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Glad to hear you're safe, David. :)
Video clips of Yasi pounding the Aussie coastline on various international TV channels showed a very devastating cyclone.
And to think that my Australian friends were lamenting about the severe drought in Australia for the past decade. It almost seems that 10 years' worth of rain was dumped on Australia in the past month!
I think most of us would be very happy if we 'only' saw a single elapid!!!!:sweat: :grin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by moloch
Thanks, Khew. You are correct about the rain in Australia. La Nina is a big one this time and most areas of the continent have been drenched. The only exception is the southwest corner where the drought and bushfires continue.
Les, I think that the elapid population has crashed in Kakadu due to the arrival of cane toads a few years back. Before that, Northern Death Adders, King Browns and large monitors were numerous. The elapids here are nothing to worry about even though their venom is toxic. They normally are shy and attempt to "run away" if given the opportunity. I think that the vipers where you live would pose a much greater risk of snake bite than most of the Aussie elapids. I've only seen a handful of cobras on trips overseas so don't really know what their behaviour would be like.