Re: City Rail CBD snakes

[david <david@nmit.vic.edu.au>]

David Johnson wrote:

> Robert Parnell wrote:
>
> > Whilst working in a cleaner's room/store room at Wyndard Station today, a
> > couple of our technicians killed a small (30cm or so long) brown snake. They
> > moved some boxes onto the ground to gain access to a radio installation.
> > Upon packing up, the now dead snake was found under a box that had been
> > placed on the ground, obviously being under the box when it was moved and
> > killed when the box landed on the ground. What are the chances of finding a
> > snake in the CBD, let alone a busy railway station? Are there other snakes
> > in the vicinity???
>
> Probably feed on the rats!
>
>

Perhaps there was supposed to be a press release along the lines of:

Cityrail has begun trials of a new system to rid our fair city of Rats. Operators
will be trained as the system spreads........

Guess they need a new system........?

Regards,
David Head