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Posted by: DMong at Sat May 21 12:42:24 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

Pat,.....yes, it is sort of baffling how some folks show up and post here for a long while very adamantly, then seem to disappear into the woodwork and you never hear from them ever again. The forums definitely seem to go in cycles, and turn-over to a totally different crowd over time, as does the hobby as a whole too. I am all over the place on the forums, as I have LOTS of other interests as well. Corns, kings, milks, ratsnakes, the "what is it?" forum to identify snakes, etc...



Even though I might have only a few specimens of one type or another, or even none of a particular species/ssp., I still have deep interests and appreciation for many other types of snakes ou there, regardless of whether or not I own them at the present time. As of the past 20 years, my main focus has mostly been milks, kings, and a few types of ratsnakes, many types of corns years ago too, but over the course of 44 years I have owned all sorts of different types of snakes, and still can appreciate them and am interested in keeping up with the latest regarding many of them. Some more than others of course...LOL!. Heck, I just recently gave a pair of two huge Boa constrictors away because they just no longer fit into my collection/breeding plans here. The most important part was their well-being where they will be appreciated and well-cared for. I donated an almost 14 foot Burmese python to Metro zoo in Miami/Dade around 1985 where he was used in a big exhibit, then later went on to be used in breeding programs with other zoos in the country. Gosh, I bought that thing as a 20" hatchling in early 1977 from a mall pet store..LOL!, It was like $80 dollars which was BIG-TIME bucks back then..



Here is an old photo of him after I donated him to the zoo, then went back months later as a visitor to see how he was doing and take a quick photo for old times sake.



It's funny how personal tastes in things change over time. I would never think of owning a big Burm now, but it seemed "cool" to have it way back then. The snake and I were on that old TV show "PM Magazine" with anchors Katrina Daniels, and Jimmy Cefalo(of the Miami Dolphins).



Anyway, rock on with the snakes people!..





~Doug





My old roommate(and still good fishing friend) that I have known since third grade here in 1985-86 holding him in our apartment JUST before he went to the zoo.







"Junior" at Metro Zoo in his new home(1986)..........




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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"



   

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