The Nature Photography Thread

[norcalj]

If I were to get a hot, it would be a copperhead. Love their coloration.

You wanna see a beautiful "hot", just google - 'Blue Coral Snake'. If I had the courage to keep venomous snakes, those would be at the top of my list.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

You wanna see a beautiful "hot", just google - 'Blue Coral Snake'. If I had the courage to keep venomous snakes, those would be at the top of my list.

I agree with you they are stunning animals.But They don't adapt to captivity because of their snake eating habits,their extremely timid nature and also their is no antivenin.

[EasternGirl]

I love the yellow eyelash vipers. Very pretty...but again...I love my black mambas! Rhino vipers are very cool looking too. Cool copperhead Mike. I was just reading in my venomous snake book that copperheads are one of the least venomous of the American venomous snakes. Not many fatalities reported from bites. It's the cottonmouths and rattlesnakes in America that you have to worry about in terms of bites. Not that I want to get bit by a copperhead...lol.

Yeah...I was also reading about a couple of hots in more remote areas of the world in which there is no anti-venom. And even with anti-venom, you do not want to get bit by a black mamba or a taipan. Nasty, nasty venom.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

I love the yellow eyelash vipers. Very pretty...but again...I love my black mambas! Rhino vipers are very cool looking too. Cool copperhead Mike. I was just reading in my venomous snake book that copperheads are one of the least venomous of the American venomous snakes. Not many fatalities reported from bites. It's the cottonmouths and rattlesnakes in America that you have to worry about in terms of bites. Not that I want to get bit by a copperhead...lol.

Yeah...I was also reading about a couple of hots in more remote areas of the world in which there is no anti-venom. And even with anti-venom, you do not want to get bit by a black mamba or a taipan. Nasty, nasty venom.

You should check out viper keeper channel he has a a great collection and it interesting to see how he cares for all his specimens .Here's a link to his youtube channel Viperkeeper TV - YouTube

[ProXimuS]

So I found a cool snake at work today....Well I didn't originally find it. I heard some one say, "Theres a big snake outside." And I responded with "Snake!?!?! Where?!?!?!" And ran out in the pooring rain to see it. The thing was in a bad spot. It was right near the outside runs for the dogs(I work at a kennel), so it really did need to be moved. Anyways I went out there, and wasn't at first going to actually mess with it, but I went ahead and grabbed her(?), since I figured it wasn't great for her to be there.

Ok now the head looks scarier in these pics than it really was. I can assure you her head wasn't flattened out, the way it in the pic, orignally. The face/head reminded me a little of a radix(I knew it wasn't any kind of garter)the way it was shaped and the black markings on the lips, before I picked it up. After I picked her up she flattened her head and body, and musked me(...It's official, I've been musked) And the eyes definitely had round pupils. That all led me to believe it wasn't venomous....But honestly I kinda freaked myself out afterwards, thinking "What if it was venomous?!" I just got so excited and sorta dove on in...

Here she is:
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Please don't tell me it's a hot!! I'm thinking some kind of watersnake......Any offers of identification would be greatly appreciated

[snake man]

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[ProXimuS]

Man...Sorry...Iis it all the pics or just the first one?

[ProXimuS]

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Did this work?

Do I still need to put up the others?

[kibakiba]

All of them are bugged.

[ProXimuS]

All of them are bugged.

Ok, at the risk of sounding dumb, do you mean they literally have some kind of virus/bug?