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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.
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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.
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)
Burmese python - NONVENOMOUS
NONNATIVE - Constrictor
Officer Dave Weis with Burmese python caught off Alligator Alley FWC photo by David Bingham
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
Python is a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than possible in languages such as C++ or Java. The language provides constructs intended to enable clear programs on both a small and large scale. ;-)
Python molurus bivittatus
A downright stunning adult male found crossing a canal during a crocodile survey in the Everglades. This snake had just shed and was downright stunning.
Python 03/09/2017 18h19
The first version of the Python about 4 months before its demolition in January 2018. The new Python with the same lay-out will be put into service at the end of March of 2018.
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) ]
Lovely snake, explores in the evening! Definitely settled! Still hasn't eaten but I'm not yet worried.
A stare down against a 12 foot (4 mtr) python.
Pentax K-3
Simga 18-250mm
Aperture ƒ/6.3
Focal length 250.0 mm
Shutter 1/60
ISO 6400
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world (about the third-largest as measured either by length
or weight). It is native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas
of South and Southeast Asia.
They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic,
but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 m long,
but have been known to reach 5.74 m .
Burmese pythons are mainly nocturnal rainforest dwellers. When young, they are equally at home on the ground and in trees, but as they gain girth, they tend to restrict most of their movements to the ground. They are also excellent swimmers, being able to stay submerged for up to half an hour. Burmese pythons spend the majority of their time hidden in the underbrush.
Like all snakes, the Burmese python is carnivorous. Its diet consists
primarily of appropriately sized birds and mammals. The snake uses its
sharp rearward-pointing teeth to seize its prey, then wraps its body
around the prey, at the same time contracting its muscles, killing
the prey by constriction. It is often found near human habitation due
to the presence of rats, mice, and other vermin as a food source.
Burmese pythons are often sold as pets Although this species has a reputation for docility, they are very powerful animals, capable of inflicting severe bites or even killing a keeper by constriction.
Python at Alligator Bay, Normandy
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