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I'm near Denpasar right now, saw some girls from Bali Reptile Rescue along the beach with young retics. Never held one before until now. :D

Give me a ring before you go home
I can take you to the depot for a look
0813 5313 9616
 
Give me a ring before you go home
I can take you to the depot for a look
0813 5313 9616

That'd be great. :D In Ubud right now doing river rafting but I'll be back in legian in 5 days.
 
then that was a big snake

Yes it was a big king
But after seeing the one our tracker backed away from its not so impressive
It was hooded up at ground level right beside a raw coconut complete with husk
Hood is about 2 inches bigger than the coconut

3 metre kings are very easy compared with taipans or mambas
Their striking ability is lot lower/different to most other elapids
But anything over 4 metres is really a teamwork situation
One to keep its attention and one to gently grasp the head

Held firmly but still still gently they rarely explode
But anyone using tongs better be prepared for fireworks
Totally different animal then
 
Damn your on a roll. 3 kings in a day? I don't think it can get much better. Truly incredible snakes, with such a powerful presence. We're you able to gather any more info on the little spitter? Love the tokays.
 
That'd be great. :D In Ubud right now doing river rafting but I'll be back in legian in 5 days.

Today we found another king on her nest
Most eggs will hatch in between 3 and 6 weeks so she wont move until they hatch
Want to play????

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Damn your on a roll. 3 kings in a day? I don't think it can get much better. Truly incredible snakes, with such a powerful presence. We're you able to gather any more info on the little spitter? Love the tokays.

Got 7 more similar spitters from the same house
Found the eggs
10 had hatched with 7 slugs
Mum was long gone though

Another king to move tomorrow
Havnt seen it yet but supposed to be big
Will keep you posted

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This is the most important thing that any demonstrator etc can ever do
Had a blast presenting a snake seminar at Bali University to the environmental science/biology section
Those young people are future of environmental protection in whichever country they live
 
Hell ya, your having a epic couple of weeks.(at least in my eyes) Want to trade shoes for a week?
 
Ok well we can swap but I'm only giving you my left boot and my right sock. The sock is a special edition though and has an air vent at the heel and toe.
 
Ok well we can swap but I'm only giving you my left boot and my right sock. The sock is a special edition though and has an air vent at the heel and toe.

Boots are now insisted upon by my other half in bad country
Thats after my thongs came home with a viper fang imbedded in them one night
Cant swap socks because I dont have any now

If anyone knows where to buy old style army jungle boots let me know
They are the ducks nuts up here
My last pair finally disintegrated about 5years ago
But had them since about 1972 because when I left the army I kept a few pairs
 
Interesting call tonight
Ended up chasing a musang. civet cat. luwak through a ceiling

Thank you so much
It vanished somewhere

Last thing I needed late at night was to actually catch it
These thing are twice the size of a tassie devil with a similar attitude
 
Thank you so much for the chance to look around the depot today. That was the highlight of my trip, and my offsider Dane feels the same. It was a day of firsts.
-My first time seeing a spitter. Having the opportunity to hold it blew me away
- my first time seeing a cobra hood up (don't care if it was only 15cm long)
- Danes first time handling a ven. (And a cobra to boot)
- Ben's first time holding a snake of any description. (He's not a fan)

I don't think I can say thank you enough to express how much I appreciated you making the time to see us. If I'm ever back in Bali, I will contact you beforehand and pre-arrange something. Having said that, if you happen across another king before Thursday (at this stage we have no plans) let me know and we'll come say hi again

Anyone heading to Bali could do a lot worse than dropping in to say hi and checking out some amazing animals
 
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small snake photo sent for id from Bali
Taken with flash late at night
Several options
Blue krait [black phase]
Wolf snake
Sunbeam snake
Spitting cobra [black phase]

Fun meeting you all green
Next time we will take you into king country
 
2 days of FUN
Took a lovely family out herping
Really wanted to find a viper and a vine snake
Both are pretty common all over Bali

Never even looked like finding one
Had to make do with releasing 2 spitting cobras and a rat snake
Then finding
Blue krait
Wolf snake
Bronzebacks
Ptyas korros
Tokays
Frogs etc
Nice fat sassy retic

Oh yes
Almost forgot
They help relocate 2 kings as well

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Gotta love the Kings of Bali
Magnificent snakes
 
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Yes we now measure both temp and humidity before opening the nest
Last 3 nests were at 29.8c 28.8c and 28.5c
So that is what we incubating those eggs at

Bit higher than is recommended by breeders
But we figure mother knew best when she made the nest
 
Wow ok thank you for the info. And ya I believe mother knows best. Let me know how the little ones do once out of the egg. I've heard they have a high mortality rate.
 
Wow ok thank you for the info. And ya I believe mother knows best. Let me know how the little ones do once out of the egg. I've heard they have a high mortality rate.

Because kings virtually vanish after hatching and dont reappear until about 2metres I have a theory about hatchling mortality
Not easy to find good examples of wild king hatchies leaving the nest and spreading out to hunt

Expert breeders say that if they dont feed within 48hrs they eventually die
But where the mums make their nests it is rare to find other snakes
So the only prey items close at hand are the other hatchies
I think the first hatched, ie strongest, eat most of the others as they hatch

This is considered a totally off the wall idea by most other people

Wont know more until maybe next year when we can hopefully set up cameras on/in a nest

Its taken us a long time to crack these guys
Every trip teaches us more and we have barely scraped the surface yet
 
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