Thursday, July 30, 1998
Snakes were among the native wildlife flood victims.
As the water rose, snakes were forced from their winter resting places and into backyards and sheds.
Unfortunately the risk of living a few metres away, or inside the house in the some cases with a snake, is not one people are prepared to take.
There are many snake stories from the flood – none of them end happily for the snakes, unfortunately.
Pictured, Bernie Smith with two brown snakes.
One was inside a house and the other in the backyard.
The flood came at a bad time for snakes which were bedded down for the winter and forced on the move by the rising water.
Many have been killed – the deadly brown snakes and black snakes as well.
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