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May 07, 2021 11:09 AM EDT
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 24: A tiger snake is seen on display at Sydney Zoo on February 24, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney Zoo, located at Bungarribee Park in Western Sydney, is the first new zoo to be built in Sydney in more than 100 years. The Zoo opened to the public on 7 December 2019.
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Here are two interesting facts about tiger snakes. Firstly, they are one of the most venomous snakes in the Australian bush. Secondly, they can swim.
One big tiger snake, one small boat
Mr. Thatcher was about 11 km away from the shores of Lake Wellington when he discovered the reptilian stowaway peeking out from one of the corners of his little vessel. It was about a third of the boat s length, leaving Thatcher with very little room to avoid.
Jason M. Gibson and Russell Mullett
A Gunaikurnai Jeraeil re-enactment c.1883 with men, women, and children. Left to right: (standing) Big Joe, Billy the Bull, Wild Harry, Billy McDougall, Snowy River Charlie, unidentified man, Bobby Brown, Billy McLeod (Toolabar), Larry Johnson. Woman, second from right: Emma McDougall. State Library of Victoria
After 140 years, researchers have rediscovered an Aboriginal ceremonial ground in Victoria’s East Gippsland. The site was host to the last young men’s initiation ceremony of the Gunaikurnai back in 1884, witnessed by the anthropologist A.W. Howitt.
Howitt’s field notes, combined with contemporary Gunaikurnai knowledge of their country, has led to the rediscovery. The site is located on public land, on the edge of the small fishing village of Seacombe. Its precise location had been lost following decades of colonial suppression of Gunaikurnai ritual and religious practices.
A fisherman was stunned to find a metre-long tiger snake slithering around his feet while onboard his boat 11 kilometres out to sea.
Angler Bob Thatcher, 79, was fishing on Lake Wellington in the East Gippsland region of Victoria when he spotted an unexpected stowaway hiding in the corner of his boat. I looked down and there s this tiger snake, sitting there I suppose about 30 centimeters from my feet, he told 9News.
A seasoned Victorian fisherman discovered the tiger snake hiding inside his boat in Victoria I stood there and watched it for the while and it was poking its tongue out.