jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 4, 2013 19:57:28 GMT -5
Why do those 3 green pythons sleep on that stick arranged like that?
I never knew snakes can be so genetically involved.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 4, 2013 20:16:56 GMT -5
James, those snakes are primarily arboreal (hang about in trees). They will get comfortable, and sit and wait for something to come along. They are very fast when they strike, and they have some daggers for teeth! I was bitten a couple times when we had them (usually when feeding them, which somehow became my job), their teeth would leave lines of blood droplets where they got ya!
Like the ball pythons that Scott posted pics of, with all their varieties, the GTPs also had different morphs (though not near as many as the balls apparently do now). There were also differences based on the localityies where they were originally found.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 4, 2013 21:12:02 GMT -5
What a fabulous display of patterns and color. They are the 3 snaketeers. I know those have grabby teeth. Sounds genealogy is a prerequisite .
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 4, 2013 21:45:58 GMT -5
We originally had four of them (1 male, 3 female) in Neodesha cages, in a Gorilla rack. It had light, timers, thermostats, heaters, etc. The cages on each level had a connecting hole that you could open or close. Seems the snakes would always want to be in the same cage. ANd even though there were two PVC pipes per cage, they'd try to fit on the same one. Maybe had to do with the heats/lights? Had the setup for a few years, but they never produced for us. Got rid of all the snakes about ten years ago.
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Post by docone31 on Oct 4, 2013 22:23:08 GMT -5
Snakes, I do not like snakes. About 20yrs ago, I met this gal, tattoo Dot. She had an huge, I have no idea what. It was yellow and very large. Well, I was taking a nap on her couch, and the daggoned thing dropped from a ledge and landed on me. I do not like snakes and I liked them even less from there on. Where we live, we have coral snakes, corkscrew snakes, indigos, black snakes, Moccassins, pygmy rattlers, and Eastern Diamondbacks. Hognose snakes, and King snakes. I do not like them, but I leave them alone. One day, a little snake with a red head was under one of my tiles in the back yard. About 11". I let him be. It is a privelege to see them. We get Moccassins a lot as we are near a crick. Some are real fat and large. They are mean and agressive. Our cats live in the house and do not go out. I do not like snakes. I think I said that, but I cannot say it enough. The Pygmys and Moccassins and Eastern Diamondbacks do not back down, the others go their way if let to. Pygmys are mean for sure. I remember, back in the 70's, I lived in a Mobile Home park in PA. One day this kid was crying. He said his worms were biting him. He had a coffee can full of Copperheads. Tiny, probably new hatch from a clutch. His had was swollen, lots of bite marks. I never found out what happened. I never forgot it. His mother grabbed him and they took off to find a Dr. That was before helicopter ambulances. Never saw him again, and never found out. I guess those little critters can dump out a full load of venom. They get control as they get older. They bit his hand his arm. His mother grabbed him and they took off. I respect anyone who can tolerate snakes. I just don't like them. I do not need to kill them, I just let them be. Give them lots of room.
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