On Friday we had a pretty busy day with regards our reptilian friends in the Valley. One Olive House Snake, and then this bugger.

Quite annoyed at the treatment it received from a few farm workers, fortunately it appears that there was no major damage to the snake and I managed to snap these few pics while the better snake handler in the valley, Richard, was in the process of releasing said snake.

A thing of immense beauty, they still manage to scare the living daylights out of me but boy these are stunning creatures. The thing with snakes is just remember they want to get out of there alive just as you do. Mutual respect. This really was a magnificent specimen.

And it’s a clear marker summers now here when we start seeing these big boys out and about..