Cobra Pictures for C&C

ls6firebird · Jan 9, 2011

the one of the spider is gonna keep me up at night haha

arcooke · Jan 9, 2011

You've got some awesome pets there. I love that one with the snake's mouth open, and the iguana (i think?) 3rd from the bottom.

rabman · Jan 9, 2011

Snakeguy101 said:
It was in a sealed courtyard with 3 others standing by in case of an accident.

What exactly would they do with a venomous COBRA on the loose???

reznap · Jan 9, 2011

Snakeguy101 said:
some of my others

That's an awesome shot..

Snakeguy101 · Jan 10, 2011

Thanks guys!

rabman said:
Snakeguy101 said:

It was in a sealed courtyard with 3 others standing by in case of an accident.

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What exactly would they do with a venomous COBRA on the loose???

We have tools called snake hooks that is used to manipulate the snake at a safe distance so that we don't end up in the hospital. If one slipped passed Chad (the one getting the snake to pose while I was shooting) then one of the others would scoop it up and put it back on the table. Cobras are slippery little boogers and very difficult to photograph when they won't sit still.

ghache · Jan 10, 2011

godamnit. ill keep my dogs over these. thats not for everyone for sure.

Undo · Jan 10, 2011

Nice shots. And oooh you have a mata mata. I love those things.

el_shorty · Jan 10, 2011

Beautiful cobra, #3 is my favorite.
Up until a couple of years ago I used to keep boas and pythons, also some geckos, frogs, tarantulas and scorpions, and I always wanted to get at least one venomous snakes, but the chances of getting bit by one kept me from doing it, and it's illegal here in Maryland.

jwayne721 · Jan 15, 2011

Amazing shots, 3 is by far my favorite, love catching em with their tongues out. I give you a lot of credit lol I love snakes and have a few of my own but dont have the balls to go for anything venomous lol

Snakeguy101 · Jan 15, 2011

Thanks!

H2photographers · Jan 15, 2011

The 3rd pic is my favorite also. An albino that is awesome.

Starman Photo · Jan 15, 2011

Beautiful shots :thumbup:

Eemilioc · Jan 15, 2011

#3 is the best, I also liked the iguana, nice photos.
I have a friend that has an iguana and it never has the green color you see on them, what factors contribute to this? we have been waiting for this to happen to take photos of it.

Snakeguy101 · Jan 15, 2011

Eemilioc said:
#3 is the best, I also liked the iguana, nice photos.
I have a friend that has an iguana and it never has the green color you see on them, what factors contribute to this? we have been waiting for this to happen to take photos of it.

There are a hundred factors affecting the color of an iguana. but most green iggs do not stay green their whole life.

Chances are if yours is not green then it will never be green. They lose the vibrant colors as they grow and there is only a small population I know of that maintains the greens through adulthood but even then they lose the vibrance in captivity. If you want a truely green iguana you will have to get it from south FL and it would pretty much have to be wild caught and kept outside 24/7.

Mine has kept some of his juvie coloration because his stressful childhood (he was a rescue of sorts) slowed his growth and it seems that he has missed the time for whatever hormone to be released to trigger the shift in color so now he has orange speckling on top of green. Most adult iggy's look like this:
http://www.funkidslive.com/wp-content/uploads/iguana.jpg

Mine looks like this:

DxAxN · Jan 16, 2011

Some nice shots... its gotta be pretty cool to have access to all those animals and be able to photograph them...up close. I had a ball python for a while but had to give it away when I moved to china.