This mama was easily 3 metres long, seriously big. The neighbours called the local snake expert. He said just to leave her be, that she'll not only keep down rats n mice, but brown snakes aswell, which are far more aggressive and gnarly. So i looked her up in my snakey book and diamond pythons mostly live in trees, sometimes crossing the ground between. Its breeding season for these babies and this one could lay some 40 eggs to hatch. Looks like nomadcat and I will just have to get used to diamond pythons being around! They are definitely shy and avoid humans where possible. Except when in ones bedroom!! Reckon I'll be closing the doors at night from now on....
Im pretty sure these guys are living in the jungle that exists between our shed and the neighbours garage, its undisturbed territory and shall remain so.
They truley are amazing creatures, mesmerising motion and markings. Australia is known by some Tribal Elders as 'Snake island' in reference to the Rainbow serpent of Dreamtime creation stories. Because it sheds its skin the snake has long been a symbol of death and rebirth. Symbolised also by the ouroborus, an ancient image of a snake swallowing its own tail and in the double snakes on a sword used by medicine as a symbol for healing. Transfiguration and the shedding of the old for healing and to make space for the new are snakes calling card. Perfect for spring time cleaning out of cobwebs, refocusing intention on new tangents and recreating old projects in new ways....
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