This dog tried to catch a copperhead snake in Australia and bit off more than he could chew. The snake wrapped itself around the dogs snout and wouldn’t let go. Read the story.
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This dog tried to catch a copperhead snake in Australia and bit off more than he could chew. The snake wrapped itself around the dogs snout and wouldn’t let go. Read the story.
Ok Mike what type of snake is that?
hmmm a brown one?
Good guess(?) Infidel. It was an Eastern Brown Snake. One of our deadly ones. The dog is a hunting dog and used to fetching ducks so it fetched the snake instead. It dropped the snake into a bag on the owner’s command and was taken to the vet where it stayed for three days receiving treatment for a bite.
One of our dogs was bitten many years ago and spent 3 weeks at the vet. He did recover but it was touch and go. We have a Tiger Snake on our property at the moment and have to monitor our current dog when he is outside.
I hate the darned things but they are protected and it costs a couple of hundred dollars to get them removed.
i live in florida, i use to see snakes at my old house but have yet to see one at my new place….i hope they don’t show up or this will so be my little pupper. glad this pupper is ok
I’m confused about the description of the snake. The article refers to it as a Copperhead, but it sure doesn’t look like the Copperheads that I’ve met in the U.S. Barb from Oz says it is an Eastern Brown Snake. Are they the same or is the Copperhead a different color in Oz?
Ooooops.
You are right Richard. The article does say Copperhead and it just goes to show that I can’t trust my memory any more.
Copperhead, Brown or Tiger – they all have the same effect as far as I am concerned. 🙁
“Australian Copperheads are a medium body snake solidly built with small heads averaging lengths between 1.2 to 1.8 meters (4 to 6 feet) in length. Color variations are many with skin tones ranging from a coppery brown color to light reddish brown, grey and dark brown with lighter abdomens. Some specimens, particularly in the Queensland area, have black scale coloring. Many Australian Copperhead snakes have the copper head coloring giving the snake its common name but, unlike the American Copperhead, this is not always a highly visible distinguishing feature.”
http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/australian-copperhead.cfm
It does to be a Australia copperhead and they look nothing like the mild mannered pit vipers we have in The South. I’ve seen Sam, who is part black lab and part greyhound kill snakes by grabbing them and shaking them into a coma, or death.
It isn’t as far fetched as it might seem.
YEAH! Even our dogs are tuff!
Barb, might be worth getting rid of that snake for your dog’s sake. Also $200 beats a vet bill. Me? Pfffft, I’d be getting a shovel, I wouldn’t give a rats about the welfare of a snake if it were a danger to my family and pets.
Ana, I would love to use either method. It’s in an old overgrown vegie garden surrounded by a tin fence and can only be seen when it suns itself on the compost heap. I first saw it when I was emptying the vacuum cleaner bag there and was only a few inches away. the dog seems well aware and doesn’t go too close. Even the cat is not as inquisitive as it usually would be.