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Python:Big and Angry His muscles push aside anything that gets in his way. B.A. Baracus is the only man who could ever put him down
Found this Scrub Python (Morelia amethistina) after being told by some bike riders, in Etty Bay, that it was coiled partially on the road and too cold to move.
Picked it up (it was too cold to even lift its head) and put it in a sunlit tree, and within minutes it was back to smelling the air and moving around.
I mis-identified it as a Carpet Python, but my friend Jeremy corrected me.
Python 13/02/2018 14h24
The Python is undergoing a full renovation between January and March 2018. After about 36 years it was time to renovate this famous roller coaster. Perhaps one of the first roller coasters in Europe that was considered cultural heritage. The last ride was made on the 5th of January and the demolition started on Monday 8th January. After one week more than half of the tracks were dismantled.
The new Python (lets call it Python verson 2.0) is sheduled to re-open the last week of March or early April.
At this stage on 13/02/2018 the first corkscrew is already back and two days later the second. It's going fast during these days.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
Chesterfield Canal, Shireoaks
The historic narrowboat Python, now owned and operated by the Chesterfield Canal Trust, was built in 1929 for Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd by W J Yarwoods & Son of Northwich and was fitted out at Uxbridge. Commissioned in February 1930, her fleet number was 249 and her registration number was UXB 572. She was built on the same works number as her sister boat Panther, which is now owned by the Coventry Canal Society. Python also used to be the motor to the butty Fazeley, which is now fully restored. Of coppered steel construction, she was originally built as a 70' vessel with a Josher bow* and fitted with a Bolinder 5 hp engine. Python was used as a carrier in the Fellows Morton & Clayton fleet until 1949 when she was sold to the British Transport Commission (later to become British Waterways Board) and passed into the South Eastern Division carrying fleet. In 1960 she was given a major overhaul and fitted with a new engine, and in 1974 became part of British Waterways' maintenance fleet when she was subsequently shortened to 53' in 1982 and her cabin rebuilt to the current format of rear engine room, crew cabin and forward store. But with the introduction of more modern, purpose built vessels she was soon to become redundant and fell into disuse for a number of years. After a lengthy period of neglect Python was handed over to the Chesterfield Canal Trust in 2009 who have a team of volunteers dedicated to ensuring her care and maintenance as a promotional vessel for the work of the Trust. Python is currently decked out as a tug and repainted in British Waterways' blue and yellow colours. She is also registered on the National Historic Ships register.
Josher Bow
A distinctive bow design named after Joshua Fellows of Fellows, Morton & Clayton. The long, slender bow with its double curvature became a specified company style, almost a trademark. Some replica narrowboat designs incorporate false rivets to simulate the construction method used on the original vessels.
Geograph®: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6251414
Python reticulatus, also known as the (Asiatic) reticulated python is a species of python found in Southeast Asia. Adults can grow to over 8.7 m (28 feet) in length] but normally grow to an average of 3-6 m (10–20 feet). They are the world's longest snakes and longest reptile, but are not the most heavily built. Like all pythons, they are nonvenomous constrictors and normally not considered dangerous to humans. Although large specimens are powerful enough to kill an adult human, attacks are only occasionally reported.
An excellent swimmer, Python reticulatus has been reported far out at sea and has colonized many small islands within its range. The specific name is Latinmeaning net-like, or reticulated, and is a reference to the complex color pattern.
অজগর বা পাইথন পৃথিবীর অন্যতম বৃহত্তম সাপ। অজগরকে ময়াল নামেও ডাকা হয়। এরা বিষহীন আদিম সাপ। এদের পিছনের পা-এর চিহ্ন পুরো বিলুপ্ত হয়নি।এরা শিকারকে জোরে পেঁচিয়ে/পরিবেষ্টন (constrict) করে এরা তার দম বন্ধ করে। তার পর মাথার দিক থেকে আস্ত গিলে খায়।এদের অবলোহিত(তাপ) রশ্মি দেখার বিশেষ তাপদৃষ্টি(infrared vision) ইন্দ্রিয় আছে (যে ক্ষমতা কিছু বোড়াদেরও আছে কিন্তু গঠন ও বিবর্তন ভিন্ন পথের)।
অজগরের উপরের ঠোঁট বরাবর এই ইন্দ্রিয় অবস্থিত।
অজগর গোত্রের তিনটি প্রজাতি বাংলাদেশে আছে। নিরীহ স্বভাবের এই সাপটি এক সময় বাংলাদেশের সর্বত্র ছিল। বর্তমানে অজগর আছে শালবন, সিলেট, চট্টগ্রাম ও পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের বনাঞ্চল এবং সুন্দরবনে। অজগরের শরীর খুর ভারী,১০০ কেজি পর্যন্ত ওজন হয়ে থাকে। এটি সাধারণত ১৫ থেকে ২০ ফুট লম্বা হয়। মাথা বল্লমের মত, লেজ খাটো, সমস্ত দেহ নরম মসৃণ আঁইশে মোড়া। গায়ের উপরে ও পাশে হলুদ বা গাঢ় বাদামী রংএর অনেক ছোপ আছে। পেটের দিক হালকা রংএর। অজগরের অবসারণী ছিদ্রের পাশে ক্ষয়িষ্ণু পায়ের স্মৃতিস্বরূপ একটি করে নখরাকৃতি "স্পার" আছে। এগুলি পুরুষ সাপে লম্বা হয়। অজগরের নাসারন্ধ্রের পাশে একটি চিড়ের ন্যায় তির্যক ছিদ্র থাকে। এদেরকে বলা হয় সংবেদী গর্ত (Sensory-pit), যা দেহের বাইরের তাপ সম্পর্কে সম্যক তথ্য সরবরাহ উপযোগী। অজগর খুর আলসে প্রকৃতির। গাছ বেয়ে উপরে উঠতে ও লেজ দিয়ে গাছের ডাল ধরে ঝুলে থাকতে অজগর খুব পছন্দ করে। খাদ্যবস্তু(শিকার)ধরার জন্য সুবিধাজনক স্থানে ঘাপটি মেরে বসে থাকে। সাধারনত যে সব জায়গায় বিভিন্ন বন্যপ্রাণি পানি খেতে আসে সেসব জায়গায় অজগর খুব সাবধানে মরার মত পড়ে থাকে বা লুকিয়ে থাকে। শিকার (খাদ্যবস্তু) সামনে আসা মাত্র প্রথমে কামড়ে ধরে এবং সংগে সংগে অজগরের দেহ দিয়ে খাদ্যবস্তুকে এমনভাবে প্যাঁচিয়ে ধরে যাতে দম বন্ধ হয়ে মারা যায়, অত:পর সানন্দে আহার করে। অজগর ছোট ইদুর থেকে বাঘ, শালিক থেকে ময়ুর পর্যন্ত সব পশুপাখি খাদ্য হিসেবে গ্রহণ করে। বড় ধরনের শিকার করতে পারলে একই জায়গায় ৬/৭ দিন মরার মত পড়ে থাকে। অজগর নিশাচর প্রাণি। দিনের বেলা ঘুমায়, শীতের সময় দিনের বেলায় রোদে গা মেলিয়ে আরাম করে। অজগর পোষা যায়। আদর পেলে অজগর যথেষ্ট পোষ মানে। অজগর পোষতে খুব বেশী খাদ্যের প্রয়োজন হয় না। যে কোন বন্যপ্রাণি পোষতে বন বিভাগের লাইসেন্স (পজেশন সার্টিফিকেট) প্রয়োজন হয়। মার্চ থেকে জুনের মধ্যে কোন গর্ত, গুহা বা গাছের বড় ফোকরের মধ্যে ৫০ থেকে ১০০টি ডিম পাড়ে এবং স্ত্রী অজগর সেগুলিকে বেষ্টন করে থাকে সব সময়। এ অবস্থা চলতে থাকে ৬০ থেকে ৭৫ দিন পর্যন্ত। উল্লেখ্য যে, স্ত্রী অজগর এ সময় সম্পূর্ন অভুক্ত থাকে। জন্মের সময় বাচ্চার দৈর্ঘ্য ৫০ থেকে ৬০ সেন্টিমিটার পর্যন্ত হয়ে থাকে। ব্যপকহারে এবং অপরিকল্পিতভাবে গাছ কাটার ফলে অজগর বাংলাদেশে কমে গেছে। বিভিন্ন উপজাতীয়রা অজগর সাপ খুব মজা করে খায়। তাছাড়া চামড়ার লোভেও অজগর নিধন হচ্ছে ব্যপকভাবে।
Five more photographs in first comment.
Just Before Arriving at O'Reilly's is a gap in the forest, and there are two tracks way: one to the left leading to Morans Falls and another to the right leading to Python Rock. Let's go first to Python Rock throughout the magnificent rainforest in the Green Mountains section in Lamington National Park. It is less than 44°F. The walk took about 45 minutes when we arrived into an open eucalypt forest to the lookout over Python Rock and Morans Falls (we'll go there pretty soon).
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Juste Avant d'Arriver à O'Reilly's une trouée dans la forêt laisse apparaître deux petits sentiers : Un mène à Python Rock, et l'autre à Morans Falls. Prenons d'abord le plus court, on ne sait pas ce qui nous attend. Bien qu'il fasse très frais (moins de 7°C), la ballade en forêt est agréable. Toute la végétation des forêts primaires est là pour le plaisir des yeux. Il nous faudra pas loin de 45mn pour arriver sur une forêt d'eucalyptus qui donne vue sur Python Rock, mais aussi sur Morans Falls où nous irons ensuite.
Cliquer sur la photo ou appuyer sur 'L' pour une vue sur fond noir.
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Python 08/02/2018 14h03
The Python is undergoing a full renovation between January and March 2018. After about 36 years it was time to renovate this famous roller coaster. Perhaps one of the first roller coasters in Europe that was considered cultural heritage. The last ride was made on the 5th of January and the demolition started on Monday 8th January. After one week more than half of the tracks were dismantled.
The new Python (lets call it Python verson 2.0) is sheduled to re-open the last week of March or early April.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
it's easy to see how this snake-like red steel bridge earned its name of Pythonbrug or (Python Bridge). Designed by West 8 and built in 2001, the Pythonbrug connects Sporenburg peninsula with Borneo Island.
this might not be the best shot of the bridge, but I like the high contrast sunset light, and the way the colours reflect in the water...
Fly to this location (using Google Earth)
Chesterfield Canal, Shireoaks
The historic narrowboat Python, now owned and operated by the Chesterfield Canal Trust, was built in 1929 for Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd by W J Yarwoods & Son of Northwich and was fitted out at Uxbridge. Commissioned in February 1930, her fleet number was 249 and her registration number was UXB 572. She was built on the same works number as her sister boat Panther, which is now owned by the Coventry Canal Society. Python also used to be the motor to the butty Fazeley, which is now fully restored. Of coppered steel construction, she was originally built as a 70' vessel with a Josher bow* and fitted with a Bolinder 5 hp engine. Python was used as a carrier in the Fellows Morton & Clayton fleet until 1949 when she was sold to the British Transport Commission (later to become British Waterways Board) and passed into the South Eastern Division carrying fleet. In 1960 she was given a major overhaul and fitted with a new engine, and in 1974 became part of British Waterways' maintenance fleet when she was subsequently shortened to 53' in 1982 and her cabin rebuilt to the current format of rear engine room, crew cabin and forward store. But with the introduction of more modern, purpose built vessels she was soon to become redundant and fell into disuse for a number of years. After a lengthy period of neglect Python was handed over to the Chesterfield Canal Trust in 2009 who have a team of volunteers dedicated to ensuring her care and maintenance as a promotional vessel for the work of the Trust. Python is currently decked out as a tug and repainted in British Waterways' blue and yellow colours. She is also registered on the National Historic Ships register.
Josher Bow
A distinctive bow design named after Joshua Fellows of Fellows, Morton & Clayton. The long, slender bow with its double curvature became a specified company style, almost a trademark. Some replica narrowboat designs incorporate false rivets to simulate the construction method used on the original vessels.
Python vert (morelia viridis) du ZooParc de Beauval, dans le Loire-et-Cher, en région Centre.
© 2016 Schneider Morgane | Setsukoh
Indian python, also known as black-tailed python and Indian rock python is a large nonvenomous python. The species is limited to Southern Asia. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually over 9 feet in length.
Lethargic and slow moving even in its native habitat, they exhibit timidity and rarely try to attack even when attacked. They are very good swimmers and are quite at home in water.
These snakes are carnivore animals and they feed on mammals, birds and reptiles indiscriminately, but seem to prefer mammals. After a heavy meal, an individual may fast for weeks, the longest recorded duration being 2 years!
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SDZ Safari Park
Burmese python - NONVENOMOUS
NONNATIVE - Constrictor
Officer Dave Weis with Burmese python caught off Alligator Alley FWC photo by David Bingham
My two big burmese pythons shortly before I took them to my brother to take care of...last time I saw them alive. I was in the Navy at the time and was getting deployed and he agreed to watch them while I was gone, it didn't work out very well.
A little about the two snakes, the larger one I bought from a pet store very cheap since they got it from someone who caught it 'wild' in San Diego and it had bit several store employees. It was already eight feet long at this time so it was leaving 1/4inch teeth embedded when it was pried off. I took it home and it took about a year to get it tame enough to hold safely as long as it was nowhere near it's cage. I used to leave it in the living room where it would crawl under the cushions on the back of the couch leading to a scaley surprise when one sat down. It never once tried to bite me or anyone else while out of the cage, while in it's cage however it was mean and nasty, trying to bite even through the screen on the side.
The smaller snake was only a year old when I took this photo and was already eight feet long. I found they will eat far more than once a week or so, like every day. Both of them ate five pigeons and many rats a week and got testy if I slacked off on that routine.
Python 06/04/2018 14h02
Only a few days in operation, the Python after its renovation. New tracks, old colors.
Python
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981 (re-opened after renovation March 31, 2018)
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
A Woma Python from central Australia. This beautiful python from the central sandy desert of Australia is unfortunately an endangered species.
Python example of a serial output from the Lego Mindstorms. The baud rate is 115200. I would use this hub to exchange data with my Fischertechnik system. This way I can send out commands from the Lego as well as vice versa from Fischertechnik. Examples of this will follow later to make both systems work together.
Python voorbeeld van een serial output van de Lego Mindstorms. De baudrate is 115200. Deze hub zou ik gebruiken om data uit te wisselen met mijn Fischertechnik systeem. Zo kan ik zowel vanaf de Lego bevelen uitsturen als omgekeerd vanaf Fischertechnik. Later volgen hiervan wel voorbeelden om beide systemen samen te laten werken.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles, all lizards and snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus/species: Python reticulatus
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Largest species of python. The giant South American Anaconda may grow heavier ( 29 feet long & 550 pounds), but the longest snake in the world is the reticulated pythons (33 feet). Normally colored reticulated pythons have several pigments: melanin (blacks), and xanthins (yellows) amongst other more subtle colors. Lemondrop is a “lavender albino” which is the same thing as a “tyrosinase positive albino” (t-positive) which have the inability to complete the synthesis of melanin but can produce other melanin related pigments such as various shades of brown grey and red resulting the “lavender” color. A “normal albino” (t-negative) reticulated python is yellow and white with pink/red eyes. Melanin and other melanin pigments areas are pure white but non-melanin pigments are present giving alternate colors (xanthines produce yellows). To make matters more complicated different albino snakes may have mutations giving them additional color morphs.
Our albino American Alligator, (Claude) Alligator mississippiensis is a “normal albino” (t-negative) with no melanin or non-melanin pigments making him pure white. If you google “t-positive albino” or “tyrosinase positive albino” you can find more information on this condition. (Albino Appearance Ref. Nicole Chaney Biologist II, California Academy of Sciences for basic albino information).
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT Reticulated pythons can be found throughout Southeast Asia. Their range includes the Nicobar Islands, Burma through Indochina, and Borneo, Sulawesi, Ceram and Timor in the Malay archipelago. Found in steamy tropical rainforests near small rivers or ponds in tropical environments.
DIET IN THE WILD P. reticulatus is strictly carnivorous typically feeding on birds and mammals. This diet extends however to dogs, large deer, pigs and very rarely humans. Usually ambush predators, waiting in trees for unsuspecting prey. They use their 100 curved teeth to capture their prey by biting then holding prey and they kill by wrapping around them and squeezing them until the prey is unable to breath and its heart is unable to pump blood swallowing them whole. The entire animal is digested in the snake’s stomach except for fur or feathers, which are passed with the snakes waste.
REPRODUCTION Lays 25-80 eggs and guards nest but not hatched young.
REMARKS They are heavily sold for their skin and meat. Also tourists visiting these areas often buy materials made from these snakes.
The largest P. reticulatus ever caught was 33 feet long in 1912 in Indonesia. The largest in captivity was from Thailand reaching a length of 28½ feet long with a girth of 37.5 inches and weighed apron. 320 pounds..
This specimen aboveis a male, 14.5 ft long 60 lbs, 6 yrs old (6-22-12).
4-10-13
*Not currently on exhibit 11-17-14