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22-Dec-05, 12:00 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | | that is an amazing snake, it is HUGE to say the least!!!!! what the hell did they keep it in? they wouldnt even have been able to move it around it would waya ton!!! |
22-Dec-05, 12:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | | They had a special reptile room for the collection. The owner had a few 'big' snakes like the Retic and some Burmese pythons. I think it might have taken a few hands to move it and if it didn't want to move then my guess is that it stayed put.
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22-Dec-05, 04:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Wagga NSW Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Retics are beautiful snakes. I don't think I would like to keep one that size though. If they grew to same size of a large coastal then I would (if we could).
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22-Dec-05, 04:43 PM
|  | Old Administrator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney south, NSW Age/Gender: 54 | | | | There is no margin for eror when handling that size of retic. Timebomb waiting for acident to happen if in private collection. Lot of people in US have a dilema what to do when they grow up to much. |
22-Dec-05, 04:46 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | | They certainly need careful handling but I'm not sure I would call them a timebomb. I would trust one of those more than a Taipan for instance. It would never be a good idea to go in with one on your own.
Some of the Island forms of Retic like on Bali only get to a couple of metres in length.
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22-Dec-05, 05:14 PM
|  | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender: | | | | Yeah, its big.....but could it do any tricks? (Besides making rabbits disappear)
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22-Dec-05, 06:38 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: Adelaide SA | | | | alot of rabbits !!!! Or ponies for that matter lol. That is one huge snake. Great pic. |
22-Dec-05, 07:13 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: NSW | | | | "Daddy, where's my pony gone?" |
22-Dec-05, 07:17 PM
|  | Has Happy Herps.... Sponsor | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | Great pic boa, they are truely an amazing snake.
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22-Dec-05, 07:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-05 Location: Hoppers Crossing Age: 29 | | | | Man, I'd hate to clean up after that one!!!
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22-Dec-05, 07:53 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Eltham, Victoria | | | | what sortof licence do they have to privatly own an exotic legally?
a pony would be by far to expensive. become a criminal(Snatch, cept instead of pigs a massive snake)
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22-Dec-05, 08:58 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | | An exotic license which, unfortunately, are no longer available.
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22-Dec-05, 10:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: Darwin | | | WOW bloody big snake that 
Just out of interest. How does an Aussie get a licence for one of those. I thought you couldn't get them here? |
22-Dec-05, 10:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: South-West Brisbane | | | | Some people got them in an amnesty a while back I believe, they aren't allowed to breed though. |
22-Dec-05, 10:24 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: Darwin | | | | Oh, thanks for that. Have to wonder how they got them in the first place :wink: | | |
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