Wild Darwin Carpet Python ( Snake ) - Wildlife in North Australia Series - Pt 3

Filmed at home in the garden, in the Northern Territory of Australia. In this part 3 of this series you will see a Darwin Carpet Python happily resting on the branches of a bougainvillea vine. This video is a part of a wildlife series that I will add to as I collect the footages.

The fast growing Darwin Carpet Python is one of 7 sub-species of the carpet python. The Darwin Carpet python (Morelia spilota variegata) is considered an ideal first time snake owner pet. The Morelia spilota variegata are the sub-species of these pythons which inhibit Papua New Guinea and north to north west Australia.

Eggs of the young are normally laid in tree hollows, or inside hollow logs and the babies normally hatch after around 40 days, inwhich they are around 12 inches long. The young snakes can be aggressive when handled and usually settle down when they are older. From birth the Darwin Carpet Python will take on several different shades of colour before reaching adult maturity (can be viewed at snakeranch.com.au), which is normally no more than 2 meters.

Being of the python family which is a harmless species of snake, their hunting of food is done by constriction of it's prey which is usually birds, rodents and mammals, including other reptiles.

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[feebix]

Aaah of course! You are in Oz aren't you! It didn't occur to me that you might be filming a wild snake lol Oh I just can't express my envy at your location! I'd so love to have a good nose around your lacale!! I've had a clutch of baby Carpet pythons hatch recently. They are just the most beautiful little things! I'll do a video and give you a shout soon.... :)

[InAllFun]

Hi feebix , It didn't occur to me to mention that the snake is wild, LOL! Let me know when you plan to visit and I'll send you some recommended spots to visit. Look forward to seeing your video of the baby carpet python!!! Take care and have a wonderful day!!!

[feebix]

A Children's Python is a different species to a Carpet Python dude... Unless you have a type of hybred snake I've yet to come across.... Beautiful snake though :) I'd be scared to death of losing it in the tree! lol

[InAllFun]

Hi feebix it's wonderful to see that there are people who love the pythons as much as we do. You're absolutely right (like the others who posted), I'm just discovering now the differences between the pythons (as I'm no expert). The footage was shot on our rural property, and we're fortunate that wild pythons are quiet happy to live in our garden. Thanks for watching our video, and have a wonderful weekend!!!

[1softkiss]

@InAllFun Thank you for the compliment !!! I love all of nature and I agree it sometimes doesn't seem like things balance themselves out and therefore their are endangered species, but I prefer to think there is a reason for the way nature balances herself and her creatures out. :O) If it were not for the wild Carpet Pythons of Australia we wouldn't have the honor of raising them and learning from them.

[InAllFun]

Hi 1softkiss, it was not until I started to post up videos of our beautiful homeland environment on youtube that we (my partner and I) really started to realize how lucky we actually are (from comments like yours). Unfortunately pythons also love the skinks as much as we do too, although we don't think they are delicious like to pythons seem to think LOL!!! Oh well, thats nature!

[1softkiss]

@InAllFun I would SO love to live where Carpet Pythons were all over the place in nature. I've raised snakes for 49 years and I'm TOTALLY addicted to the Carpet's.

[1softkiss]

@InAllFun I wasn't sue but also questioned the genetics but I'm not one to correct people. That's quite alright, I even questioned if my new female Carpet Python is a Coastal because she has all tans and browns and a pink speckled belly, but she came from a great breeder Brian from BHB Reptiles. She has yellow eyes something I'd never seen before on a Coastal myself so we all learn something new every day :O) I hope you and your loved ones also have a wonderful weekend !!

[InAllFun]

Hi jgjulander thanks for correcting me, you are absolutely right, it's a Darwin Carpet Python. I did not realize that there were so many different species of carpet pythons until now. This one is one of a few wild ones that we have on our rural property outside of Darwin. Thanks for watching the video, and we'll try and get as many wildlife footage up as they come. Have a wonderful weekend!!!

[InAllFun]

Hi 1softkiss both jgulander and feebix is correct, I'm no snake expert, but it seems my partner corrected me too, it's a Darwin Carpet Carpet Python. Sorry about the mistake. And it's a wild one that hangs out in our garden, I do agree it is beautiful. Thanks for watching the video, and have a great weekend!!!