free handling elapids

[m.punja]

rbbs, a preserved dead specimen

black and gold jungle python

 

[m.punja]

stupid big pics, sorry everyone

 

[ryanharvey1993]

nice jungle python :lol: looks better then all the other ones I have seen, bet it doesnt bite as much either :lol:

 

[elapid@]

:lol:Nice jungle almost looks like a woma:lol:

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yer punja your full of it ,that is a woma :lol:

 

[elapid@]

rbbs, a preserved dead specimen

black and gold jungle python

just aswell thats not a deadly tiger snake hey,,,,,

 

[troy89]

this might stir the pot but this pic was taken a couple of years ago of my ex girlfriend (she is now my wife) with one of their tigers. I can tell you It wasn't her old mans shotgun I was looking out for on visits.

 

[junglepython2]

rbbs, a preserved dead specimen

black and gold jungle python

What about them legless lizards of yours Punj, not game to handle them??

 

[arbok]

bet it doesnt bite as much either :lol:

yeah cause it only has to bite you once :lol:

 

[baxtor]

yeah cause it only has to bite you once :lol:

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but that is not correct, I think the danger that comes from being bitten is grossly overstated. Sure the odd person has a bad reaction but generally with medical help available a night in hospital is about all that will come of it.
I think we try to make it some sort of "badge of honour" to hype up the perceived danger.

 

[DanTheMan]

Here's some seriously life threatening elapid free handling for you!

 

[DanTheMan]

1 more, a mates snake we took out back for some snaps. Cant remember what it is... Said it was harmless though.

 

[redbellybite]

nice keelback Dan ..... ...well as you can see ,elapids can be free handled,not something that everyone should do ,but hey there are people out there that jump on crocs and let bloody 8 legged monsters crawl over their face .Each to their own ...

 

[m.punja]

nah JP the legless lizards are gone now.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

dan thats not a snake, its a blue tongued skink.

 

[DanTheMan]

Oh that's right right Ryan!
I forgot, sorry people, or is blue tongue an elapid? Im not sure, cant really remember....

 

[dailyskin]

I had three RBBs draped on me once, they were 'de-venomed' or something (I didn't know how cruel that was at the time).

They all wove themselves through my hair, flicked their tongues at my nose etc...

They were so, so placid and lovely, and they felt amazing! Much heavier, and 'harder' than pythons... Their scales also felt different.

But I wouldn't repeat that with three normal RBBs!

 

[m.punja]

this might stir the pot but this pic was taken a couple of years ago of my ex girlfriend (she is now my wife) with one of their tigers. I can tell you It wasn't her old mans shotgun I was looking out for on visits.

Nice tiger

 

[baxtor]

I had three RBBs draped on me once, they were 'de-venomed' or something (I didn't know how cruel that was at the time).

They all wove themselves through my hair, flicked their tongues at my nose etc...

They were so, so placid and lovely, and they felt amazing! Much heavier, and 'harder' than pythons... Their scales also felt different.

But I wouldn't repeat that with three normal RBBs!

Your experience with venomoids begs the question, why wouldn't you repeat that with "normal" RBBs. The procedure removes the venom glands depriving them of venom but it does not remove the ability to bite. The fact they were so placid and made no attempd to bite has nothing to do with them being venomoids.
That does not change the fact however that it is a barbaric practice.

 

[Lplater]

I had three RBBs draped on me once, they were 'de-venomed' or something (I didn't know how cruel that was at the time).

They all wove themselves through my hair, flicked their tongues at my nose etc...

They were so, so placid and lovely, and they felt amazing! Much heavier, and 'harder' than pythons... Their scales also felt different.

But I wouldn't repeat that with three normal RBBs!

fair go guys as she said she didnt know at the time, but fair dinkum dailyskin why wouldnt you do it now? is age catching you