BIG Snake Pic from Iraq...

[cJw]

Heyas!

I just got an e-mail forward from a retired Army type @ work and these two pics were attached;

and

I don't doubt the validity... but look at that mouth. :cringe: Sucks for him that he tried to pass thru an electric fence, though. :|

I'd guess it's length (if that fence is a standard 4ft high...) to be at least 10ft long/3m+.

ID Toirtis?

1024x768 images: body shot and mouth full o teeth.

 

[lmw80]

holy canolie!!

 

[smallfry]

YIKES 8O 8O 8O

 

[oscarbreeder]

That gives me the creeps!!
8O

 

[Hara]

that is darn scarey....what kind of snake is it?

 

[krazymom]

holy $#%^!!! It looks like it just ate somebody.

 

[Fluff]

It's an african rock python. You may find this interesting.


http://www.bushveld.co.za/pictures-python.htm

 

[fishfreek]

Excellent find Cindy. I see two images from above. That mouth is scarry in deed.

 

[Fluff]

Thanks fishfreek. I recognized the snake but wanted to confirm my thoughts. I searched african rock python and that link was the second link my search pulled up.

 

[Jchillin]

Yeeeewwww...really scary snake.

 

[vertex]

big snake

yikes!!! Thats one way to floss!!!!

 

[cJw]

Interesting...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/fencesnake.asp#photo2

The pics are authentic, but the origins are not.

 

[Steven A]

Cool 8)

 

[Toirtis]

Yes...one might wonder how an Afrock made it all the way to Iraq. LOL

I have a friend that had a 22', 250lb female Afrock that I helped him with on numerous occasions (she was quite big enough to easily kill a large adult man)....like most of her species, she was mean as all hell, and one of her babies (now about 16' itself) is now a major display animal in the Calgary Zoo's African savannah house. When she ate, she usually ate a couple of small pigs or goats, and typically comsumed 75-80lb meals.

Here is a pic of me holding a rather fiesty young male that came through my rescue last year:

 

[talloulou]

Oh my goodness....I'm awe struck.

 

[Melody]

Wow Toirtis, He's beautiful!

 

[zenn]

that rock python is pretty much the scarriest snake i've ever seen

 

[krap101]

hmm personally i think it looks more angolian

 

[Toirtis]

hmm personally i think it looks more angolian

Doesn't look even slightly like an Angolan python....very different morphology, much less pattern....I would kill for an Angolan, but you couldn't give me an Afrock.

 

[Blizzard]

Arrghh, I'm a snake lover and that just freaks me out. Look at the teeth!