Thread: Thai Snakes...not the Human Version!

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

I have a five foot cobra that I see quite regularly, that seems to make a b-line to some old bamboo we have lying around, do they make a home and breed there?
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they love bamboo clumbs - water always nearby and deep holes made by the bamboo

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Basically I thought that reptiles laid eggs, but it would appear that they can have live young too? Anyone know a bit more about this?

I used to breed blue-tongue lizards when I was a kid. They give birth to live young.

Also - I have had these "things" for want of a better word, coming around the house in the wet weather, they are about 4 -6 inches long, black, shiny, wriggle like snakes, (like a sidewinder) but have two "TINY" feet at the front and again at the back..the feet are no more than about 5mm in length, If you saw one you would think it was a snake, only until you get up close can you see its legs.

They don't appear to bite...at least they didn't bite the cat when I put its paw in its mouth...the cat didn't kill it so maybe it smells? Not sure what it is...the dogs don't eat em either..It's like a small Gnu Deen with little legs...???

In Australia, they are commonly known as legless lizards...they are harmless.

Some snakes lay eggs, others live birth.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

took you long enough! we could all have been dead by now

Better shoot the fucker before it got a chance to bite!

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Originally Posted by DrAndy

took you long enough! we could all have been dead by now

Better shoot the fucker before it got a chance to bite!

shoot who? dr.andy?

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Ha ha, I told the wife on numerous occaisions that a cobra bit my dick, but she was having none of it!
But any of you "snake experts" know if snakes are territorial, i.e. do they make a home and return to it?

I have a five foot cobra that I see quite regularly, that seems to make a b-line to some old bamboo we have lying around, do they make a home and breed there?

I understand that this is "breeding" month for snakes, pardon my ignorance, but do they bare live young or eggs? And, if they have eggs, do they protect them until they hatch?

There seems to be a huge variation in snake behaviour, not really surewhat is correct and what is bullshit!

I came home AGAIN today, to find another headless banded Krait on the doorstep, the cats must have had it, it was quite young, no 30cm, so they must be breeding nearby!

I'm no 'snake expert', although I grew up in the Australian bush & had a grandfather who was 'expert' at dealing with angry snakes (he always wore a hat & would throw it at an attacking snake. When the snake went for the hat, he would grab it by the tail & whirl it around his head & 'whiplash' the head off the snake...I saw him do this on 2 occasions).

My personal experience says that Eastern Brown snakes (in Australia - female) are very territorial when breeding. One attacked me as I unknowingly rode past its' nest (on a pushbike aka bicycle).

I used to breed Blue Tongue lizards & to my knowledge, they are one of the few reptiles that give birth to live young. All the rest lay eggs.

Did Pappy henceforth go around with holes in his hat? That would make for some great stories for the grandkids!

Holes? What holes are you talking about? He (my grandad) did not have holes in his hat.

Snakes - live birth - eggs

Stumbled across this that may be of interest ! e

A viviparous animal is an animal employing vivipary: the embryo develops inside the body of the mother, as opposed to outside in an egg (ovipary). The mother then gives live birth. The less developed form of vivipary is called ovoviviparity, which, for instance, occurs in most vipers. The more developed form of vivipary is called placental viviparity; mammals are the best example, but it has also evolved independently in other animals, such as in scorpions, some sharks, and in velvet worms. Viviparous offspring live independently and require an external food supply from birth. Certain Lizards also employ this method such as the Genus Tiliqua and Corucia. The placenta is attached directly to the mother in these lizards which is called viviparous matrotrophy.

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Holes? What holes are you talking about? He (my grandad) did not have holes in his hat.

Calm down. A hat thrown at an attacking fanged snake would presumably get bitten, leaving holes in it. Or is this a pith helmet we are talking about?

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Originally Posted by robuzo

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Holes? What holes are you talking about? He (my grandad) did not have holes in his hat.

Calm down. A hat thrown at an attacking fanged snake would presumably get bitten, leaving holes in it. Or is this a pith helmet we are talking about?

Maybe if the snakes had fangs like a Sabre Tooth Tiger. Anyway, most of the time the snakes miss their target (the hat).

Funny thing, I woke up early this morning, and your name had been pushed up against my face! What a surprise! It winked too!

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Funny thing, I woke up early this morning, and your name had been pushed up against my face! What a surprise! It winked too!

Are you a contortionist?

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Originally Posted by robuzo

Originally Posted by mikehunt

Holes? What holes are you talking about? He (my grandad) did not have holes in his hat.

Calm down. A hat thrown at an attacking fanged snake would presumably get bitten, leaving holes in it. Or is this a pith helmet we are talking about?

Maybe if the snakes had fangs like a Sabre Tooth Tiger. Anyway, most of the time the snakes miss their target (the hat).

A really big Eastern Diamondback in Florida can have 2-inch fangs. Would definitely leave a pair of holes in my panama hat, a baseball cap, or a pair of normal-thickness boots.