by Janne Torkkola | Aug 18, 2016 | News, Snake Catcher, Snakes
Brown Snake In Garden Netting This was a tough one. A few days back I got a call nice and early in the morning from just north of Brisbane. A property owner was concerned about a rather large eastern brown snake caught in his garden netting, found that morning but by... 
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 | Aug 17, 2016 | News
Sunshine Coast Fauna Survey 2013 Some photos of the Snake Out Brisbane, Future Plus Environmental, and Bemrose Wildlife Management Services crew on fauna survey for Sunshine Coast Councils new bushland reserves. Our job, to complete pre-wet season baseline fauna... by Janne Torkkola | Aug 17, 2016 | News
Happy World Snake Day! Happy World Snake Day everyone! Here in Australia, July is actually mid winter, so not the best time to go our looking for reptiles but we’ll have a celebration at home instead. In the meantime, here’s some old snake photos which I... 
