Perfect example of a defensive snake

[stephanbakir]

My newest pickup (Pine snake)

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[It'sKourtneyYo]

Jeeze! He is cool as hell! but vicious! I like it >:3

[alessia55]

The strike and "o0oAH!" at 1:03 is priceless :p I also love the hissing sound pine snake do

Definitely a good example of a defensive (not "aggressive") snake. That's one nervous little bugger. Thanks for sharing that

[It'sKourtneyYo]

I didn't have the volume up at first but I watched it again and the hissing is awesome! <3
Reminds me of the basalisk[sp?] on Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets :3

[lady_bug87]

I love that hiss.. my bullsnake hasnt hissed since I brought her home

[Kayla90]

Steph: I bought this snake purely for its attitude, I plan to use it to teach people the difference between aggressive and defensive behavior.
I'm actually working with it backwards, if it hisses and strikes, I leave it alone, so it learns that if it wants to be left alone, bite and hiss and puff and rattle the tail. Hopefully he stays like that.

[It'sKourtneyYo]

Kayla, I'd love to see a picture of your Snowflake Carpet pythons. I've never in my life heard of them till now. lol

[infernalis]

Now I want one....

[It'sKourtneyYo]

El Oh El. Me tooo man.

[spots]

Now I want one....

lol I'm in the same boat know :)
Nice pick up, love the pattern on s/he

[Terranaut]

I'm surprised it actually struck. They mostly hiss and coil up then back right off once you pick them up. Great video. Wait till hes 5' long though. The strike might actually hurt then ;)

[stephanbakir]

Now I want one.... This is a Southern pine btw. Sold as a male... but its female.

I'm surprised it actually struck. They mostly hiss and coil up then back right off once you pick them up. Great video. Wait till hes 5' long though. The strike might actually hurt then ;)

I work with retics, pines will draw blood but thats about it :P This one strikes ALL THE TIME

[millertime89]

ha ha, be ready for a big, pissy snake.
edit: for a pine snake anyways.

[Kayla90]

Kayla, I'd love to see a picture of your Snowflake Carpet pythons. I've never in my life heard of them till now. lol

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/morelia-spilota/89384-profile-serafina-pekkala.html#post654520
Here I finally made a profile for my girl :D Not much to it yet.. but hopefully we'll add more soon

[Gungirl]

I love how powerful her hiss is....

[ZARADOZIA]

Great vid! Scared bee-gees out of me. Volume was up too high...lol

[Slider]

Always waiting for em to latch onto the hand meat when they are like that.... :suspicious:

[CK SandBoas]

What a big attitude for a little snake, i love it!

[shaunyboy]

love how fiesty that wee guy is stephan

cheers shaun

[kernel]

What a hiss he has! Thankfully his bark is much worse than his bite.

[jarich]

Ha! Great video! I love how snakes move their tails when they are pissed or hunting or whatever. I think it would be an amazing study to do on the correlation between types of tail movement and behaviour. There are many with dogs, now we need one for snakes!

[youngster]

They "wag" their tail cause in the wild there would be leaf/plant matter around to make the rattling noise of a rattler. I think? Also rattlers hold their tail up when being stealthy because they don't want it to drag and rattle. is that what you were talking about? :p

[jarich]

It seems to be a pretty universal thing for snakes of all kinds. Every single snake I have does it from kingsnake to GTP. It also seems to be unconscious sometimes, but I may be wrong. For instance, when my GTP was hunting last night and saw the mouse, his tail (which was high up in the perch) was twitching and moving like crazy, almost like he was excited.

[Kayla90]

That's the same with Alba, on feeding day sometimes I'll notice her tail wagging :P

[Wolfus_305]

that was a really awesome video, thanks for sharing that :)

AHah i don't think he likes you too much :P

[stephanbakir]

Hes going to be tricky to feed, he strikes the F/T all day long but never grabs it, gona probably need to leave it with him.

[lady_bug87]

if shes anything like my bullsnake they"re shy eaters at first her first couple meals i had to leave it

[buffcoat]

I wasn't sure how my bulls would eat at first. The female wasted no time at all. The male just looked at it. After nudging his body a few times he struck at it and then latched on. Then again he is the shier of the two. Their hiss can be a little tough to.get used to. Especially since mine spend all their time burrowed and I gotta dig around for em ;-)

[lady_bug87]

mine is a doll, doesn't hiss, strike or nothing. She'll musk every so often but that's about it

[jaleely]

aww poor baby! Sooo cute! Just opening up that mouth and what a great hiss!!!
Love it.

[Will0W783]

Haha, so awesome. I love the attitude of bull and pine snakes. They hiss almost like cobras- it's so cool.