Friday, March 18, 2011

What's In The Bag??

We had a most unpleasant surprise on Wednesday morning as we entered the feed room...




...and found a smallish phyton that had eaten a chicken...
..as Cules set about catching and bagging the thieving serpent,it regurgitated poor old Bobby hen!




Cules then took it to the farm where we baled hay and released one VERY unhappy snake there...





It wasn't going to pose for ANY pictures,and left in quite a hurry....

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11 comments:

  1. DianeMarch 18, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Sorry about your chicken but I have a soft spot for snakes especially pythons. Hope it does not return and I am glad you released it elsewhere. Diane

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  2. TexWisGirlMarch 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Oh dear. Poor little hen... Died for nothing.

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  3. Julie HarwardMarch 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Eeeeeek! I could hardly look at it! I liked the wild orchid story much better! LOL

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  4. MichaeleMarch 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    That is so scary! To me anyway. A snake that size can eat a chicken? Or was this just a chick?

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  5. LieslMarch 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Hi there Michaele! Yes we are fairly certain he was responsible for the disappearence of a new born baby lamb that vanished one night without a trace! About 6km from where we live a huge phyton had killed and swallowed a truck driver that went into the bush for an "emergency" and the police found his truck still idling away the next morning... They later found the snake next to the river incapable of moving due to its huge dinner...they shot the snake and found the unfortuanate man inside it...Africa is relentless...

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  6. JimMarch 18, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    OMG!!!!! Just the thought of this.....I am such a 'city-slicker' I guess.Next time I have an 'emergency' I'll look around for sure!!! No pythons here though.

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  7. Lori SkoogMarch 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Yuck.

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  8. TeresaMarch 18, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Oh, my. I'll take Iowa where we might not have orchids, but we don't have pythons either. Scary!

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  9. MichelleMarch 18, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    Oh dear...I think I will just stay in Kentucky!

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  10. MichaeleMarch 19, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Good gosh! That is probably the most frightening thing I have heard of. Snakes are scary just to look at, the idea of being swallowed by one is just a living nightmare. How do you manage? Sport a gun wherever you go?

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  11. UnknownMarch 19, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    So lovely to have found your blog. I love you pigs, the dog, I remember those snakes oh so well. A green one fell on my son's head from our coconut tree yesterday and slithered away. Your girls are beautiful. We also have many wild orchids but no Mapane :( would love to see a photo of the caterpillars.

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