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All Hail the King... Sadly for us it died this afternoon... The pellet through the upper chest caused a lot more damage than I realised.... Full report later


In the July edition of scales and tails is an interesting article
Maybe worth a read
 
Sorry to hear about the loss of the shot specimen. I'm surprised to hear of a snake being shot, as I didn't know that Balinese carried guns. Could it have been shot a police officer?

Maybe the ultimate king cobra photo??

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I dont think she plays with Barbie any more??
That's a remarkable photo! I assume that the King Cobra is very predictable in its behaviour towards the perceived threat in front of it. Is that fair to say?
 
Sorry to hear about the loss of the shot specimen. I'm surprised to hear of a snake being shot, as I didn't know that Balinese carried guns. Could it have been shot a police officer?


That's a remarkable photo! I assume that the King Cobra is very predictable in its behaviour towards the perceived threat in front of it. Is that fair to say?

2 kings turned up in a shop
probably mating
owners rang us
we were 1hr away
by time we got there neighbour had got a gun and shot them
shame
but 2 big kings can be a scary sight

yes kings concentrate on percieved threat and ignore everything else
thats why they are a 2 person job
 
That is a shame but understandable I suppose if they're inside a shop. People will do whatever they feel is necessary to protect the lives of loved ones and customers etc.

Thanks for confirming that about Kingies. I was going to go looking for them next time I'm back in SE Asia. I'll be sure to go accompanied.
 
That is a shame but understandable I suppose if they're inside a shop. People will do whatever they feel is necessary to protect the lives of loved ones and customers etc.

Thanks for confirming that about Kingies. I was going to go looking for them next time I'm back in SE Asia. I'll be sure to go accompanied.

Kings around 2metres are totally different to kings over 3.5metres
Small ones are just like any other elapid
Over 3m they know they are apex predators and act accordingly
We often catch them one out but catching is different to playing
Playing with them by yourself is different unless you can get them tailed around something
158 kings relocated or released since January
So if you want to play you know where to come
Nowhere else on Earth has the same density of kings if you know where to look
Our best day is 5 kings and done that twice now

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not bad for a wild retic
 
First baby kings are hatching
Early season
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Ok lady
I found your cat
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Full of nematodes
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MERRY HISSMAS

He speaks of the forest and the wind.... of seeing a whisper,...... listening to a rainbow........ and juggling mercury..... he is the spirit so many seek but so few understand......
 
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This possibly the largest of these fresh water ever recorded
85cmx55cm carapace
Major infection from fish hook low in throat

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Last of the baby kings have hatched for this season
Already released 140
About 45 to go this week

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that is the first photo ever taken of wild boiga negriceps in Bali
found totally by accident while we were releasing king cobras
no reports of them ever in Bali
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released in same tree 10 minutes later
 
You will probably never see a photo of this wild morph again
Awesome but deadly

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About May we are going on a little excursion.....
2days looking for king cobras
4 days with komodo dragons blue vipers and russels vipers
1 week in Flores
1 week looking for yellow vipers
1 week in Papua

Should be fun
 
A couple of interesting finds there Peter.
Is that an unbanded Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus)?
Re: the Boiga nigreceps, do you think there could be a previously unrecorded population in Bali or is it more likely to be a castaway or escapee?
 
3rd ever bungarus fasciatus in Bali
and its a colour morph???
crazy stuff
especially as its in an area full of bungarus candidus colour morphs
possibly a natural hybrid??
no books have either fasciatus or negriceps as being local to Bali

but both the negriceps and the fasciatus were too far from people to be escaped pets
now
where are the daboia???
 
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