WOW!!!!! Crocodile Dundee!!!! The irony of my love for the tropics, sub tropics and the natural world it contains is that I fear snakes. Scared and would sob like a child if I didnt have a stroke first. Love my holidays but each location is assessed in snake population and habitat. If their are lots and widespread i not going there. Thought of cobra killing ur dog. Couldnt bare to read about it. How awful and traumatic. U or your wife have therapy. Still horror aside love to see more of your wilderness but plants , mammals, insects, birds, amphibs and lizards in situ within your orchid paradise. Screensavers! Not snakes. You could take up another addiction of photography just for our perusal.