Out & About in Singapore, September 2012
Early in September 2012 I took a flight to Singapore for the ICZ International Congress of Zookeeping. The conference was held at Jurong Bird Park and Singapore Zoo. In case you don’t know me, I have been keeping [...]
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Over the years I have visited the top end of Australia, particularly in and around Darwin a number of times. In my Zookeeping days I was given the task of flying to Darwin to visit Janamba Croc farm where I had to select a large [...]
Hi and welcome to Brads Snake Pit. I have often been asked what I see in snakes. I guess it is like anything in life, everyone has different tastes and sees beauty in many different things. Some may really like a Red Ferrari. Others, the beautiful colours of coral on a [...]
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One of my favourite places to visit in Australia is the Rainforest of North Eastern Queensland. Rainforests provide a unique environment for a variety of Pythons, including the Black and Gold Jungle Carpet Python. These species’ colours reflects that of [...]
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I keep a wide variety of Carpet Pythons, a group of snakes that is not only very popular in Australia but also around the world. I’d like to tell you a little more about the Inland Carpet Python variety.
Inland Carpet Python: Morelia spilota metcalfei
Of all [...]
Hi and Welcome to Brad’s Pit, short for Brad’s Snake Pit.
For over 15 years a signature species of mine here in Australia has been the development of unique forms of the Carpet Python. I have particularly specialised in developing striped Coastal Carpet Pythons. Most Australian reptile keepers at some stage [...]
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Well everyone, it is a busy time at Brad’s Pit. I have spent the day preparing containers for all my children’s pythons, which are due to lay eggs soon. Here is a photo of a Spotted Python. It belongs to the Genus Antaresia, also known [...]
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It is official! I am off to Singapore in September 2012 to give a talk on Zoological Horticulture. In summary, I will be talking about a new course I’m developing about the use of plants when it comes to animals.
I’m really looking forward to [...]
Hi and welcome to Brad’s Pit. I recently presented a talk to a group of herpetologists (another name for someone into Reptiles and Amphibians). I had a tongue-twisting conversation with a young member in the group, who initially asked “what is a Herpetologist?”
I more or less answered, “Why, Herpetology is the study [...]
