BIG PICTUR E SLIPPERY CUSTOMER BY HENRY COOK
This Murray Darling carpet python was rescued from 8m up on the roof of a smash repairs workshop in Longreach, Queensland. Resident snake-lover
and keen bird photographer Henry Cook reached it using a scissor-lift; he then relocated it to this enormous coolibah tree, full of large python-friendly
hollows, on the banks of the nearby Thomson River. The species is non-venomous and can grow to a length of almost 3m.Morelia spilota metcalfei