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Jamie Osburn
Newbie
Number of posts: 25
Age: 32
Location: Charleston, SC
Points: 805
Registration date: 2008-07-26
 |  Subject: Black mamba  Thu 19 Nov - 12:32 | |
| Here are a few pictures of a subadult female D.polylepis I have. She is of Tanzanian origin. I recently acquired a male of the same origin and will get some pictures once he sheds. -Jamie    |
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Niklas Eriksson
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 62
Age: 23
Location: Sweden
Points: 387
Registration date: 2009-11-10
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Thu 19 Nov - 22:27 | |
| Ah very nice! I just watch Steven Austin in "7 deadly strikes". Black Mambas are fantastic snakes for sure! |
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Marthinus C. Harmse
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 110
Age: 29
Location: South-Africa
Points: 656
Registration date: 2009-04-18
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Fri 20 Nov - 5:59 | |
| It looks really healthy with that shine. Congrats. |
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patrick vince
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 54
Age: 48
Location: france
Points: 427
Registration date: 2009-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sat 21 Nov - 1:44 | |
| Hi, she is beautifull !
i hope to have a male for my female soon too !
...by the way, what is her size ?
Cheers. |
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Jamie Osburn
Newbie
Number of posts: 25
Age: 32
Location: Charleston, SC
Points: 805
Registration date: 2008-07-26
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sat 21 Nov - 5:40 | |
| | patrick vince wrote: | Hi, she is beautifull !
i hope to have a male for my female soon too !
...by the way, what is her size ?
Cheers. |
She's a little over 6ft, 1.8m, in length. She's still a young one. -Jamie |
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BradMiller
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 119
Age: 32
Location: South Africa
Points: 638
Registration date: 2009-05-08
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sat 21 Nov - 16:38 | |
| Always loved these - see them often in the wild.
Nice Pics
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Jairo Cuevas
Number of posts: 1
Age: 25
Location: España
Points: 291
Registration date: 2009-11-23
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Fri 18 Dec - 22:56 | |
| Its so beautyful, greats!!! |
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Richard Blok
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 55
Age: 40
Location: holland
Points: 196
Registration date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Tue 11 May - 20:16 | |
| The blacks are one of the nicest snakes in my opinion |
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Rob Deans
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 254
Age: 29
Location: South Africa
Points: 1077
Registration date: 2008-04-24
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Wed 12 May - 15:04 | |
| | Richard Blok wrote: | | The blacks are one of the nicest snakes in my opinion |
Ive never dealt with a Black mamba that was "nice" 
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Guenter Leitenbauer
Serpent Chief
Number of posts: 837
Age: 44
Location: Gunskirchen / Austria
Points: 1400
Registration date: 2008-05-17
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Wed 12 May - 17:32 | |
| Sorry Gentlemen, I've to ask another maybe stupid question:
Are blacks in general more aggressive and wild in captivity than most of the other hots? Just for my interest.
What may be the most difficult snake species in this sense?
Cheers,
Guenter
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Pascal Buri
Number of posts: 3
Age: 35
Location: Basel Switzerland
Points: 180
Registration date: 2010-03-18
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Wed 12 May - 18:40 | |
| Hi Guenter,
I did not handle Mambas so far, but from my experience Pseudonaja species are really some of the most agressive/nervous ones (e.g. P. textilis and P. affinis)
Pascal |
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Lourance Klose
Newbie
Number of posts: 22
Age: 26
Location: Cape Town / South Africa
Points: 755
Registration date: 2008-09-09
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sun 16 May - 21:04 | |
| I personally do not find Black Mamba's that bad, I have 6 of them and although everytime I take them out, I am respectful of what they can potentially do. I do not consider them to be "aggressive" snakes.
I find alot more of my cobra to be "aggresive" when been taken out of their cages. The Black Mamba's generally just look for somewhere to go once they are out. I can most likely count the amount of times on one hand where my mamba's have struck at me when handling them. Some of my other cobra's on the hand it is a regular thing when handling. |
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Richard Blok
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 55
Age: 40
Location: holland
Points: 196
Registration date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Mon 17 May - 14:33 | |
| You see there also nice black mamba.s  |
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David Nixon
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 139
Age: 28
Location: Staffordshire, UK
Points: 867
Registration date: 2008-09-19
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sun 23 May - 19:52 | |
| I agree with Lourance, I find them easy going (as a rule), the issue I find is it only takes a breath of wind to p**s them off, then everything can change (unwinding them from their branch is a good example). It's about being steady and slow with them, I find they react to movement.
I fully respect what they can do - a key thing to remember.
Dave |
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Jason Bruno
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 141
Age: 33
Location: West Virginia
Points: 437
Registration date: 2009-12-06
| | Subject: Re: Black mamba Sun 23 May - 22:07 | |
| Very nice looking Mamba Jamie, I really like the Tanzanian locale. |
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