Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobra.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DSC_8753_4391_010.jpg

[Lankyrob]

Verynice!!! :)

[marvelfreak]

Sweet pictures. That first on is just a amazing shot.

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DSC_8734_4372_001.jpg

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobra35.jpg

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DSC04375.jpg

[Will0W783]

Beautiful cobra! I absolutely love cobras- the hoods are just amazing, and they look so intelligent. I'll never trust myself to own one, but man they are pretty!

[marvelfreak]

Oh man those are just sweet a-s pictures and beautiful snakes.

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/P1010471.jpg

[TeaNinja]

awesome pics. they are very cool animals.

[infernalis]

Very cool thread........

[stephanbakir]

Love cobras sooo much :)

[bo2as]

WOW!!!<3 just amazing

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobra35.jpg

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DSC_8830_4468_057.jpg

[marvelfreak]

WOW JUST WOW! Beautiful snakes.

[stephanbakir]

Stunning snakes :)

[RandyRhoads]

Only real men wear sandals while working with cape cobras....

[TeaNinja]

Only real men wear sandals while working with cape cobras....

thailand is FULL of real men lol. except they prolly aren't caped cobras, they are bitter thai cobras lol.

[Kayla90]

Ahhh so beautiful. Absolutely love your pictures, some very close shots.
They are quite the snake. I envy you, and being able to be that close to them.

[MacAdder]

Only real men wear sandals while working with cape cobras....
LOL :)


http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobraPic.jpg

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/P1010471.jpg

[stephanbakir]

So thats how you get those photos :P

[MacAdder]

So thats how you get those photos :P
Didn’t know the camera had a zoom thingy. :bouncy:

[Daisy_may]

Okay well im not meaning to be dumb but what would actually happen if you would have gotten bitten by one of them?
the first picture is amazing :Wow:

[stephanbakir]

He would need to go to a hospital, cobra bits aren't pleasant.

[Kayla90]

Didn’t know the camera had a zoom thingy. :bouncy:

Oh just to be able to be that close.. I think I'm going to practice taking pictures just so when the time comes I'll be able to take some awesome ones.. maybe not of a cobra (hopefully though)

[Aaron_S]

You're set is made of pure brass and about the size of bowling balls aren't they?




LOL :)


http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobraPic.jpg

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/IMG_5583.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/IMG_3473.jpg

[shaunyboy]

great pictures of beautifull looking snakes

cheers shaun

[Gungirl]

Nice pictures. I love the look of those guys but I would never have the confidence to own one.

[ladyjustice33]

Wow....those are some gorgeous snakes and I would love to photograph them also, so I envy you, lol !!! I would probably use a zoom lens though, don't know if I would be that brave even though I always feel more brave with a lens in front of me!!! I did photograph a Momma grizzly and her two cubs in Yellowstone last year from about 20 feet away and survived so maybe a cobra is next on the list!

[MacAdder]

Latest catch and release:)

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DPP_0035a.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DPP_0024a.jpg

[youngster]

:D Awesome!

[millertime89]

that second picture is awesome.

[shaunyboy]

great pictures of a beautifull looking snake

it's very brave to be that close to them,you are also very lucky to be able to see them in their native surroundings

thanks for sharing

cheers shaun

[MacAdder]

...
it's very brave to be that close ...

Hold still:)


http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/DPP_0019a.jpg

[blindfireak40]

"Hello, Guinness Book? I believe we have a new challenger to the 'largest testicles' record. His name is MacAdder. He has staring contests with cobras. Yes, the lethally venomous snakes. Yes, real ones. My apologies to Mr. Norris, but he's quite simply come up short."


Gorgeous photos, man. My hat is off to you.

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/Cobra571.jpg

[stephanbakir]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/Cobra571.jpg
I believe this is you, figured I'd toss it in for old times sake :)

[MacAdder]

Hi yes Stephan that is a black spitter I was was playing with some time back. :)

[alessia55]

wow those are BIG cobras! You're very brave!! Great pics

[MacAdder]

No alessia I work with these animals every day. I am more afraid of my wife.:)

[stephanbakir]

Figured I'd toss the photo up, got any more photos of black spitters? I think they look amazing.

[MacAdder]

Figured I'd toss the photo up, got any more photos of black spitters? I think they look amazing.

Where you get that one?

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/IMG_3478.jpg

[stephanbakir]

It was rfuk or one of the retic websites I believe.

[spots]

No alessia I work with these animals every day. I am more afraid of my wife.:)

Smart Man :D LOL

[marvelfreak]

I always love seeing this thread come back up. Because i know i am going to see some sweet pics of some bad a-s Cobra's.

[jaleely]

sooo beautiful! I don't know if i'm up to cobras yet though...lol!

[MacAdder]

Cape Cobra caught in a hen house. Ignored all fowl but ate five chicken eggs.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/1CopyofCapeCobraeggs4.jpg

[stephanbakir]

Thats odd, silly snakey!

[MacAdder]

This week’s catch
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/112.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/066.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/068.jpg

[Norm66]

Wow. Thanks so much for sharing these.

[Gungirl]

Those are great pictures. I really like/am scared of.. lol the last one

[youngster]

:eek: I can almost hear the hiss in the last picture!

[millertime89]

I'm curious, why do you catch these guys?

[MacAdder]

I'm curious, why do you catch these guys?

I am a professional snake catch and rescuer. I remove and relocate snakes that find themselves in confrontation with humans.
As the Cape Cobra is the most venomous cobra on the African continent people in general take offence to their presents on and in urban properties.

[CK SandBoas]

Amazing photos of some absolutely stunning Cobras!

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/092a.jpg

[capetonian]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/CapeCobra35.jpg


This pic is awesome. Bumped into loads of these at the Royal Cape when we used to hop the fence after school (Plumstead High) to go and catch snakes. I love the yellow phase and the speckled phase......

The nivea is known to be a very nervous snake with one of the most potent venoms around. The younger these snakes are more nervouse the seem to be. For me the most beautiful snake, followed by the Naja Mossambica.

[capetonian]

Someone asked earlier in the thread what would happen if MacAdder where to get bitten by a Capie ... well the chance of a dry bite would be small , if these snakes bit they inject venom. They will not hesitate to strike several times in fast succesion if they feel threatened. The venom is like any cobra's venom, nurotoxic, but a tad more potent than any of the other african cobras.

A 'full' bite will need immediate medical attention. If there is a companion in the field he should apply a crepe bandage on the bittne limb and prepare the victem for transportation to the hospital or wait for an ambulance (but not in SA .. ;-) takes way too long) ... the victem needs to keep as still as possible to avoid increasing the circulation rate, ..... and then bank account had better be well stocked. The victem will initially need 10 to 30 vials of Polyvenant antivenom.

Initial symtomps will appear very rapidly, drowsiness, in and out of conciousness, dilated pupils, paralasys, incontinence, .. these signs can develop within 15 minutes of envonomation and Cape Cobra bites with fatalities within 25-45 minutes have been recorded.

It's been many years since I caught a Capie, ... last time was back in 85 or 86 and I get the shivers if I think back to how happy-go-lucky we were back then .... as though we'd never get bitten..... but hell I'd love to get up close to a Capie again armed with my Canon.

Excuse the spelling please people. :)

[MacAdder]

I was unfortunate enough to receive a good Cape Cobra bite some years previous. I refused antivenom so was placed on a heart lung machine for 7 days in ICU.
My motor skills and body was paralyzed but I was able to hear what was going on around me.
An experience I wish to avoid happening again

[alessia55]

I was unfortunate enough to receive a good Cape Cobra bite some years previous. I refused antivenom so was placed on a heart lung machine for 7 days in ICU.
My motor skills and body was paralyzed but I was able to hear what was going on around me.
An experience I wish to avoid happening again

Why did you refuse the anti-venom?

[MacAdder]

Why did you refuse the anti-venom?

Anaphylactic shock and more importantly I have a problem with the intake of blood products.

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/104a.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/021.jpg

[spots]

WOW. I love seeing these pictures, such amazing snakes.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

Holy chicken sh*t!!!!!!! This thread had my heart racing! Very impressive sir, very impressive. :D

[capetonian]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/021.jpg

Yislike!!! What an awesome shot ..... Shaun, .. I'm going to be back in SA in July/Aug .... I'd love to come and take a few pic of the hots you catch .... 'specially Nivea's ....

[MacAdder]

Yislike!!! What an awesome shot ..... Shaun, .. I'm going to be back in SA in July/Aug .... I'd love to come and take a few pic of the hots you catch .... 'specially Nivea's ....

No worries that can easily be organised. Contact me via my PM mail address.

[MacAdder]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/110.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/MacAdder/108.jpg

[shaunyboy]

great pictures of a stunning snake

hope you have a good new year mate

cheers shaun

[alessia55]

Awesome photos :yes:

[Swany]

Fantastic photographs of beautiful snakes. I really enjoyed these, thank you.