jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 23, 2013 0:06:59 GMT -5
They drive me crazy in the woods. They are well camo'ed and hell on your ankles. They talk back to the mower for sure. Backyard noise -too funny.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 16:09:01 GMT -5
Jim, I have captured three species of crocodilian in the wild. No aquarium gators in Cali. In my travels I have been fortunate enough to handle albino gators and bljue eyed white ones, plus about 10 species from around the world. They fascinate, so I gavitate in that direction when I can. ash - yeah, longest fangs of any snake.  I have seen them 6 feet and over 40pounds. Thick as this fat man's thigh and twice as long.   |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 23, 2013 16:16:42 GMT -5
Well that is 10 times too many gators for me. Those things play dirty and i am thinking self preservation.
That is the most amazing snake. It is a pimp. Like, it has pimp clothing on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 16:23:24 GMT -5
just needs a purple cadillac and all will be well with the world!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 16:24:32 GMT -5
not so pimp in this setting   |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 23, 2013 16:55:03 GMT -5
Definitely well camoflauged, cryptic coloring. That MF would eff you up worse than cypress knees, eh? Yes, I know they are from East and West Central Africa, not the SE US. Never could figure out the mental state of people that kept hots. I don't care how beautiful they are, it just ain't worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 17:37:09 GMT -5
I dig 'em. If I lived alone I'd keep them outside in large naturalistic enclosures. Just a pair to say 800 sq feet. A small pond, some bushes, maybe a tree. Ya only gotta feed them like 5-6 times a year. Never have to clean the enclosure outside. Never have a stuck shed. Just feed live rats from tongs to each specimen. Three or four years in you would have to go in and collect 30-75 babies. I'd do rhino vipers too.   |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 23, 2013 18:56:47 GMT -5
Where does it start and end. They have Scott's state of mind. I can get help for you Scott.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 20:03:35 GMT -5
at 50 I am responsible for and wary of my mortality. I'm OK. Knowledge and experience is power.
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Haleysdream
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Post by Haleysdream on Oct 23, 2013 21:40:28 GMT -5
Awesome rock hunt! thanks for taking us along
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Post by jamesp on Oct 24, 2013 8:53:31 GMT -5
It's not the crocodilians that need respect necessarily  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 24, 2013 8:59:40 GMT -5
I dig 'em. If I lived alone I'd keep them outside in large naturalistic enclosures. Just a pair to say 800 sq feet. A small pond, some bushes, maybe a tree. Ya only gotta feed them like 5-6 times a year. Never have to clean the enclosure outside. Never have a stuck shed. Just feed live rats from tongs to each specimen. Three or four years in you would have to go in and collect 30-75 babies. I'd do rhino vipers too. Scott, wouldn't want to be one of your neighbor's, lol! So, you'd be in it for the $$? I've had snakes get out of their cages before (my fault, left door open - doh!), and almost stepped on one in the bathroom in the middle of the night. But, a black kingsnake is not going to bite and envenomate you with inch long fangs!! I still don't grok it... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 9:38:19 GMT -5
Four foot walls hold the snakes in, drainage cover by 1/4" stainless mesh.
No doors to leave open, no drawers to close.
Enclosures surrounded by barren secondary enclosure.
Big Gaboon = 2.5" fangs! lol
Sit back and enjoy them.
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Post by ash on Oct 24, 2013 9:43:19 GMT -5
That is one pretty snake Scott, but I gotta say, if I stepped on it, well...not so pretty then.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 24, 2013 9:49:45 GMT -5
Covered enclosure, or not? So if not, what if a bird of prey swoops down and gets lucky enough to pluck heavy snake out of there without being bit, and drops it over the wall? I can always envision worst case scenario.
Edit - Okay, I stand corrected - 2 1/2" fangs.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 10:12:42 GMT -5
I doubt I'd cover it. ash, they are sit and wait predators. That means when they want to feed, they go to a likely hunting spot, get ready and wait for the prey to come by. With that camouflage and the fact they dont move, they are a dangerous thing to walk near. Jean, the worst case would be a curious human getting bit. Hopefully in a panic he'd just scramble into the crocodile pens and get eaten for the trouble. lol fiction at it's finest! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 24, 2013 10:50:49 GMT -5
It is the duty of every prisoner to escape...
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Post by jamesp on Oct 24, 2013 11:14:29 GMT -5
Me and Jean are in strong agreement. Murphy strikes will be unforgiving. There is a killer behind my wall. With 9 inch nails for fangs.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 24, 2013 11:21:55 GMT -5
James, glad at least two of us have some sense, lol! Murphy's law was going through my brain as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 13:11:07 GMT -5
I once had 110 venomous snakes in my closet! Never and escape, never even a close call. I had a four foot puff adder. He could see me bringing a rat. He sat perfectly still. Then I would toss the rat from 6 feet away into his enclosure. He would have it bit and released, before it got below the rim of the aquarium. Many times it would be dead before it hit the cage floor. That one also has long fangs. Long enough to put the venom in the heart (I think that was his goal) a few heartbeats moves the venom thru the entire body and death is rapid. Within minutes the rat would be dark blue, digestion starting already. That snake was the baddest baddass snake ever. Eight pounds of pure hell. My girl and I took it to the park and we'd play frisbee with him.  |
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