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Snake sighting @ Piddo 28-Jul-2010 At 10:14:07 AM peterc

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On 28/07/2010 MonkeyBoy wrote:
>Just because I am not a native ( UK Born) and I am intending to go back
>and climb at piddo as soon as a bit of a shoulder injury clears up - Whats
>the significance of a broad headed snake ? Does this mean its bad ?

They're endangered, so please don't step on it.

The broad headed snake is venomous, and carries a neurotoxin and a pro-coagulant that can supposedly cause serious illness, but last I heard, it hadn't caused any fatalities.

As an aside, I once knew a Kiwi girl who moved to Australia and was confronted by all our deadly creatures. After much worrying, she decided to classify all Australian animals into two categories:

- Animal type 1 will kill you
- Animal type 2 will give you a bit of a nip.

However you want to classify the broad headed snake, I wouldn't go poking it with anything.