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    Aberrant pattern NC coral snake

    Well this is a weird little fellow that turned up with a minor injury at a state park. Rangers called me to provide care for the little guy. He has saddles outlined in yellow instead of bands, and his belly is nearly solid red with only one complete black crossband except in the tail region...
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    Let's discuss: Hybridization?

    How do people feel about the ethics of creating hybrids between venomous species? What are the pros and cons of breeding and keeping these animals?
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    Skin welts from Naja siamensis venom?

    While maintaining a young black and white N. siamensis with a disposition like an angry firehose, two zookeepers developed patches of reddened, raised skin in the areas struck by the venom. One was struck in the arm and the other in several facial areas not directly covered by the goggles...
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    Let's Discuss: Field Herping!

    It's about that time of year again. The snakes are slithering and if we're lucky we'll get to see some in the wild. What venomous snakes have you been encountering in the field lately? Secondary topic: What is your opinion on collecting venomous snakes from the wild to keep or sell as captives?
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    Female Daboia russelli wanted

    Need a female Russell's Viper. Email me with what you'd like in trade or your price. This animal will recieve the best of care from caring, ethical keepers in a very well appointed facility in North Carolina.
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    So how big and long is your personal equipment?

    Snake hook, I mean. On this thread here, a fellow expressed consternation at the idea of handling a 12' African rock python with a 3' hook. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65471&page=2 I went, huh? Maybe it's because I'm a little short person, but a standard length or...
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    Dan Scolaro = Good Guy

    I am very pleased with my dealings with Dan Scolaro. He has been conscientious about making his payments on the snakes that he recieved on trust from me, and even more importantly he is taking good care of them and sending me updates on how they are doing. I have a pretty short list of...
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    Nude with EDB....no joke.

    Don't click here if you don't want to see a semi nekkid person with a rattlesnake laying on them. http://www.livejournal.com/users/scottchurch/152354.html Brilliant, eh? The discussion of this dubious image is going on here...
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    Well lookee hyar

    http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?p=226992#post226992 This guy is looking for "vemonoids". Tells you something about the kind of folks who are responsible for creating the market for mutilated snakes, doesn't it?
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    Secure venomous caging, Central FL pickup only

    I'm moving, and I just found out that most of my big cages aren't, for logistical reasons about the move. This is a wide assortment of cages, mostly locking/secure and on the larger side. Were being used for king cobra and mamba enclosures. Mostly wood and glass custom built, some finished...
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    Large cage assortment, pickup in Central FL only

    I'm moving, and I just found out that most of my big cages aren't, for logistical reasons about the move. This is a wide assortment of cages, mostly locking/secure and on the larger side. Were being used for king cobra and mamba enclosures. Mostly wood and glass custom built, some finished...
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    Least favorite venomous snake?

    Of all the venomous snakes you've ever kept or handled or worked with, which one was the biggest pain in the butt? Share your stories here.
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    Snake Getters site needs a new home, again

    Well, I just got a confusing notice that my site can't be hosted any more due to some weird things going on with IVRKS involving people I either don't know or haven't talked to about the situation. Would anyone who is in the know be kind enough to give me a heads-up and a summary of the...
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    Want a seriously good laugh?

    This thread only peripherally mentions venomous snakes, but it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the BOI. Anybody want to email this guy and ask if he has albino black mambas and two headed Gaboon vipers? Betcha he has some and will happily offer to sell them...
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    Assorted elapids and vipers to proven good homes only

    I am considering selling, trading or loaning the following animals to known good quality homes only. Willing to actually sell: 1.2 juvenile Bothrops asper, 1.1 juvenile Deinagkistrodon acutus, 1.1 adult Atheris ceratophorus, 1.1 juvenile Bitis gabonica, 0.0.1 good sized adult WC Micrurus fulvius...
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    Holiday Travels

    Having just gotten back from a plane trip to help out a cobra with a prolapse, I will shortly be taking off for more holiday travel - driving up the coast to New York to meet with friends and family. So my time here will be a bit limited until January. I'll check in as I can, and I'm wishing...
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    A Snake Keeper's Christmas Card

    A Snake Keeper's Christmas Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Which isn't surprising, for all of the mice Were stuffed in snake bellies or frozen on ice. The vipers were brumating down in their beds While visions of spring...
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    SnakeBusters in Gainesville, Florida?

    Does anyone have current contact information for these folks? I need to network with them. Thanks!
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    Snake charmer quits after 24th bite

    http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11340674%255E13762,00.html From correspondents in Kuala Lumpur November 10, 2004 It was the last fang for Malaysian snake-charmer Bidin Mat Hashim when a cobra bit him in front of a Korean television crew. After 24 snakebites in a 50-year career...
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    Florida Fish and Wildlife - good guy report

    http://www.local6.com/news/3895306/detail.html Florida FWC isn't perfect, but sometimes you gotta love'em. Thumbs up to the investigating officers who gave this killer a little bit of what he deserved. Personally I'd have given him his knife back in an uncomfortable place. I was also pleased...
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