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Brown toilet snake
Constable Jarrod Williams got the shock of his life when he lifted the toilet seat at the remote Lajamanu station and found a large King Brown Snake in the toilet. He of course screamed for help and returned with a colleague wielding a shovel and a torch “What? a torch? really?” but by the time the seat came back up the snake was nowhere to be found. It is believed the snake got in through a hole in the wall and likely made a hasty retreat via the same hole. Const Williams isn’t playing any games though. According to him because of the remote location of the station if you were to get bitten you would likely die.
Black Hastings market
Apparently the fine of $220,000 and up to 2 years in jail is not enough to detour people from traveling to Hastings and attempting to smuggle the native snakes out for sale on the black market. Port Macquarie was known for its Stephens Banded Snakes and Intergrade Pythons. Apparently the Intergrade Pythons from that area have a distinct sought after coloration that is hard to reproduce in captivity.
One 50yo man was recently caught after being bitten by one of the Banded snakes and seeking emergency treatment but according to National Parks and Wildlife Service Ranger Andrew Marshall the man was not charged because he did not admit to his intentions to collect and sell the snake on the black market.
My bio
I have been asked to make up a little bio for a website that has yet to come out that I have a section on so I figured that it would make a good blog post, after all I don’t think most of the people that watch the show or use the site know about me so here we go.
I was born September 12th 1978 and I am pretty sure my umbilical chord was a snake. I had what I would consider a normal childhood, I don’t remember when exactly I got my first snake but I do remember that it was a baby California King Snake and I traded it for a little key chain guitar. I had that snake for a while before getting rid of it and getting a baby Burmese Python. This was a huge mistake both for me and for my parents allowing it however I think that snake was the animal that molded me into the person I am today so I wouldn’t change it. After 2 attacks from the Python though I got rid of her. I sent a long time after that just being a teenager and not really keeping any reptiles save for a brief stint with a Hognose.
Fast forward through meaningless years and you find me 14 years ago after meeting my wife and finding she to had a passion for reptile that I got back into the hobby fairly big time. From that point for the most part I never looked back, In 2006 I started breeding snakes as well as produce a community based website where I did the daily news in the community forum. I always wanted to do something big with my life and make a difference so in March 2010 Daily Reptile News became its own entity. Since then I have come a long way in providing the reptile and amphibian news both from the website as well as on my youtube show. I still have many other ambitions in life that go far beyond DRN but I look forward for being known for DRN and hope you all follow me into the future as I attempt to change the world.
New lizard species
New lizard species will be available in 2012. Preorder yours today by going to https://www.dailyreptilenews.com/amadorreptiles
Lots of ideas and plans but will it work?
Its funny. I have a million ideas and plans for DRN but at the same time I am so worried that any sort of change will make me lose viewers. An idea or 2 I have “I don’t want to share them all” of how the show will work is it will be one day per week “Friday” and be 30 minutes long. We will cover the news from that week as well as have other segments meant to promote community involvement. I already know I am sure to lose viewers by doing this but its kinda hard to explain. I would greatly enjoy it and you will still get your news but will also get so much more. Hopefully the current viewers give it a chance and hopefully it will attract new viewers. On another note a lot of people have been asking me what they can do to help DRN. My answer is while there are no guarantees the best way I can think of to help is to spread the word. Pass the link to the website as well as the youtube channel around daily. The more people that watch and use the site the better off it will be in the long run.
Eatery Owner Shocked To Find Lizard In Sauce
ALOR SETAR, Jan 7 (Bernama) — An eatery owner in Langgar town, near here, was shocked to see what she claimed was a dead house lizard in a bottle of sauce which was to be used for cooking on Wednesday.
Nor Hashima Mohd Noor, 29, said the dead lizard was noticed by her worker, Nor Hayati Abu Hassan, 25, who wanted to use the sauce to cook Mee Bandung for a customer.
“When my worker was pouring out the sauce which I had just bought from a nearby sundry shop into a bowl, she saw something whitish with a tail but did not think it was a house lizard.
“But when my friend and I looked at it closely, we were shocked to find that it was a dead lizard,” said Nor Hashima, adding that she tried to contact the manufacturer’s telephone number printed on the label but failed.
She said she also reported the discovery to the Kedah Consumers Association and was now awaiting the result of its investigation.
Nor Hashima said she had been operating her eatery for almost 10 years now and had been using the sauce, but this was the first time that she made such a discovery.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=554832