XPost: alt.cats, alt.pets.cats, rec.pets.cats.health+behav   
   XPost: rec.pets.dogs.behavior   
   From: efamaaea@bigpond.net.au   
      
   which part of the country are you from??   
   Jason James  wrote in message   
   news:432a5dc1$1@news.comindico.com.au...   
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   > "White Monkey"  wrote in message   
   > news:432a5063$0$11063$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...   
   > > > These snakes do share a common trait ie, they take -off when they hear   
   > > > something large coming,..until they are cornered,..then it's another   
   > > > story.   
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   > > > Jason   
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   > > Feel something coming. Snakes don't have ears. They rely on vibrations   
   > > through the ground to sense something approaching. Amounts to the same   
   > > thing, though.   
   > > --Katrina   
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   > Too true,..my boo boo. The only close encounters I've had with   
   > snakes,..usually "yellow bellies" and Black snakes, around our remote huts   
   > with work,..was to see the back half of one disappearing around the corner   
   > of the building,..which suited me fine (and the snake I suspect). We   
   always   
   > opened floor covers over cable-ways with a long stick, as Browns and   
   Blacks   
   > love to sleep in them during the extremely hot summers out west. Usually   
   > you'd just hear a noise as it exited the building thru the cable pit   
   outside   
   > which usually had access holes to the paddock.   
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   > Jason   
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