Wonder what lives Here!

[watson]

This morning, this appeared in the dirt floor of my shed.
I wonder what could make that size hole in compacted earth overnight?
How many legs does it have?
Where did it learn to make such a perfect shaft??
Hope it doesn't have eight legs :oo:
Any thoughts??

[graemet]

The lesser spotted tentpeg?
Whatever it is, it must be substantial to make a hole that big. Poor a bit of petrol down and light it and see what's blown out!
Cheers
Graeme

[Iain]

It's only a snake, no legs, no worries:D:D

[watson]

G'day Iain,
Snake.....no problems (their edible)
Can't work how he could do such a round hole though.......probably head dive and wriggle??

[Honorary Bloke]

Well, at least it left you something by way of compensation for the digging. :rolleyes::D

[watson]

G'day Bob,
I was gonna go look again about an hour ago..........but then again, maybe I don't really want to know.
I reckon Cliff Rogers would have seen holes like this.

[AlexS]

Yep, Cliff's the man to ask about holes.

[astrid]

was walking in the dandenongssaw a hole like that,
asked a ranger, he said yabby, but we were yonks away from a creek,
he said they can burrow for miles,
or a cicada?

astrid

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Dwarves just passing under?

[Iain]

was walking in the dandenongssaw a hole like that,
asked a ranger, he said yabby, but we were yonks away from a creek,
he said they can burrow for miles,
or a cicada?

astrid

More likely a land crab, we used to get them in the Dandenongs when we lived up there, no water or creeks for miles.
Look a bit like a yabby but translucent white/brown.
Could also be where you dropped your drill after that drop bear dribble (you know, the time you forgot:rolleyes:).

[LGS]

The ground is too dry for your yabby. Possibly a cicada, but very early in the season. He'd be well and truly out of the gene pool.
Possibly a Bogong moth larva but you'd see the pupal skin somewhere nearby. Also possibly some other beetle larva hatching out.
Or.. and Iain could confirm this I suspect, Iain, is it perhaps the Lesser Ambivalent Avocan Subterranean Drop Sloth Bear? Extremely rare and equally savage.:?:oo:

Regards,

Rob

[Iain]

Or.. and Iain could confirm this I suspect, Iain, is it perhaps the Lesser Ambivalent Avocan Subterranean Drop Sloth Bear? Extremely rare and equally savage.:?:oo:

Regards,

Rob

Extremely unlikely as they are only found in the arid desert regions of Tasmania, unless one has found its way across Bass Strait, the Avocan variety has not been seen since the time of the early settlers and is presumed extinct, although Watsons Wonder Water has resurected some previously presumed extinct species.
I can vouch for this after falling over in what I thought was my driveway after taking a draught of this wonderful water, it was in fact a rather long wide flat serpent that moved under my feet causing me to become disorientated and fall over.
Truly a miracle.

[Neil]

:morning:Looks about right for a yabby but their holes that I've seen are usually almost cemented around the top and sides with mud. Saw a D9 Dozer and scraper disappear almost up to the top of the roll cage in a massive yabby hole at Mooroolbark back in the 70's when doing earthworks for a subdivision.

Created a great stir, had the place swarming with archaeologists for a week or so. Said it was a fantastic find and could be many thousands of years old. Also explained why there were ancient aboriginal mizzen or something, they also found about 2 metres under the surface.

Noel, your other option up there is the possibility it's going to open up into a massive mine shaft and swallow the shed.

http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au/html/popups/images/lge_fr-ya_col.jpg
Might be the culprit but doubt it. It's a breather hole for something bigger and more sinister I reckon.
Cheers - Neil:evillaugh:

[watson]

Swallowed up by a mining hole.......that'd save me a lot of tidying up!
Got a stick down it today........and it goes down 300mm straight. Nothing gooey on the end of the stick, just soft dirt.
Its not moth time here..thats around March.
I've left the stick in for overnight, and if its out of the hole in the morning, I'm building a new shed.
Shouldn't have read all those John Wyndham...Steven King.......Alfred Hitchcock.
I liked Skew's idea..but I'll check on that.....shortly (sorry)

[jow104]

Have you considered it might be something that came out,
not went in?

[watson]

Geez! Thanks John :oo:

[woodcutta]

G'day Iain,

Can't work how he could do such a round hole though.......probably head dive and wriggle??


Noel

What were you expecting - a Square snake??:p:D

[echnidna]

Its a sign from heaven that yer sittin' on the mother lode. :o

Drop a stick of gelly down it. light the fuse :D

And Run !!! :D:D:D

[watson]

Noel

What were you expecting - a Square snake??:p:D

Yeah!!
The Pythagourus Python or some such.....especially around here.

[watson]

Its a sign from heaven that yer sittin' on the mother lode. :o

Drop a stick of gelly down it. light the fuse :D

And Run !!! :D:D:D
No Bob,
That would be akin to shed tidying :oo:

[Captain Chaos]

G'day Noel, It wasn't a snake burrowing into your shed floor. Snakes can only burrow through soft, loose soil. They have hard plate like scales on their nose for this purpose, but they cannot dig into hard, compacted soil or limestone etc. They tend to move in to empty burrows or holes after someone else has done all the hard yakka.:no: Whatever it was probably dug down & then chucked a rightie.
Regards,
Barry.

[watson]

Whatever it was probably dug down & then chucked a rightie.
Regards,
Barry.[/quote]
G'day Barry, probably around here,it would have chucked a lefty :U
We'll see what the morning brings.

[Captain Chaos]

"We'll see what the morning brings." Quote Noel.

Best o' luck to you Noel, I hope that it's nuffik too scarey. :spyme:
Regards,
Barry.

[DavidG]

Seen lots of holes like that.
Left by a creature that has burrowed to the surface and has gone.
I would say "cicada" except it is not the season?

Next question is ...... Where is it hiding now? :o

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

You never know... next week you might go out to find BHP has set up a drilling rig in yer shed, if the exploratory tests come back with good results... :p

[watson]

They was big fat frogs!!
Another three holes this morning and the third one was still in progress. Eventually, a big fat frog burrowed its way out.
Don't they know its a drought??
Thanks for all the suggestions and the fun

[jow104]

come out of hibernation?

[watson]

G'day John,
Probably, but they picked a bad time....paddocks are drying off, the dam here is drying out.......
But you were right....something coming out....not going in.
Funny stuff

[David L]

Hey, Noel this morning found a hole just like yours in my back yard in hard bare earth. It will be interesting to see what develops.

[chrisp]

I reckon the 50 cent coin near the hole is a dead give away - It's where the tooth fairly lives:D

[astrid]

global w you know
I mean have you seen the size of the roaches (insect type) that we're getting in melb, I mean I know I'm messy but not that messy( I hope)
The seasons are out of wack
astrid

[watson]

Hey, Noel this morning found a hole just like yours in my back yard in hard bare earth. It will be interesting to see what develops.
What's the words of that song???......."oh don't go out in the woods today....your in for a big surprise"

[watson]

I reckon the 50 cent coin near the hole is a dead give away - It's where the tooth fairly lives:D
Hasn't the Fairy heard about folding money yet??? :D:D

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

How many teeth do you lose at once if you expect to get folding money? :oo: