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Come along in this episode as I catch and release a common death adder from a residential backyard. After successfully releasing the snake I prepare to release two more blue tongued lizards after more successful rehabilitations

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COMMON DEATH ADDER
There are several species of death adders in Australia but the Common Death Adder is the only one found in the Sydney region. The Common Death Adder lives in forests and woodlands, grasslands and heath. The Common Death Adder feeds on frogs, lizards and birds and, unlike most Australian venomous snakes that actively search for prey, this snake sits in one place and waits for prey to come to it. Covering itself with leaves makes it inconspicuous and it lies coiled in ambush, twitching its yellowish grub-like tail close to its head as a lure. When an animal approaches to investigate the movement, the death adder quickly strikes, injecting its venom and then waiting for the victim to die before eating it. Death adders have relatively large fangs and toxic venom and, before the introduction of antivenom, about 60% of bites to humans were fatal.

EASTERN BLUE-TONGUED SKINK
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides, or eastern blue-tongued lizard, is native to Australia. It is unique due to its blue tongue, which is used to warn off predators. In addition to flashing its blue tongue, the skink hisses and puffs up its chest to assert dominance and appear bigger when in the presence of its predators such as large snakes and birds.