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RDN · 30-06-2006, 09:15 PM

This thread is about creatures bigger than 4 or 5 cm! This particular critter I nearly ran over driving home from Rawai to Chalong. I never did see the tail end of it, so I don't know how long it was - but it was pretty big!

Knowing very little about "reticulated pythons" at the time, I was very wary about getting too close. The two photographs - with flash - seemed to scare him off and he headed back into the undergrowth.

Butterfly · 30-06-2006, 11:13 PM

I see that you are starting a new career as an animal photographer

LesBonsTemps · 30-06-2006, 11:19 PM

That's a gorgeous snake. But all I can think of is "pair of 3-inch high heels with matching handbag."

kingwilly · 30-06-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gulfcoast

That's a gorgeous snake. But all I can think of is "pair of 3-inch high heels with matching handbag."

cannot ever think why......

dirtydog · 05-07-2006, 02:16 AM

That "Critter" is probably worth 10,000baht and up in the UK as a pet.

mrsquirrel · 06-07-2006, 06:06 PM

I bought my mate a ball python for his birthday a few years ago.

Cost me 30 quid I think.

dirtydog · 06-07-2006, 06:20 PM

Yeah but Mrs Q I don't reckon the one you bought was 3 meters long

Actually rereading your post RDN I just realised that you got out of your car to take that picture.

mrsquirrel · 06-07-2006, 06:23 PM

NO it was a baby.

He called it Sheera.

He also had a wild milk snake that hated everybody.

My mate used to get wasted and walk through newcastle city center with a cloth bag with his snake in it going to parties after we had been out clubbing.

Fucking mental bastard.

He once walked across town with a giant cut out Shrek and his snake in bag at 8:30am on a Saturday morning right through the town center.

Nobody said anything to him

RDN · 06-07-2006, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

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Actually rereading your post RDN I just realised that you got out of your car to take that picture.

Yes, but the g/f didn't!

I don't mind admitting I was moderately scared and ready to run like the devil if it came for me. But I also always bear in mind that if you pose no threat to an animal, the chances are it'll ignore you.

I'm keeping my camera with me every day now because at the end of my soi there's a biggish pond and I once saw a huge (OK, maybe only 3 feet long) monitor lizard scurrying away into the water. There are a lot of rubbish bins - open wire cages - just there, so maybe he was getting some food. I hope I can snap him sometime soon.

Eliminator · 07-07-2006, 08:07 AM

How about this 13 foot gator in Texas?

MeMock · 07-07-2006, 08:28 AM

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mrsquirrel Jarvis fellates goats 4 $ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In a rather cold and dark place Posts: 12,431	NO it was a baby. He called it Sheera. He also had a wild milk snake that hated everybody. My mate used to get wasted and walk through newcastle city center with a cloth bag with his snake in it going to parties after we had been out clubbing. Fucking mental bastard. He once walked across town with a giant cut out Shrek and his snake in bag at 8:30am on a Saturday morning right through the town center. Nobody said anything to him __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Butterfly Suspended Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,353	I see that you are starting a new career as an animal photographer

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LesBonsTemps Baan Laem Last Online: 26-04-2008 04:12 AM Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 393	That's a gorgeous snake. But all I can think of is "pair of 3-inch high heels with matching handbag."

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mrsquirrel Jarvis fellates goats 4 $ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In a rather cold and dark place Posts: 12,431	I bought my mate a ball python for his birthday a few years ago. Cost me 30 quid I think.

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dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 03:00 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Jomtien Posts: 44,965	Yeah but Mrs Q I don't reckon the one you bought was 3 meters long Actually rereading your post RDN I just realised that you got out of your car to take that picture.

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