The Beauty of Samar Cobras!

The Snark

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Well, just look on the bright side as you labor away, intoning your mantra, 'At least it's not a Hannah... at least it's not a Hannah...' :)

I visited the snake farm the other day. Hadn't been there in months. Looking in 'Mom and Pop's' containment was mom looking extremely mean at everything around her and her little brood of kids. Looking very porked out too. She ate her hubby a couple of nights earlier.
 
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The Snark said:
Well, just look on the bright side as you labor away, intoning your mantra, 'At least it's not a Hannah... at least it's not a Hannah...' :)

I visited the snake farm the other day. Hadn't been there in months. Looking in 'Mom and Pop's' containment was mom looking extremely mean at everything around her and her little brood of kids. Looking very porked out too. She ate her hubby a couple of nights earlier.
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Oh shit! That sucks!

Also, hannah shit smells like hell with all the undigested scales and other snake material.

By the way, the next thing on instagram is free handling hannah babies! At least 3-4 people are at it. Completely crazy!
 
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Oh shit! That sucks!

Also, hannah shit smells like hell with all the undigested scales and other snake material.

By the way, the next thing on instagram is free handling hannah babies! At least 3-4 people are at it. Completely crazy!
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Snark, for some reason your last post is deleted but anyway, it is not hannah's only unfortunately. They are doing it with a bunch of venomous snakes including kraits.

Here are some *examples:

*Dislaimer: Non of these animals are mine. I am just reposting some pictures which was shared publicly by other individuals. Venomous snakes should not be free-handled by anyone.







 
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Beautiful snakes!!! I would love to be able to keep hots, but alas my state doesn't allow it :( Someday though! Keep the pics coming!!
 
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On a couple of occasions I free handed quiet and laconic rattlers and I was very gung ho at catching wild snakes bare handed before fully identifying them. Then I got banged on the shin, one fang, by a rattler. I'd like to wish 1/10th of that pain for 30 seconds onto every clown who thinks it's cool to free hand. Or a video would have been perfect. The ER staff trying to get my heavy leather engineer boot off. My leg swollen beyond belief. They made a tiny cut at the top of the boot and the swelling was so great it split the boot down to the instep. This is your extremity on snake venom!
 
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The Snark said:
On a couple of occasions I free handed quiet and laconic rattlers and I was very gung ho at catching wild snakes bare handed before fully identifying them. Then I got banged on the shin, one fang, by a rattler. I'd like to wish 1/10th of that pain for 30 seconds onto every clown who thinks it's cool to free hand. Or a video would have been perfect. The ER staff trying to get my heavy leather engineer boot off. My leg swollen beyond belief. They made a tiny cut at the top of the boot and the swelling was so great it split the boot down to the instep. This is your extremity on snake venom!
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Yeah, I watched my thumb melt almost all the way to the bone from a yearling Montivipera xanthina bite, quite traumatic...
 
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Yeah, I watched my thumb melt almost all the way to the bone from a yearling Montivipera xanthina bite, quite traumatic...
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I think I'll avoid venomous snakes...

Whats the blue snake with the red head, just out of curiosity? It looks really cool.
 
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Spent the day yesterday doing snake rescue. The brilliant idea of putting in roads along all the major canals has had a side effect; it's a killing zone for all animals coming down for a drink. Yesterday was 3 baby Hannah. Has to be another 20 flattened ones over the length of my 20KM ride. Sigh
 
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Twentytwenty said:
I think I'll avoid venomous snakes...

Whats the blue snake with the red head, just out of curiosity? It looks really cool.
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The red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps). I love them but they are snake eaters with pre-synaptic venom so not my thing. They get quite large also.

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Spent the day yesterday doing snake rescue. The brilliant idea of putting in roads along all the major canals has had a side effect; it's a killing zone for all animals coming down for a drink. Yesterday was 3 baby Hannah. Has to be another 20 flattened ones over the length of my 20KM ride. Sigh
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Two things, bad construction and "let's squash the snake" attitude. This sucks really...
 
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Here is another Samar video. Both snakes are in their permanent homes now and are enjoying life. I gave the female a bit of quail meet today and she seemed to love it.

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The red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps). I love them but they are snake eaters with pre-synaptic venom so not my thing. They get quite large also.
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Pretty sure that's Calliophis bivirgatus. The red of Bungarus flaviceps tends to not terminate on the head like that and goes quite a ways up the tail with no interruption. Not that handling a snake with venom glands that go 1/3 down the length of the body is any smarter.

EDIT: Also, Krait bodies tend towards a triangular cross-section. The snake in your picture does not.
 
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Fyrwulf said:
Pretty sure that's Calliophis bivirgatus. The red of Bungarus flaviceps tends to not terminate on the head like that and goes quite a ways up the tail with no interruption. Not that handling a snake with venom glands that go 1/3 down the length of the body is any smarter.

EDIT: Also, Krait bodies tend towards a triangular cross-section. The snake in your picture does not.
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Good call. No dorsal ridge scale. I had krait hazard seriously brought home to me the other day. Chatting with a friend who is a real jungle person, Burmese hilltribe completely at home living in the jungles. When discussing snakes and the krait came up he gave me a local term coined for them I couldn't pronounce. He emulated firing a pistol between his eyes. The 'bang, you're dead' snake.
 
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Fyrwulf said:
Pretty sure that's Calliophis bivirgatus. The red of Bungarus flaviceps tends to not terminate on the head like that and goes quite a ways up the tail with no interruption. Not that handling a snake with venom glands that go 1/3 down the length of the body is any smarter.

EDIT: Also, Krait bodies tend towards a triangular cross-section. The snake in your picture does not.
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Good catch, posted the wrong photo.
 
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