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peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
No. of posts: 12


View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 28 Jan 2008
hello to everyone, after almost a year of travel and no internet my partner and i are back online, we used to sign in as lucym but now use my name! really excited about the herp spotting ahead this year, cant wait to get amongst it .

beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
Alan Hyde
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Joined: 17 Apr 2003
No. of posts: 1416


View other posts by Alan Hyde 		Posted: 28 Jan 2008
Welcome back Peter and Lucy
O-> O+>
peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 29 Jan 2008

cheers Alan look forward to seeing/ hearing some more brill info and pics from you and everyone else.

 


beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
tim hamlett
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Joined: 17 Dec 2006
No. of posts: 572


View other posts by tim hamlett 		Posted: 29 Jan 2008

hi peter

do you have any pix of exotic herps from your travels? if so i'm sure we'd love to see them.

tim
peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 30 Jan 2008
i sure do there on 35mm so as soon as i've figured out how to scan them up i shall , in april im making the step into the digital world with a new camera. pete.

beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
Alan Hyde
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View other posts by Alan Hyde 		Posted: 30 Jan 2008
Hi Peter,
Where did you travel to and what did you see?

Cheers,
Al
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peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 03 Feb 2008

hi,

we stayed with friends in Queensland Australia, for a couple of weeks before traveling south down the east coast then moved inland for most of our time , we stayed in various accommodation for our 7mths in oz, in that time we spotted our fair amount of herps, although no experts on herps overseas we saw Amethystine and inland carpet pythons, common brown snake and various small whippish snakes, bearded dragons that were much grumpier than i expected lots of small fast lizard ( not sure what make) and a rainbow skink. we also spent a short time in India where venomous snakes are a part of day to day life. visited a snake park out of curiosity in Parassinkkadavu and saw king and spec cobras, a beautiful Russel's viper and much more. left a bitter taste though as they were all captive and life without bars is always better.


beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
Suzi
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
No. of posts: 860


View other posts by Suzi 		Posted: 03 Feb 2008
Did you see any goannas in Oz? My son saw many of these lizards and was impressed as they can be pretty big - as long as a sofa! They DON'T scuttle away like our titchy lizards but rather walk past! Size equals respect?!
Suz
peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 04 Feb 2008
Hi Suzi yeah took a boat trip to Stradbroke island and saw the sand monitors, they are big and have stunning markings too. pete.

beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 04 Feb 2008
Oh PS, bit of a random question to punt out but somebody might have a clue on this, whilst away i came across various sloughs and toyed with the idea of bringing them back, i stopped short in-case this was against any custom laws i have not heard of, any ideas?

beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.
Caleb
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Joined: 17 Feb 2003
No. of posts: 448


View other posts by Caleb 		Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Bringing sloughs back would be treated the same in law as bringing back live animals- the UK law on importing animals & animal products usually uses the phrase 'parts and derivatives'.

From outside Europe, pretty much all animal imports are illegal without a licence.

peterh
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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View other posts by peterh 		Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Ah good knowledge Caleb i suppose 'parts and derivatives' cover otherwise grey areas and help stop any spread of infection. cheers.

beauty hides in all things, its just different eyes see it in different ways.

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