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How about everyone posts a picture of themselves on this thread. It would be great to actually put a face to all of the names on here.

I'll start:

Ravi T on the left and myself on the right somewhere between Flores Island and Komodo Island

Me and a buddy

Baz
Here I am!

Baz
Sorry about that Brother!
That was my English Bulldog "Nunzio".
Here is me with my female Indigo!

What'd you ever do with your water dragons? I remember you posting some pics of them in that forum...they looked good, same with their enclosure. I'm assuming you got rid of them...?

Yes I got rid of them. They are very cool critters just not my cup of meat!
Mike

Nice Indigo Mike! Did you get new ink done?

Baz
Thanks, the Indigo is a friend for my children.
Yes I got a few more tats, sleeved both of my arms!
Mike

when in rome...

Hey Joe
Good looking Bully!
How old is he?
Whats his name?
Mike

I need to get a bulldog too.. someonehelp me convince the Mrs!

Baz
It is an easy sell!
Just take her to see some puppies!
Mike

That didnt work. Tried it

Anyhoo the sleeves look good brother. I think you might appreciate these photos I took:

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j163/FiveRivers/Chrissy_Nov06/

and

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j163/FiveRivers/Guen Nov 06/

and

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j163/FiveRivers/Amanda_0ct06/

Lemme know what you think

Gwen is SMOKEN Brother!!
You took the pics?
Who is the artist?
Mike

Haha yeah she is smokin eh? I took the pics and then did a bit of photoshopping on them. Its a hobby thats turnin into a part time profession.

mike, he is 4 years old. Gusto is his name. If not for him i would be the house dummy. Bless his heart. And youre right NOONE can resist a english bull pup.
thanx
joe

Joe
Aside from Gusto being a hardhead like all EBD's, have you been able to train him well?
Nunzio is a very good boy!
He is house broken, sits, lays down, gives paw, rolls over and speeks all on command!
Mike

Mike, gusto is pretty well trained. He doesnt do any tricks, but will come when called, and sit on command. It was strange going from a chocolate lab, so eager to learn new stuff, to a bull(not so eager) I was really only concerned about the come when called part, as i feel this the most important "trick". All in all gusto is a good boy, and we love him, and want another ebd one day. By the way yours is gorgeous, very light tan, and your croc monitors are pretty cool too! Here is another pic with gusto in it. See if you can find him.
thanx
joe

You do have croc monitors dont you??? Maybe it was someone else on here, another Mike perhaps?

Joe
I see Gusto, and his TEETH!
How old was he when his teeth started to show?
Yes, I have kept a large group of Salvadorii in the past.
Mike

Mike, his underbite is the best ive ever seen. It has been that way since he was four or five months old. it really is crazy. One of my favorite games is to have him sit and stay while i place a piece of food on his exposed lower jaw. After a second of just sitting there, gusto will snap the food into the air for a split second and catch and eat it. Its very funny to see his look cross eyed at the food and then nail it. His under bite has been compared to a open cash register.
joe

Mike, you give a whole new meaning to the saying "they're more afraid of you, than you are of them." Haha, just kidding man...nice ink by the way.
Not on here nearly as much as I used to be, but figure I'll contribute.
Dressed for an interview:
How I spent Valentine's Day Morning (ended up doing the samething elsewhere that night!)

Brian
Thanks!
I take it your a firefighter?
Be carefull Brother!
Mike

interesting thread. you can learn a lot about people by the pictures they post.
although i'm about to be a civilian again in a few months, here's what i've been doing the past 6 years.
we've had one fire fighter. i'm the fire starter.





pics from '04. Tomahawk missile test... no sweat.
ahhh, with this almost behind me, i can now focus on my herpetology!
cheers

Shay
Cool photos!
I wear my colors on my sleeve Brother!
Thank you for your services!
Mike

From over here in Canada, thanks for all you do!

Awesome pics Shay. Be careful out there.
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Ed

I'm a volunteer in my hometown (almost 5yrs now). That was one of two structure fires we had on Valentine's Day this year no thanks to a firebug that's been having his fun for almost two months now. This was the other:
And some ink (more coming next month):

Mike,

I see the peachthroat enclosures in the picture. Any reptilian tats?
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Ed

Ed
I have an Iguana on my shoulder blade.
Mike

This is me enjoying the out doors

In Grande Cayman - I'm on the right, artist Guy Harvey on the left...only pic i have in photobucket with more than my hand in it:

Me and My son

My son and and his friend Gilly

Cute pic. Is Gilly a beardie? Hard to see.

Yes Gilly is a bearded dragon! Hercules (peachthroat) isn't tame enough for my son to hold. He's just a little to jumpy!

What a handsome fellow!

Me and leopard lizard, gopher snake, and Morman cricket.

Me and my chicken Lux and quad Ike.

And More

Dove
You gotta figure out how to rotate those photos!
Your giving me a stiff er a neck!
Mike

Dove
Looks like you could have alot of fun on the quad!
Mike

I have lots of fun on Ike. He's 800cc and 4x4
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Shannon in Reno
1 savannah monitor (Pombe-means "beer" in Swahili)
6 dogs
1 cat
32 rats
50 mice
54 chickens
2 beardies
1 black rat snake
~100 hissers
1 giant milipede

Dove
Glad I could help, LOVE your red hair and freckles~
What state is that you live in?
Mike

I'm in Reno, NV. And you?

Chicago!
Mike

I for got this one...June 21, 2006 at the Baltimore Zoo

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Shannon in Reno
1 savannah monitor (Pombe-means "beer" in Swahili)
6 dogs
1 cat
32 rats
50 mice
54 chickens
2 beardies
1 black rat snake
~100 hissers
1 giant milipede

Shannon
You look lovely!
Cue "wolf whistle" now.
Mike
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Mike's Monitors!

Thank you. I think you are the only one that has looked at my pics. I posted too late I guess. By tomorrow I will be on page 2 of this forum. Thanks for taking a gander at me
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Shannon in Reno
1 savannah monitor (Pombe-means "beer" in Swahili)
6 dogs
1 cat
32 rats
50 mice
54 chickens
2 beardies
1 black rat snake
~100 hissers
1 giant milipede

Shannon
Post one at the top, nobody will mind!
An introduction if you will.
Mike

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Mike's Monitors!

This is me doing what I do.

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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

Beautiful landscape Brother, were is that?
Mike

Eastern Washington. I have some really nice pics that show it better. I dig some up. That is the Snake River below the canyon. It really is beautiful there. I'll try and post some other pics.
Jason
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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

Here you go. The first and the last are in the Snake River gorge and the middle pic is central Washington.

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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

I thought you said it was Washington?

Back at yah! Dusky pygmy rattlers infest the swamps where i live:

Dobry
In the second photo you look like Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez!
Mike

a pic of me, on uhhhhhhh halloween, yeah thats it halloween.

no freakin post
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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

OMG its the bearded lady! haha

N/P

But it will, and I will add some other things I do.

First I grew up wrestling, snake keeping and hunting and of course chasing girls. All three with vigor and passion.

There was three of us, One majored in wrestling, the other reptiles(me) and the other, girls. Remember, we all did them all, but there was specialist.

Heres a pic of the three of us at the wrestling nationals a couple of years ago in St. Louis. The three on the right. The far right is Nick, he specialized in girls, then wrestling, then reptiles. The second from the right is Jim, he specialized in wrestling(third in the nation at heavies, OK state), then girls, then reptiles Then me in the brown coat, of course reptiles was my thing, then wrestling and girls. The fourth fella also wrestled at OK state( which is currently two time defending national champs)

one night at the hotel, Otto( from Japan, two time olympic silver metalist at 191) were trying to relive the past, doing handstands. I USE to be very good at this. Both of us are around sixty now. Still got it going on.

At least we could have kept our feet together.

here are some pics when I was young and messing with snakes

Heres a pic a few years ago of Daniel Bennett on our study site. I love this pic. Just doing a little advertisement for Daniels Chat on the fouth.

Ok heres me within the last decade or so,

I do have a pic of me dressed up like a lady, but you will have to say please for that. Cheers

How about, "please don't!!!"

Wicked photos Frank. The one with the rattler striking out of the water is brilliant!

Great pics and bios Frank. Sounds like a great bunch of guys.
I think I'd fit right in with you all. For me it's a damn close for first - girls and reptiles, then the wrestling in third, though for me it's boxing and mixed martial arts. These three things are my passion. So basically, if I'm at the Daytona Reptile Show and a fight breaks out between some gorgeous females who begin tearing eachothers clothes off, well, I've basically died and gone to heaven.

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2.3 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Pastel Ball Pythons (NERD Line)
0.0.1 Water Monitors
1.1 Pastel Red Tailed boa Het. for Albino
1.1 Yellow Ackie Monitors
And Counting...

here's one of me and my desert monitor snuppy. he is almost twice that big now

That's an unusually kept species, V. griseus. Interesting.

Here's a picture of me catching a water snake last summer from my kayak... If remember correctly me and a friend found 23 that day as well as hundreds of baby turtles. Great stuff...herping!

this pic is a bit older, i have aged a bit, but nonetheless, you get the idea...

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robyn@proexotics.com

Pro Exotics Reptiles

Man that is one cool pic.

That's hot!!!

The Funny thing Robyn is that kind of looks like you!!

Nate

I'll try getting some pics up as soon as I figure out how.

Here I am starting a fashon trend.

Here I am riding a DRZ. Get it?

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Ed

Ed
Your a mad man!!
Mike

where...
Herping on the top of a mountain.

Once we got to the top..

With my little girl..

Just had to show my little puppy.

Not sure why it didnt work before..

I'll have to post mutliple times as I'm computer illiterate.

This is a small IA crew after a succesful trouncing on a 5 acre fire. I'm the guy with the hardhat on. I sleep with that thing. too many trees have fallen my way.

A look out tower view of the Clearwater National Forest.

Nate

Me with one of my boys

Nate

I am about to be newly single after 10 years so I can't be a hermit anymore...
No I'm not dating and won't be for....? ever? LOL!
This is my best friend Scooter, we had to put him to sleep at the end of 2006. I really really miss him.
Thanks everyone else for sharing!
-H-

You're gorgeous!!

Sweet! That mangrove looks amazing! Oh and u not so bad there yourself miss

Everyone has great pics. Very attractive men and lady, nice herps.

Hi,

My name is Pam and I will be moving to Florida this year.

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1.1 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado & Dora)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
0.0.1 geochelone carbonaria (Rojo)
0.0.1 cyclura hybrid lewisi x caymanensis x nubila (No Name)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
Herps Are Awesome!

Pam
Love your vest!
Mike

Pam
Could you post a photo of you Macfadyeni?
I really do love your vest, I don't like to admit it but I am part Irish.
Mike

I love your vest also. I'm most Irish. I wear my freckles proudly

Thanks for the compliment, actually I'm Scottish, but I can do Irish too. LOL
Here is the pic of the Mdfads, enjoy! This was taken about 2 years ago when I first got them. Lovely animals, but still skittish. The male is missing a part of one toe.

Pam

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1.1 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado & Dora)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
0.0.1 geochelone carbonaria (Rojo)
0.0.1 cyclura hybrid lewisi x caymanensis x nubila (No Name)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
Herps Are Awesome!

Pam
Those are killer looking lizards!
Good Luck with them.
Mike

Hey Pam! I love your collection of critters! Cyclura are one of my favorites. And what awesome names they have. I think I might steal some if you don't mind And you are a very lovely lady as well!

Thanks Mike. You are welcome to steal all the name you want. This is my first cyclura...I guess I wasn't prepared for such a little spaz. A friend of mine has had quite a few and told me they need a lot of patience and handling while small. It is getting better. I don't know if you noticed it does not have a name. Not knowing if it is m/f, it is hard to pick a generic name. My friend suggested Pschocyclura, very funny. Take care.

Pam
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1.1 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado & Dora)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
0.0.1 geochelone carbonaria (Rojo)
0.0.1 cyclura hybrid lewisi x caymanensis x nubila (No Name)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
Herps Are Awesome!

Thanks for the names
Yeah, it's funny with the cyclura. You see those really large tame ones. Man, they are awesome. That's my goal.
All the best.

Here I am

Jody
Where are those enclosures, in your house?
Mike

That picture of me and the blackthroat was taken at a petshop. They no longer have them last I knew but they were nice monitors.

My cages are currently all out in my monitor barn. Used to be on my back porch when I lived at the old house (where the other pic was taken). I didn't have any newer ones of myself.

Holy moly thats one nice sized monitor! How big? Where is that enclosure? Would love to see more photos of it.

Jody, great looking blackthroat.
Next time, however, give us a SMILE!!

thats at incredible pets in melbourne florida, two huge albigs....

Jody
Do you live in Brevard county?
Mike

doing what I do every morning

It never ever ends, does it. hahaha

Doing what I love to do but wish I could do it more often:

Hey BAZ, where do you work? Are you hiring?

I work for a local reptile zoo here in Ottawa in my spare time. Not sure if they are hiring right now though Some of the pictures were taken at the Madras Crocodile Bank in India and some on Komodo Island. Went to help out with conservation work at both places and should be going to India again soon hopefully.

I wish I did what yo do. Those are awesome photos.
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Ed

Great pics Baz. You've been a busy guy!

Here with the love of my life

With my girl Tammy

Where on earth did you get all these amazing animals? Cool stuff man!

Mike
That is a very cool critter!
Mike

Awesome pictures, of you, your little girl and your animals.

Pam
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1.1 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado & Dora)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
0.0.1 geochelone carbonaria (Rojo)
0.0.1 cyclura hybrid lewisi x caymanensis x nubila (No Name)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
Herps Are Awesome!

do you have to give her vitamin k injections??"

I've had her for two years, since she was a baby. She's done great so far without supplements of any kind. I really try to balance out the diet. The Leaf Eater has quite a bit vit K. So far so good. I've talked to many zoos to try and work out a good diet. They say they really don't need Vit K supplement if you do the diet right, except maybe if a female is menstrating. So we'll see. Tamanduas are very tricky animals and I've been very fortunate so far.

I always seem to enter the scene late, however, it did give me a chance to get to match the faces with the names of familiar monitor lovers. I got to say, WOW, you all look DAMN GOOD! Your reptiles are attracted to you all because of your looks, LOL, they know a good thing when they see it! In my next life, I'm coming back as a monitor, captive hatched, of course.hahaha
Anyway, here's what Nessie's Mom and Dad look like.

- NessiesMom

Nessie, my ornate monitor