is illegal to harm, kill, remove from the wild>>>>>......they are protected in Oz as well....maybe we should ALL have permits in case we meet one in a bad mood??? Peg R NSW Australia [email protected] Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. Checked by Norton's AV

Peg Rampling wrote... >>is illegal to harm, kill, remove from the wild>> ......they are protected in Oz as well....maybe we should ALL have permits in case we meet one in a bad mood???< Good idea, Peg! Considering the fact that in the last 2 years, 5 copperheads within feet of our front or back door were sent to meet their maker I think I should have something akin to a blank search warrant, only a snake permit. I felt bad about the 2 non-poisonous snakes that had taken up residence in our garage earlier this summer, but, geezzzzzzz...... Too bad that neither Bobby nor I aren't more like the Crocodile Hunter but snake rescue just isn't my thing! Or his either!! LOL Best, SueB

SueB, Well, I don't think anyone is going to get too close to see if they can recognise the critters....I know I wouldn't!!! I remember once (when young and foolish) I chased a Red-bellied black about 6ft long into the bush...by golly they can move!!! Only to have my new husband suddenly turn and tell me to stay still...the wretched thing was curled up at the base of the tree on whose roots I was standing!!! It was looking at me..I was not game to look at it!!!..It eventually took off again, which left me clinging to the tree as my legs had gone on me!!! Never tried it again!!! Peg R NSW Australia [email protected] Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. Checked by Norton's AV