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Just a fair warning. I am in the photos with some of these animals. I was cleaning cages today and had the roommate snap a few shots while I had the animals out of cage. These animals receive the utmost respect when I am "hands on" with them.

Odd yellow western cottonmouth of mine

Another photo of this animal. You can actually see a blood spot where he bit himself today. He does this rather often, but it never seems to bother him. He's a much nicer snake out of his cage.

A very pretty southern copperhead

Me and the southern copperhead from above

Me and the yellow cottonmouth

My baby chinese king cobra 2 ft long and doing good so far *crossing fingers*

"Karl", my florida cottonmouth. Very thick, very neat animal. Very good disposition too (no joke)

Dusky pigmy rattlesnake. These guys are so neat

Saw-scaled viper

Banded water cobra, one of my favorite elapids

Same water cobra. I love the faces on these snakes

Bothrops moojeni, this is a snake that demands a LOT of respect

moojeni again. Very neat snake

Large adult male monocled cobra for size reference

Very large female adult monocled cobra (keep in mind that this is a 2D representation of a 3D situation

I don't usually measure my snakes, but I decided to tube and measure this one today. Even though it doesn't show up well in the photo, the head of this snake is in a tube. You can see the black mark on the tape measure by my roommate's hand. That's the 6 ft mark. She's holding the tail in her hand, and the tail is past the 6 ft mark, and the snake has some bend in it so this is at least a 6ft long monocled cobra. I decided to post this because I've been told by several that there is no such thing as a 6ft female monocled cobra

I hope you enjoyed the photos. I have more and maybe I'll post at a later day, but I'm tired and need to head back to the house.

Nice photos Bobby. The annulata and kaouthia are killer (literally)!
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com

beautiful snakes man! i really love the kaouthias. that female is huge! and of course you have to love the O.Hannah. i hope your little guy continues to do well for you
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Dylan Lutz

1.1 BCI, 1.0 Bearded Dragon

Nice animals Bobby Annulata is one of my favorites. That Sawscale is E. multisquamatus in case you don't know.

Bothrops moojeni is one snake that SURE deserves RESPECT. They should have used those for "Snakes on a Plane" then they would have had a real thriller!!

Al
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Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

It was late last night when I was posting that and I originally had names with the animals, but TWICE while posting the message I accidentally hit the back button and had to start the post all over... the third time I did all of my writing into a text editor and copied the post over to the forum.

The E. multisquamatus is a really neat animal. But I'm sure as anyone that has kept Echis before can testify, even a slight breach into their strike range is going to result in a bite. Luckily this little girl rides hooks rather well so I'm able to stay way out of strike range. Their strikes leave no room for error and no time for reaction without a doubt.

The moojeni can be crazy at times. That female has a certain spot in her cage that she sits about 90% of the time. I've shown many people the dangers of feeding response with that animal. I *always* open that cage with a snake hook, as she will strike out wildly nearly every time I open that cage. When it comes to feeding time both of the moojeni will actually catch food before it hits the floor of their cage. The female hits with such force sometimes that she'll bust guts out of the rats. I do feed them rats, but I feed them small rats. In my limited experience with Bothrops it seems as if small meals every so often make for a much healthier snake. I honestly think most Bothrops would eat themselves to death if given the opportunity. On a good note, these moojeni have settled down a little with their larger size. When they were 2-2.5 ft long they were pure hell on scales. I must admit though that these moojeni are not mine as they are on loan to me, but hopefully someday I'll have a nice set to call my own.

Amazing photos, measuring the kaouthia was neat to see.

Sir;
I'm not in anyway 'au fey' with your chosen vice (just what do you pay for house insurance down there anyway!?), but they're just great photos of some impressive animals.
I'm a simple soldier, and you've got w-a-y more steel in places than I do, being able to hold those critters for photos while having a flash going off in both off your eyes (meaning you and your subject).
I did notice that your 'blissed out' look while handling the copperhead and cottonmouth seems to have been replaced by something resembling very (very) intense concentration when you're displaying your Bothrops.
I'm also very impressed with the 'roomateicus'; seems heathy and fit but its so hard to tell at that distance. If I ever decide to move from newts to 'hots', I may ask for a loaner!
respects
Wes
your paperboy

That cotton and copper have been used and displayed for many people ranging from the local nature center to sports shows (the local one here got tired of the abuse of the rattlesnake roundup animals that used to be brought in and now they take a more educational route). They're used to being around people and don't tend to freak out, but keep in mind that I was still at a safe distance to avoid a bite even if those snakes took a turn for the worse. One year some of my snakes saw the faces of 20,000 people (no joke). Keeping venomous has nothing to do with nerve, or other body parts. It all has to do with using common sense and care. And the cottonmouth and the copper both had a full photo shoot prior to me getting my photos with them, and they're quite used to camera flash .

Great pics!!! You have some VERY nice looking animals.

Vampire