The surrounding fields are often populated by wild kangaroos and a significant brown snake population.
If this happens, someone will have to rid Stonecutter's Island of its very large and varied snake population.
The decline in snake population may be identified as a result of depleted food resources, adult mortality and/or suppressed reproduction.
Viewing the snake population after the drought period showed that larger snakes, both male and female, were less likely to survive.
It is also unknown whether or not the trees alone will have any effect on the snake population.
Luckily, however, coyness is an attribute the local snake population seems to possess.
Not too long a cold spell, just enough to freeze the pernicious insects and reduce the snake population.
Goa also has a high snake population, which keeps the rodent population under control.
Local devotees believe that the temple's snake population has come there of its own accord.
We are not here to decimate the snake population.