the ready I just got a few close-up shots from maybe 2 feet away while it quickly slithered away, up the embankment and vanished into the forest. Too quick to get a decent, sharp shot and I didn't want to inconvenience it by making it stop and pose for me, even though it was just a baby, only about 1.5 feet long.

What a beauty! But I'm not sure what it is? A harmless Copperhead Racer, perhaps?

Well, another entry for our public "Lamma Snake Sightings" group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/122818261090269/

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The thing I thought was a python about a month ago has been seen twice in the last two week in PWY.

Yik!

Photo by David Tanner, a Bamboo Pit Viper.

This is the same species that has bitten a Lammaite a few weeks ago in Bali, making his foot swell up badly for weeks.

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Yup... snakes are around. Used to freak me out walking the dog.

I've become very adept at 'stamping my feet at the beginning of a walk at night'!!

I'm sure people think I could be nuts when they see me stomping at night down a path for a few seconds, but this is the first thing I do when I go out walking on a dark path.

Stamp my feet a few times to let them buggers (snakes) know I'm in the vicinity. If they hear you they will (usually???) disappear.