Originally posted by Metal Brain Monitor Lizards are supposed to be smart for reptiles. I have never saw one face to face though. The octopus and cuddle fish are very clever.
Bosc Monitors make good pets, you can even put them on a lead. They only cost c£50 - 70 as babies seem to remember.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk282/danger_erin/SANY4463.jpg
one sleeping 🙂
blue tongue skink - even better pets but more expensive.
http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/files/2012/01/Cosette-Shoot-030-624x414.jpg
There are a few that outrun there prey, quite good for a snake, here are 3
From France - Montpellier Snake
http://www.herpfrance.com/Resources-folder/snakes/malpolon.jpg
From Texas - Schott's Whipsnake
http://www.texassnakes.net/whipsnake.jpg
From Asia - has a huge range - Taiwan Beauty Snake, there are 17+ subspecies and its skin pattern varies across its range - this one lives in forests and chases its prey, it has a big mouth but its teeth are tiny. They're very fast.
Orthriophis taeniura friesei
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellye_/3721023786/
Ridley's Beauty Snake - From Malaysia same species but no skin pattern, they dwell in caves so have no need for it.
Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi
http://www.snake-breeder.com/images/images_web_grandes/ridleyi_4485.jpg
🙂 Random Facts 🙂 might even demonstrate evil-lotion... 🙂
I suppose at some point this thread should cover 'the most dangerous snake in the world' ...
The Saw Scaled Viper
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DxyXjHFTZcE/S_eSzxJ5LeI/AAAAAAAAAjM/yh2GsqrqcBw/s1600/36.jpg
Saw Scaled Viper Bite!
http://en.aloroba.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/122.jpg
(oh .. lie it isn't, the real pic was to gory, it has a killer bite)
LD50 0.151 mg/kg - more deadly then most cobras
It gets the 'most dangerous' award for temperament. Its one of the few snakes to attack, it chases people making a saw sound, also it can have 50+ young, all deadly from birth. Think it has the most human casualties of any snake.
Noteworthy as the little monster is only 40cm long so that's quite an achievement.
Its the most venomous colubrid. It looks a lot like a green snake and they live together, a few made it into the pet trade accidently because of this. From sub-Saharan Africa.
Smooth green snake - Opheodrys vernalis - N America - tiny and quite cute. possibly a good pet..
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYb-WJoch6k/TcQn7508WmI/AAAAAAAAAu0/3PahsHOC6lM/s400/smooth_green_snake_3.jpg
Long Nosed Whip Snake - Ahaetulla nasuta - India - interesting looking animal.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Ahaetulla_threat.jpg
Red Tailed Green Rat Snake - note the black and blue tongue - there are a few rat snakes like that from Taiwan.
http://khaophrathaew.org/Fauna/Rep/Snake2/R1491_Red-tailed-Ratsnake.jpg
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4138/4849011353_6de05177e8_z.jpg
And cute reptile of the day! 🙂 🙂 Day Gecko - would make great pets but they're quite sensitive, not very hardy.
http://sandyjmacdonald.com/photography/images/animals/1.jpg
Yellow Cobra - Naja Nivea - South Africa.
I've seen one of these in an exhibition, they have neurotoxic venom, vipers go for the heart and lungs, see in IR too. Cobra bites are said to be not very painful, but kick in in 30 mins.
At no.6 is the Common Northern Viper - Vipera Berus
''It was the bite of the common viper that killed the legendary Prince Oleg, one of the founders of the Old Rus state. Modern medicine could, of course, have saved him. The viper’s venom can kill a small person, but it is not lethal to a healthy person weighing over 60 kilograms (132 lbs), especially if he has antihistamine drugs in his pocket. The viper’s poisonous fangs are just 4 millimeters long and cannot bite through most jeans, let alone shoes. Specialists say it is virtually impossible to step on a viper inadvertently. The snake allows a person to approach it to within 3-4 meters (10 feet) and then hisses loudly as a warning and… retreats. Hunters advise people to stomp their feet loudly if they suspect there may be snakes around. The snake feels the vibration and gets out of your way. ''
for the folks who put the crap ads on this site ... another poisonous snake, not what u want in your house ... But in an effort to put something good on your laptop its one of the most striking snakes 🙂
Red Spitting Cobra - good pic - they are bright red when there skins fresh.
I had a kingsnake and its was viscous at first but tamed very well, would sit in my hand for hours. But it turned savage again after a few years and I sold it, they look good but their tempers are a bit unreliable. It always fed well though.
To go with great ads on this site, I really think googles ads are designed to trash small websites by making them look cheap and unreliable, I'd never let them on my site, its rude they think they own my laptop. Anyway....
** Possibly the worst non venomous pet snake money can buy **
I briefly worked in a reptile shop and helped deal with an escaped one of these - I had to catch the tail, whilst the owner went for the head, was a bit scary. Apparently they tame.
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