SVC Porter Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 I kept pythons for many years. I had a couple of specimens that were close to 12ft in length. Their bite wasn't so bad (if a little bloody because of the many teeth) but the force they hit you with was astonishing.....bruised for weeks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo1968 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Why is it that we see such other living forms as ugly yet we willing pay to see them in a zoo ? When you visit a zoo don't you ever look in wonderment ? Who doesn't marvel that such creatures exist even "still exist" in the world today ? One should be looking in wonder that such creatures are still "out there" and, place it in as safe and viable place for it to survive, mentally and physically in it's natural habitat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 If it ends up in a zoo, will its name be "Monty"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 My first hands on was a baby about that size at Takhli back in 69. Guards had caught it at entry gate and put in a wood cage and two of us were trying to release him - amazing strength (much more than us) when he could coil around a support pole. We ended up paying guards to release (which suspect was the plan). But at a swamp area there met a really large guy many times and stopped car for him to cross dirt path (had visions of him enwrapping car for weeks - they get huge - body must have been a foot thick). But as said concern was the cobras that liked to come to edge of roads at night and the vipers that tried to enter buildings and the kraits that nibbled peoples ankles in the local drinking establishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Elkski said: are there ugly ones? is a reticulated real aggressive? I'm sure those bites can hurt and 2 meters maybe a fight. amd serious infection from the bite is probably common. Nope, can't recall ever seeing an ugly snake and yes, some bites do hurt more than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Biggest Python i ever handled was 8 metres, in Australia. I was asked to help measure it. Not being stupid, i took the tail end! I got to handle quite a few snakes there, often got caught in the seine nets we used when doing fish surveys. The python was caught by a herpetologist (and not in the nets!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, rickudon said: Biggest Python i ever handled was 8 metres, in Australia. I was asked to help measure it. Not being stupid, i took the tail end! I got to handle quite a few snakes there, often got caught in the seine nets we used when doing fish surveys. The python was caught by a herpetologist (and not in the nets!). I had a friend in OZ her job was to go out in the bush and count King Browns !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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