[FUNSIZE]

It's very small.

[FUNSIZE]

tiny even...

[FUNSIZE]

pathetic...

reminds me of Mike's post of the wasp that killed a spider and pulled it away and everybody in the office was scared....

Uh huh... yawn...

[FUNSIZE]

Just kidding

Please show more scary pics Andrew!

Thanks for sharing!

[AndrewH]

Quote: Originally Posted by FUNSIZE

Just kidding

Please show more scary pics Andrew!

Thanks for sharing!

He he he , your right though, it is quite small. Unfortunately, it's starting to get colder here so I reckon (being the big snake expert that I am - NOT) that they will be starting to find somewhere to hibernate for the winter

This time of year, and the corresponding time in spring, is when you start to see lots of blue tongue lizards killed on the rural roads around here cause they lie on them to warm up I'd have to say that blue tongues are by far and away my favourite reptile. If I ever see one on the road, I always stop and chase it off to the side and take the time to have a good look at them. They are just the funniest creatures, rather than run off (or I suppose it's more of a crawl) they get all agro and try to bite you.

[Magictux]

Quote: Originally Posted by AndrewH

He he he , your right though, it is quite small. .....

I'd have to say that blue tongues are by far and away my favourite reptile. If I ever see one on the road, I always stop and chase it off to the side and take the time to have a good look at them. They are just the funniest creatures, rather than run off (or I suppose it's more of a crawl) they get all agro and try to bite you.

We used to get the odd 'bluetongue' in our garage when we lived up North. My wife hates them of course and got quite good at sweeping them out, the whole time with them hissing and sticking their tongues out. I'm very 'woosfull' when it comes to reptiles so I used to put my wicket keeping gloves on and put them in a garbage bin and take them down to the local soccer oval and drop them off.

That snake looked very nice to me and those ones are my favourites.... HOWEVER I would never 'dispatch' a bluetongue in the same fashion.. I don't know of anyone who would I suppose..

There used to be a 'wife's tale' that if you were bitten by a bluetongue it wouldn't heal unti the sun went down..

[AndrewH]

Quote: Originally Posted by Magictux

We used to get the odd 'bluetongue' in our garage when we lived up North.

Woops, bluetongue They’re not poisonous are they? I’d always assumed they weren’t

[mamba]

bluetongues aren't venomous but I think they can take your pinky off! We usually get the odd one in our backyard which we feed bananas to

[Todd!]

We used to have Bluetongues at our primary school - they ate each others legs off

It was pretty cool when I was in grade 1

[AndrewH]

Quote: Originally Posted by Red&blackS

We used to have Bluetongues at our primary school - they ate each others legs off

It was pretty cool when I was in grade 1

Sounds kind of like a Monty Python skit

[meinamini]

When I was a kid we used to have to scoop the odd blue tongue out of the pool in summer, they are not the worlds best swimmers

[ScottyB]

Living right on a reserve, we tend to get heaps of Blue Tongues.

We have a resident who lives in the front garden, and has done for quite some time now. It only has 3 legs

Often get them in the garage too - occasionally hear them hiss as you if you get too close walking past

[MiniMiL]

We used to have a couple of Blue tounges out the back of my place too
I think the next door neighbours dog ate them

[meinamini]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniMiL

We used to have a couple of Blue tounges out the back of my place too
I think the next door neighbours dog ate them

Oh the old "the dog ate them routine" eh Jonathon

[robbo mcs]

Quote: Originally Posted by AndrewH

I'd have to say that blue tongues are by far and away my favourite reptile. If I ever see one on the road, I always stop and chase it off to the side and take the time to have a good look at them. They are just the funniest creatures, rather than run off (or I suppose it's more of a crawl) they get all agro and try to bite you.

Hi,

One time I opened my pool skimmer box, and was confronted by the sight of a lizard bloated up to the size of a basketball I assumed that it was dead and rancid, and had been in there for days. However, when I was fishing it out I saw one toe move slightly, and realised it was alive, barely. I then remembered that blue tongues swell up their throats and bellies when confronted. I left him sitting on a rock in the sun. I checked regularily, and he didn't move from the rock for around 6 hours. I didn't see him for a couple of days, but eventually he resurfaced, and was a welcome regular in my garden He kept away from the pool in future.

Cheers

Robbos

[obehave]

Why does Jurassic Park come to mind every time I visit this thread??

[FUNSIZE]

Good new stories everyone!

Bluetongues are cute. I wonder if you're allowed to keep them as pets... suppose not... WA policies are really strict

[FUNSIZE]

Quote: Originally Posted by obehave

Why does Jurassic Park come to mind every time I visit this thread??

Are you a very small person?

[obehave]

Quote: Originally Posted by FUNSIZE

Are you a very small person?

Do you mean this?
joke - and I hate to do that, because it creates a mess, and I'm not into drugs any more. I quit completely, and I hate people who are still into it. Well.. I do take one drug now - for fun - and, maybe you've heard of it, it's a new thing, I don't know if you have or not. It's a new thing, it makes you small. [ indicates size with fingers ] About this big. And, you know, I'll be home, sitting with my friends, and, uh.. we'll be sitting around, and somebody will say, "Heeeyyy.. let's get small!" So, you know, we get small, and uh.. the only bad thing is if some tall people come over. You're walking around going, "Ah hahaha..!" Now, I know I shouldn't get small when I'm driving.. but I was driving around the other day, and I said, "What the heck?" You know? So I'm driving like.. [ extends arms high in the air like he's reaching up to a giant steering wheel ] And, uh.. a cop pulls me over. And he makes me get out, he looks at me and he says, "Heyyy.. are you small"? I said, "No-o-o! I'm not!" He said, "Well, I'm gonna have to measure you." They have this little test they give you - they give you a balloon.. and if you can get inside of it, they know you're small. Now, I've already talked it over with the cast - they've been working all week, it's a tough thing to do, come out here live. Immediately after the show, we're all gonna go out.. and get really small!

- Steve Martin

[obehave]

Quote: Originally Posted by FUNSIZE

Are you a very small person?

Do you mean this?
I mentioned that, earlier in the show, a drug joke - and I hate to do that, because it creates a mess, and I'm not into drugs any more. I quit completely, and I hate people who are still into it. Well.. I do take one drug now - for fun - and, maybe you've heard of it, it's a new thing, I don't know if you have or not. It's a new thing, it makes you small. [ indicates size with fingers ] About this big. And, you know, I'll be home, sitting with my friends, and, uh.. we'll be sitting around, and somebody will say, "Heeeyyy.. let's get small!" So, you know, we get small, and uh.. the only bad thing is if some tall people come over. You're walking around going, "Ah hahaha..!" Now, I know I shouldn't get small when I'm driving.. but I was driving around the other day, and I said, "What the heck?" You know? So I'm driving like.. [ extends arms high in the air like he's reaching up to a giant steering wheel ] And, uh.. a cop pulls me over. And he makes me get out, he looks at me and he says, "Heyyy.. are you small"? I said, "No-o-o! I'm not!" He said, "Well, I'm gonna have to measure you." They have this little test they give you - they give you a balloon.. and if you can get inside of it, they know you're small. Now, I've already talked it over with the cast - they've been working all week, it's a tough thing to do, come out here live. Immediately after the show, we're all gonna go out.. and get really small!

- Steve Martin