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Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Bushviper » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:38 pm

I was defrosting piglets for my retics and saw the mamba "begging" at the glass so I tossed in a piglet for him. He dragged it around in the substrate for a while and then got it by the head and swallowed it down.

I had to take pics with and without the flash because I had my hands inside his cage and he does not like the flash. He is actually quite chilled and has eaten dead food since the day Bushbaby caught him roaming through a garden in Pretoria.

Just got the head
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Halfway down
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Just the leg of pork to be seen.
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Trotters showing just before I had to close the glass.
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Loretta » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:41 pm

*Gulp*

Very impressive! How big is the mamba?!
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Mitton » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:44 pm

Really nice, such a beautiful snake. I like the comments with each pic.
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Bushviper » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:46 pm

Loretta he is quite a big boy but not a record breaking specimen by any means.
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Loretta » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:50 pm

I suppose you usually feed him rats. How many at a time?
He looks nice and healthy. And deadly. :-)
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby NickFT » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:21 pm

Holy cr@p now thats a beast :) nice photos BV
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby chamcode » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:44 pm

Now THAT is a sight to behold!!!
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Smeegle » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:18 pm

Awesome, thanks for the pics!
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby BOOGY » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:01 pm

Wow what a nice specimen. Congrats B.V he is awesome. What is his lenth? Guesing about 3m?
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby Rishaad » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:22 pm

That is amazing. Are you going to keep him on piglets? Do you think he will grow faster on piglets. Ps. He is definitely not a muslim snake. LOL
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby BOOGY » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:27 pm

ha ha ha
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby ClintonT » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:29 pm

Pics say a thousand words. I must admit had I not seen it, I don't think I would have believed it. Thanks for sharing BV
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby D@RRYL » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:53 pm

I have never seen them eating piglets. Thats realy wicked stuff!
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby LeglessDragon » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:01 pm

Wow...um...Wow. Not much more I can say to that lol
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Re: Mamba eating a pig!

Postby WW » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:14 pm

WOW! Now that IS impressive!
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