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Aggressive Nonvenomous Snakes?

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I'm doing some research on a stunt involving aggressive nonvenomous snakes.

I'm trying to find out which nonvenomous snakes are the most aggressive and difficult to handle. These snakes should appear menacing and will bite when provoked.

If you have any opinions, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
 
Egyptian Ratsnakes!! Those little brats are fiesty! They hiss and bite and I think they'd be perfect for you're needs! LOL!!

I'd offer you my male but I just pawned him off on Sasheena Kurfman...maybe you can talk her out of him! LOL!!
 
alot of the asian rats have good agressive attitudes....... i dont think i have ever heard them hiss but they do bite, are quick and when they bites its normally repeated bited... easy to piss off just grab em on the neck area or mess with their heads
 
They're not all like this, but if you can find a pissy Chinese king ratsnake... That would be something impressive! An adult beauty snake would be a good second, but these are usually pretty docile- hard to provoke a bite even if you do mess with them. Unless you rubbed yourself down with a rat.
I think bull and pine snakes have impressive hisses, so that's something to look into too.
 
only animal i have seen nastier than my male blue are goniosora or however you spell it... mean evil beasts sickly eveil i would love to eget some !!!!!!!!!
 
good candidates would be most Asian Elaphe, such as any member of the Genus taeniura or Gonyosona , E.carinata too. Spilotes can be pretty volatile too. Also NA Coluber ssp can be a hand full.

Erin, I don't know what was wrong with the Beauty snakes you have been around but in my experience the word docile shouldn't even be used on the same page as Beauty snake.

I keep Many Pituophis and a pair of blue Beauties.
I have been bit only once by one Pit. and that was my stupidity for reaching in a cage in the dark to retrieve a water bowl.
they are loud and can be intimidating but in my experience its all bluff and display 90% of the time.

now when it comes to my blues I get bit each and every time I come in contact with them a average of 11 times lol no exaggeration. mine need no provocation. all that's needed is to be within range and to stop there escape.
 
A good wc amazon tree boa will do the job they strike like crazy are agile and are good looking just tap em on the tail and their already striking back at you. An amazon would be great.
 
I could be wrong but...

Wouldn't it have been a good idea to ask exactly what he planned on doing with the animals before throwing out suggestions?

I mean... for optimists, this would allow you to better understand the type of defensive response (true agressive snakes are very few and far between) he needed or the visual appearance of the animals he desired...

For pessimists (me) frankly there's something seriously wrong with giving answers like that to a question of this nature. If he knew what was required to keep the snakes safe and healthy while performing this... stunt... then he'd already know which species were ideal. Since he doesn't, there's a huge caping question about what he's planning on doing to them. Last thing this hobby needs is some brainless dink trying some kind of wet t-shirt contest with pissy animals and having someone get tagged in the face after they'd been drinking.
 
now that i think about it that was stupid of me to answer that question without thinking about it. So what "stunt" are you planning on doing?
 
MANGROVE SNAKES

Mangrove snakes are very aggressive and will be tempted to bite, They are almost blind during the day, but if you stick your hand in its tank in the dark, dont expect him to greet you with a handshake!;)
 
Mangrove snakes are very aggressive and will be tempted to bite
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And are also rear fanged venomous and pack a decent punch when it comes to toxicity and yeild.

They are almost blind during the day
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... What?

Well Emerald Tree pythons are agressive so are emerald tree boas but they very stunning and are notorius for biting
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... And notorious for being a bit on the delicate side, meaning that they are not an appropriate species to take out of an enclosure and shove into a high stress high stimulus situation in public. Their health will suffer.

Wouldn't it have been a good idea to ask exactly what he planned on doing with the animals before throwing out suggestions?
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I had pretty much forgotten about this thread. Sometimes I can be a pretty smart guy though, the quote above was absolute brilliance for example.
 
Re: MANGROVE SNAKES

Hognose_311 said:
Mangrove snakes are very aggressive and will be tempted to bite, They are almost blind during the day, but if you stick your hand in its tank in the dark, dont expect him to greet you with a handshake!;)
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Not all mangroves are that fiesty...I have a female who is *pretty* docile, though she will get a bit nasty if messed around with too much...overall though, she has a really good temperment (I've kept nastier kingsnakes). She is CBB though, and that DOES make a difference. They won't kill you with their venom, but it can ruin a day very easily (fortunately I haven't felt this firsthand), and bites should be avoided.

As for being blind during the day (I agree with S.H. on this)...WHAT? They are nocturnal by nature, but that surely doesn't mean they are blind during the day...I'd bet there are very few if any animals in the world that lose their vision by daylight and then magically regain it by nightime. A more accurate statement would be that they have "enhanced" vision by night, which I have noticed myself. They are also much more active at night.

I know others have asked this question, and I have to myself, what kind of "stunt" exactly are you trying to pull? I surely hope that you have put the safety and well being of the animal into consideration before you plan on doing anything at all.
 
A few options........

Every adult mexican black kingsnake (l.g.nigritus) I have ever owned was a maniac! A feeding response, no doubt, but still quite aggressive, nonetheless. As soon as we open the cage.....whammo! Out they come!

Others I would recommend:
African Rock Python (if you're going for size)
Red-Tailed Green Ratsnakes (bright green, and full of fire!)
Some bullsnakes can be quite aggressive, but usually the WC ones, rather than a long-term captive.
Racers are a good bet, maybe black racers in particular, and blues are reliably aggressive.

Anyway, there are a few. Good luck.......and what is the "stunt"?

Scott
 
robin regarding your comment i was raised calling it an Emerald my father was a herpatoligist so i always went with what he said. So really its whatever you call. its one snake two names. and wild caught ones are very fiesty.ive been lounged at while walking past tanks. but if they are CB then yes they can be nice. just like all other snakes
 
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