Boomslang pics

by MV » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:44 pm

*sigh*... How many guys would kill for a chick like Thea...

Nice post ... always enjoy them.

Martin

by **Q Ball** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:29 pm

Amazing pics Swazi. I am amazed at how long their fangs are.

by **armata** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:32 pm

And remember also those fangs are very mobile

Always think of a boomslang as "rear-fanged viper'

by **Bushviper** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:22 pm

Nice pics but be a bit more gentle with the snake. You get dirt in his mouth and he is not happy because your grip is on the head instead of behind the head. This can really cause mouth rot if you are not careful.

A snouted cobra of a metre long has shorter fangs than a boomslang of a metre long.

by **swazi** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:37 am

Those fangs demand respect.

The boomslang had just been rescued, and was being treated before being released.

I was holding the camera, Johnny was holding the head

by **swazi** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:12 am

MV = usually it's "wish I had a mom like yours", I'll settle for "girlfriend" any day!

I'm positively glowing...

by **Long John Silver** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:25 am

At least Ollie will never battle to give an interesting speach at school. Telling the other kid how his mother is chasing around mamba's.

TIA

Tell me Swazi, are you still receiving a lot of call outs now?

by **steve** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:37 pm

yus like those fangs look like they could ruin my day, week, month, years if they happend to get hold of me...scary stuff.

by **swazi** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:28 am

The call-outs are definitely slowing down. In Feb we rescued close to 80 snakes but March is not nearly as busy, don't think we will reach 40.

Good thing too, need to catch up on the beauty sleep.

The children are so used to us catching snakes now it doesn't even get mentioned, just part and parcel of every day life. Oliver comes with quite often, if its a non-venomous he catches it.

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