Shannon's Snakes Photo Thread

[olive oil]

No feet is so cool.
Is it similar to handling a snake or are they slower?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

well I was putting cream on his nose, but he started RUBBING that off... so I stopped and I have not seen him rub his nose once since.

The only way I can describe what it is like to hold a legless lizard is... imagine a piece of wiggly glass in your hands. Snake are very loose and floppy, while these guys are much more rigid. Their scales are very smooth and HARD, and their entire body itself does not bed anywhere as flexibly as a snake's does. This one here is for the most part tame, but many of them do this roll thing that makes them impossible to hold onto. If you have ever touched a blue tongued skink, they feel a lot like that only nowhere near as soft. Another neat thing about him is that his actual body is only the first third of him. you got his head... and you go a third of the way down and there's his butt. ALL the rest is his tail!!! And they are nick-named glass lizards for the fact that if you grab one by the tail in an aggressive manner they can pop it right off, much like many other species of lizard.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I was feeding tonight and Skittles and Starburst both were eating close to the glass.... so I used the opportunity to try and capture their fangs!!! Skittles, the male, is the one with a bit more yellow on his neck and a larg black dot behind his eye.

[ssssnakeluvr]

wow!!!! excellent photos!!!!! excellent shot of the fangs!!!! would love to have some of them (the snakes, not the fangs......well.....maybe both )

[gregmonsta]

Definately!!! ... Excellent shot of the rear-fangs

[drache]

fantastic photos, Shannon

[olive oil]

Thanks for the description of no feet He sure does have a heck of a long tail!

Those snakes are so awesome. You were so lucky to happen upon those.

[anji1971]

That's a fabulous set of photos. I'm still amazed by the colours on these snakes.........so beautiful.

[jitami]

Nice Shannon! Very cool shots of the fangs!

(and I can "taste the rainbow" flavored pinkies from here )

[Snake lover 3-25]

nice pics shannon!!! those snakes are just too cool