by Janne Torkkola | Aug 18, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News
The awesome story of Anna the Python As snake catchers, we are often blown away at peoples blatant disregard for wildlife, the environment and the rights of species other than ourselves. This is not a story about those people. This is about the right kind of people,... 
by Janne Torkkola | Aug 18, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News, Snakes
Unleash the Sass! Releasing Sassy, the White Crowned Snake With warmer nights comes more nocturnal snakes! Luckily for us Brisbanites, most of these encounters are either with big but essentially harmless pythons, or with small, shy, and usually only mildly venomous... 
by Janne Torkkola | Aug 18, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News, Snakes
Spring is here! Be snake aware After the biting cold-snap that devoured Brisbane in the last weeks of winter, sending us all running for the thermals we had optimistically packed away, I, for one, am glad to see the temperatures climbing once more. Spring has reached... 
by Janne Torkkola | Aug 17, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News, Snakes
Black Mamba Bio-Control Hoax Making the rounds this week on the social media is an interesting but obviously fake article about black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis). The article, found below, claims there is a plan to release 22,000 of these snakes in the Burdekin... 
by Janne Torkkola | Aug 17, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News, Snakes
The Origins of Leglessness: New Fossils and New Perspectives Among paleobiologists, the origin of leglessness in snakes is still a subject of debate. As mentioned in our previous series of discussions on snake evolution, there are two opposing camps of the argument;... by Janne Torkkola | Jun 30, 2016 | Brisbane Snake, News, Snakes
Waylaid Water Python in East Brisbane While things have definitely slowed down for winter there’s still quite a few pythons getting around! These cold tolerant snakes can be active year round in higher latitudes, however this was a surprise! After getting a call... 
