Pets & Animals by Raphaella Saroukos Premium Content  IT was the showdown that gave new meaning to the call out: "I'll meet you in the car park, bro!". Local Tash Cotter was on hand to film the amazing scene as a group of brave stone-curlews took on a huge snake in an incredible standoff at a Dripstone car park on Tuesday. "Fierce protective parent crew right here", wrote Tash on her post. The video shows the 'screech of curlews' (nb: 'screech' is our collective noun for curlews, not the correct dictionary term) seemingly minding their own business, discussing the evening's hoped-for feast of frogs and insects, when a somewhat shifty snake sidles up.