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My new Florida king has shed and eaten so it was time for the reference pics. I am 220Lbs and 6 and a half foot in length. SAo you can see he is a big boy. My 7 year old son took the pics so please do not mind the poor quality.

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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
The ultimate cornpredictor

Oh my gosh. That thing is GIANT!

Male?
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He's one of the largest I've seen for sure. Thick too! Nice snake. My largest king was about 6' but i never measured exactly. That cage in the shot below was 40" (100cm) long for reference.

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- Matt

I think they are about the same size. My king is thick indeed. However, he has not one gram fat on him. He is pure mussle mass. I have had a reticulated python and the appetite of this king is just about the same. The way he smashed into the thawed prey was pure intimidating. Thrashing around with his tail. I thought he was going to break a window.

Marcel

>>He's one of the largest I've seen for sure. Thick too! Nice snake. My largest king was about 6' but i never measured exactly. That cage in the shot below was 40" (100cm) long for reference.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
The ultimate cornpredictor

How is its temperament? My kings have never gotten aggressive outside of the cage, but occasionally they do get spooked and they will musk a small amount. Usually, it is not even enough to see, but does smell like rotten eggs for a minute or so... not too bad though. Nothing like a garter snake.
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- Matt

1.0 Black Milk '04
1.0 Andean Milk '06
0.1 Eastern King '97
0.1 Bullsnake '09

When he is out of the cage he is very mellow. Not high strung like I would expect. When I open the cage and mess with the water bowl or something he hisses slightly and rattles his tail. No musking so far.

Marcel

>>How is its temperament? My kings have never gotten aggressive outside of the cage, but occasionally they do get spooked and they will musk a small amount. Usually, it is not even enough to see, but does smell like rotten eggs for a minute or so... not too bad though. Nothing like a garter snake.
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>>1.0 Andean Milk '06
>>0.1 Eastern King '97
>>0.1 Bullsnake '09
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
The ultimate cornpredictor

What and how much did you feed him?

Marcel

>>He's one of the largest I've seen for sure. Thick too! Nice snake. My largest king was about 6' but i never measured exactly. That cage in the shot below was 40" (100cm) long for reference.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
The ultimate cornpredictor

WOW!,.......that certainly IS a big "bruiser" of a male!, very impressive Marcel!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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That is one monster size king!

Scott

Awesome snake. That thing is like the t-rex of the florida woods!!! Snakes would be getting out of dodge seeing him coming!

I can just visualize all the wildlife high-tailing it for their lives from the mere sight of that kingsnake!..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Too funny! Reminds me of an Iron Maiden song, run to the hills, run for your life. LOL!

Scott

yeah, it is a funny as hell thought ..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

That it is, the huge jurasic king. LOL!

Scott

this is the biggest kingsnake ive ever seen. hes awesome.