Giant Rate's tingle near granite outcrops in Soho block.
In small creekline. Restricted Gilgie, I think. 4 keels on the head.
Roadkill
Delma inornata stomach contents
An adult female that fell into a poorly sealed-off 20L pit fall trap and then gave birth to 3 juveniles within the 6 weeks the female was trapped.
*not my observation but have permission to share as observer doesn't use inat
Yesterday, apparently, this python wrapped around my aunt's dog as they were released to pee in the evening, they managed to get it off. I think the dog went to attack it, starting their interaction.
It's not my garden so I wasn't in charge of the decision to call for removal today. I think it was an excellent animal to have around my garden due to large number of feral cats roaming the neighbourhood.
Plus, if you put dog of leash in evening there will be no problem.
First photo it is chilling by the drain before the removal people came.
The removal team used tools which are harmful to the snake, no hook just the serrated tong thing.
Found under dry cow dung
Very sad to see two of these dead together on the road.
A smaller-medium snake on the beach caught a gecko while we were watching it, but gecko got away eventually leaving only a tail for snake to chew on
striped snake eating lizard
Western Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dorsalis)
Neonate Pseudechis papuanus collected by a local woman as it swam across a small creek where she was washing her clothes. This is only live neonate of this species to have been found since the 1980s.
Wild snake well known at the Observatory. Entered my open donga bedroom while I was in the shower.
Down
By the sea
With a bee
On my knee
47 degrees celcius - Christmas Eve 2021 -(Monty) Python swimming in bird baths.
Small snake found in 5-10cm of water amongst mangrove scrub (<2m tall) in Exmouth Gulf. Was going in and out of crab/mud-skipper burrows. Looks to be a range extension of Fordonia leucobalia.
Varanus tristis drinking from bird bath
I encountered this "Clash of the Titans" while birding in Arpenteur Nature Park. I did not see the final outcome, but it did not look good for Bob.
Encountered near PTFI Main Office in Kuala Kencana
release back to site
with Hoary-headed Grebes
Leucistic animal removed from a property in the Adelaide Hills.
Deep in shed - around 30cm in length - not exact location, somewhere in Yanchep area
Melanistic color form
Photograph by Sam Ward
Two coiling up together. A total of 7 were seen while walking home, near a tiger snake.
dugite?
strand-lined
Ouchie
Removed from a staircase and back out into the trees but not without a bite...
0908hrs
Lat: -27 40' 36.38"
Long: 141 55' 59.89"
Two individuals found dead on road, side by side. Very fresh. One male, one female. It's possible they were mating when they were killed.
Photo by my wife Fay Harris. A moment before the snake reached up, trying to get onto the bird-table attached to the patio fence.
I was taking photos and scared it. It ran into to me and bit me on the nipple and wouldn’t let go. Here’s the news article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2169452/snorkeler-attacked-nurse-shark-nipple/
Big shoutout to Rich, Chris, and Billy at Caloosa Marina for getting it off of me.
Hurt a lot.
male
more info on this trip at:
http://www.inaturalist.org/posts/5309-inatting-in-costa-rica
for those interested
encountered behind sago plants block in MP-21
Something I've never seen before.
A clan fight over who is the "Big Puke"
A good 5 min scrap while I was watching and it was going on before.
Started with a show of strength of pushing and raking each others breasts.
Got into full on head picking, feet chomping and other of the birds around stomping.
Also one other fight on the side.
9 birds
The dude with the biggest tarsus won ..........
Go figure
I feel like I should post one of those warnings you see on some TV shows...."Viewer Discretion is Advised; some images may be disturbing to some viewers". After some of the road kill images that are posted on iNat perhaps this is not too bad. At least it was completely natural, unlike the slaughter caused by vehicles on our wildlife.
Between 1996-2005, I was a bird guide on 13 trips to Antarctica. During those trips I saw lots of Leopard Seal attacks on penguins, but none stands out in my mind more than this one. This adult Chinstrap Penguin had somehow escaped from the jaws of a Leopard Seal, but was mortally injured. The penguin was virtually "de-gloved" whereby its skin was almost removed from its body. The penguin struggled ashore where it stood still for 10 or 15 minutes, much to the distress of several tour participants I had with me. As the penguin stood there, several Brown Skuas began to gather about, waiting for the inevitable to happen. Slowly the penguin walked farther away and out of immediate view, with 4 or 5 skuas walking along behind it. I did not follow, but rather decided to allow the scene to unfold without my observation and intrusion. It was a reminder that nature can be tough and brutal.
Image 4 shows a small portion of the Chinstrap Penguin colony at this location.
image scanned from 35 mm slides
Bailey Head,
Deception Island,
Antarctica
29 January 2002