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He hee - actually I hate the darn things myself. Brrr ! And I am the one who always has to take them about 5 miles away from wherever we happen to be staying at the time.

Snakes and lizards I find are really cool and have always enjoyed handling them. I am not sure I could even pick up a tarantula...

Great to see you posting again Dave and really hope this means that you are on the mend. How's things going?

p.s. Here is something a little cuter. A sugar possum (I think). We were staying in a fantastic little caravan park (in a nice on-site cabin) right on the beach front. Brilliant facilities basically in the middle of nowhere (southern NSW coast). Partly in a national park, we were surrounded by fauna and flora.

I hand-fed the possum a banana, which was clearly a big hit. The slurping noises were deafening!

Well, there's the interesting question of perspective. Is that a window ledge it's sitting on? The "monster" may only be a couple of inches long. What will really test your mettle with a creature like that is not their appearance but how they feel walking up your arm. All those little hairs they have on their legs can feel quite interesting. Now having a half dozen snakes hanging on you neck, shoulders and arms is just as unique an experience. Not because they feel cold and clammy without the wetness but from the reactions you get from other humans.

Good point. It was a 6" x 4" veranda post. The green bit you can see is a corner of a square down-pipe. It wasn’t the biggest one I have seen by a long shot - perhaps just a bit larger than a packet of cigarettes?