Acanthophis antarcticus
7 Common Death Adder at Evans Head, NSW
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| Acanthophis antarcticus | 11 Apr 2024 | BrianLR | ||
| Acanthophis antarcticus | 11 Apr 2024 | ellabryant | ||
| Acanthophis antarcticus | 11 Apr 2024 | ellabryant |
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While walking the bush track from Chinamans Beach car park to Goanna Headland we came across a death adder on the trail.
The snake was extremely still, we have no snake experience and got too close.
The snake struck towards us very, very fast.
Nobody was injured:)
4 comments
HelenCross
wrote:
11 Apr 2024
Glad no-one was injured Ella - death adders strike at lightning speed!
trevorpreston
wrote:
12 Apr 2024
What great sighting of this beautiful snake! Thanks for posting this!
Location information
- Coordinates 153.446304-29.130550
- Places Evans Head, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Apr 2024 03:45 PM Recorded on
- ellabryant Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Acanthophis antarcticus Scientific name
- Common Death Adder Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 155.01m Recorded at altitude
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