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04-13-04, 08:53 AM
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Squamata Concepts
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Picture of a stilletto snake.....
And the reason why it should never be held by the head and neck...... Shortly after taking this pic, the person holding it was stuck by that lovely fexable, side flicking fang..... A friend of mine in Southern Africa by the name of BushMaster, gave me the pic to use.......
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04-13-04, 09:03 AM
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WOW! Great close up shot. Was the person holding it seroiusly envenomated?
We were just discussing these the other day - a good friend of mine was having the time of her life convincing me that boomslangs and mambas were colubrids, and that only cobras were elapids. It was so early in the morning, she almost had me second guessing. Damn April fool.
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04-13-04, 09:05 AM
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Squamata Concepts
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Boomers are considered colubrids i believe, but the mamba is an elapid..... The person was envenomated but lives to tell the story.....
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04-13-04, 10:10 AM
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That is by far the best illustation of a stilletto I have seen to date.
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04-13-04, 11:11 AM
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Great pic, that person should've known better than to try and head restrain that snake, with those trippy fangs and all...  Glad he lived though, hopefully he'll think twice before picking up a stilleto...
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04-13-04, 12:02 PM
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That's a great head shot. Boomslangs are definitely rearfanged colubrids.
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04-13-04, 02:31 PM
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Location: Central Florida
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Tubes are definitely your friend for doing any kind of mouth procedures on Atracaspis (medicating, etc).
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04-13-04, 02:52 PM
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wow....
great pic~
definately a lesson well learned~
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04-13-04, 02:56 PM
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That pic is something else and it is good to hear your friend is ok. Funny how them fangs work.......
Yeah Boomers are Colubrids
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04-13-04, 04:15 PM
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awesome pic gregg, good warning for anyone interested in mole vipers!
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04-13-04, 05:01 PM
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Awesome pic. i think ill stick to the tubes with anything like that.
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04-14-04, 10:52 AM
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Its no suprise that dude got hit, look at how close that fang is to his thumb! Just a tiny jerk backwards and it's got him! And of course, that's what the snake obviously did... 
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04-14-04, 10:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gary O
Yeah Boomers are Colubrids
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I was sure on the boomers, but she had me going on the mambas...
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04-14-04, 12:33 PM
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Location: Winnipeg Mb
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WOW!!!!
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04-14-04, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2002
Location: USA
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Belive it or not but I have a freind who used to force feed a pair he got imported in on a weekly basis and was never bitten!! I never saw his procedure but he did mention that it was no easy task!! Ill shoot him an email and see if I can get more details on it. Guess it can be done but it still isnt a good idea!!
Neat pic BTW!
Later,
jeremy
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