old photo - smart cat
 

this was a rather pi$$y rock that was sent to me without warning back in the early 90s - there is another thread in here that discusses that, lol. I promised to post this photo quite some time ago, but didn't have a scanner (and kept forgetting to bring the pic when I was visiting family).
The pic, of course, makes it look worse than it was...my right hand isn't actually holding the snake (I was just reaching up to change hands), and I wasn't actually holding her that tightly with my left - just pushing her back. The best strikes were not caught on camera - she was pretty determined that she was going to tear my face off.
The cat, well, he was my buddy & wasn't going to abandon me...but he had enough sense to watch from a "safe" vantage point, lol

now thats what i call getting a grip on things

That is funny. The cat is just kind of peeking in on you.
"Uh, Dad, can I have that after you kill it?"

he is poised to run like hell down the stairs (to the immediate right of that partition) if I should happen to lose either my grip or the battle, lol

LOL Open wide and say AH!!!! yep those tonsils will have to come out!!!
The joys of large pissed off snakes...Randy

Maybe I am weird, but I kind of like the attitudinal ones. LOL

Smart cat lol :iagree:

LMAO, I remember that story Harald!! That is a GREAT pic!!!