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Free handling this and free handling that, why don't you just shut the f**k up and eat my free handling ass ✨️West afric...
05/02/2024

Free handling this and free handling that, why don't you just shut the f**k up and eat my free handling ass ✨️

West african gaboon viper
○Bitis rhinoceros○

Snouted cobra
○Naja annulifera○

It's one of the best-looking boomslangs to date!This overfed monster was caught by Will de Meyer, and I had the chance t...
17/01/2024

It's one of the best-looking boomslangs to date!
This overfed monster was caught by Will de Meyer, and I had the chance to interact with it before release.
It wasn't too pleased with any handling, so we kept it very short, but we got some excellent shots of her!

Boomslang
●Dispholidus typus●

Another absolutely massive cobra caught and released today.I guess all these huge cape cobras this season make up for ho...
13/01/2024

Another absolutely massive cobra caught and released today.
I guess all these huge cape cobras this season make up for how few there were last year🤪

Cape Cobra
○Naja nivea○

Karma is and will always be a bitch, remember that.I'll see you soon, p***y ✨️East african forest cobra○Naja subfulva○
10/01/2024

Karma is and will always be a bitch, remember that.
I'll see you soon, p***y ✨️

East african forest cobra
○Naja subfulva○

10/01/2024
You constantly talk s**t behind everyone's back but have the nerve to say you have respect and were raised right? Respec...
05/01/2024

You constantly talk s**t behind everyone's back but have the nerve to say you have respect and were raised right? Respectfully, shut the f**k up 🫶
Respect is earned not given freely. You don't deserve anything from me, especially after attacking my family and friends' family.

But anyway, last post about degenerates. Here's 3 Cape cobras that were caught on the same day. The reddish brown one laid eggs recently, and the duller speckled one unfortunately regurgitated 4 meals during the capture but he had 4 western cape leopard toads inside of him and one of them actually managed to survive and was released back where the snake was found.

2.1 cape cobras
Naja nivea

All wild caught on the same day and released shortly after.

This is probably the biggest boomslang I've ever seen! We measured her, and she was just shy of 2m long! For reference i...
19/12/2023

This is probably the biggest boomslang I've ever seen!
We measured her, and she was just shy of 2m long!
For reference in the first photo, I am about 206cm long, and she is almost as long as me!

This girl was caught in western cape and shortly released after a day holding period as she had a few broken ribs or spine. Which makes you wonder why there is almost never any boomslang captures from people who solely use tongs👻 I have now caught about three boomslangs with very similar injuries to this girl and I whole heartedly suspect it's from someone using tongs in an incorrect way as there is no external injuries which would negate the thought of an animal or person trying to kill the snake.

But anyway, she's a stunning animal and has full mobility of the lower portion of her body, so she was released safely back into the wild where she belongs!

Boomslang
○Dispholidus typus○

Very Cranky boa out catching some rays.Red tail boa ○Boa constrictor imperator○
16/12/2023

Very Cranky boa out catching some rays.

Red tail boa
○Boa constrictor imperator○

"You're an idiot." "Who would ever free handle a mamba?""It's not if but when.""Hope he died." And a whole lot more 🤣Th...
13/12/2023

"You're an idiot."
"Who would ever free handle a mamba?"
"It's not if but when."
"Hope he died."
And a whole lot more 🤣
Thank you for your enlightening knowledge and expertise around handling you absolute degenerates. Had a very fun time getting all the handling n***s off my page. Now, please stay gone. If you don't like what I do, I do not care. Just take your negativity elsewhere, I'm sure someone wants to hear your s**tty opinions it's just not me 🏃‍♂️

Black mamba
○Dendroaspis polylepsis○

Eastern Green mamba
○Dendroaspis angusticeps○

Casually getting the kiss of death on the chest! Wonder what the experts have to say about this one 🤪Eastern Green mamba...
08/12/2023

Casually getting the kiss of death on the chest!
Wonder what the experts have to say about this one 🤪

Eastern Green mamba
○Dendroaspis angusticeps○

Absolutely stunning Wild Caught cape cobra that was found under someone's couch in their home! Funny enough, 2 years ago...
06/12/2023

Absolutely stunning Wild Caught cape cobra that was found under someone's couch in their home! Funny enough, 2 years ago, they had the exact same incident occur with a different cape cobra under the same couch!

Cape cobra
○Naja nivea○

What's better than free handling one wild caught cape cobra? Free handling two of course.Cape cobra ○Naja nivea○
04/12/2023

What's better than free handling one wild caught cape cobra?
Free handling two of course.

Cape cobra
○Naja nivea○

Very large and girthy wild caught puff adder that was relocated by a mate.Puff adder ○Bitis arietans○
02/12/2023

Very large and girthy wild caught puff adder that was relocated by a mate.

Puff adder
○Bitis arietans○

One of the last photos I have from the visit with This has to be one of the most chill black mambas I've ever worked wi...
01/12/2023

One of the last photos I have from the visit with

This has to be one of the most chill black mambas I've ever worked with. Was super cool to interact with one that wasn't trying to tag me every chance it got 🤣

Black mamba
○Dendroaspis polylepsis○

This presumably female boomslang was caught while trying to get into an aviary for a quick and easy meal. This snake was...
27/11/2023

This presumably female boomslang was caught while trying to get into an aviary for a quick and easy meal. This snake was one of the bigger boomslangs I've caught in recent years, and she had an attitude to match her size!

Boomslangs are very arboreal snakes and come in an extremely diverse colour pallette, depending on where you are in Africa. They are also sexually dimorphic, which, in simple terms, means that males and females have distinctive different characteristics from one another.

Boomslangs are rear fanged venomous, which means that their fangs are right at the back of the mouth just underneath their eyes. They can sometimes have two or three pairs of fangs at the same time as snakes constantly shed their fangs throughout their lives, similar to sharks. Their fangs are also not hollow like most other venomous species like vipers and elapids(cobras) they have grooved fangs that venom drips down into their prey item.

A common misconception about boomslangs and their bites is that they have to 'chew' on you to actually envenomate you or that they can only bite you on an appendage because of them being rear fanged, which both are not true I believe the maximum amount a boomslang can open its mouth to is about 170° which would make it easy to bite a person wherever it pleases and for the chewing, boomslangs have the most toxic venom out of any snake in Africa. The amount of venom needed to kill a grown man can sit at the tip of needle, so a scratch is all that is needed for a fatal envenomation.

That being said, these animals are very shy and extremely reluctant to bite, and our antivenom, if administered in a timely manner, is extremely effective. Boomslangs will only bite if provoked, so if you ever see one, just leave it be.

They do have a very potent yet extremely slow acting hemotoxic venom, so if bitten, you do have a lot of time to get to the hospital, but do not wait for symptoms of the bite to appear, head straight to the hospital.

Boomslang
○Dispholidus typus○

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My pair of banded snouted cobras sharing a deceased mole snake I was called to remove a couple of months ago. The mole snake was dead on arrival and instead of letting it go to waste I threw it in the freezer for a couple of months to kill off all the parasites that could've been living in the animal and gave it to dumb and dumber. Cobras are known to eat other snakes, and it's always a good idea to vary your snakes diet! 1.2 snouted Cobra ○Naja annulifera○

Thought I'd share this as an educational post and learning experience. I got this call out from a fellow snake catcher and mate while I was heading to work. I went there, not knowing the snake was injured, but upon arrival, I could see its spine showing and organs hanging outside of its body. I instantly knew it would have to be put down. This snake was killed by some workers who were afraid of the snake while cleaning out some thick bush along the mountainside. I stayed for a little bit after the snake was secured just to try and educate the workers about snakes and what to do if they encountered one again. This post is to show how terrible and long the process is of putting down a snake and to hopefully make some people think twice about trying to kill one. Snakes do not want anything to do with us and will leave us alone if given the space and respect they demand. If you ever encounter a snake, just take 5 steps back and let it go on its way. Always remember that if you force any interaction with a snake, you are just putting yourself at a very high risk of taking a bite especially if you are untrained or are trying to kill it.

I've been hunting for one of these for close to a year now, and I've finally got my hands on one!!!! This is a spotted harlequin snake Formely known as the southern dwarf garter snake. They have remarkably stunning colours and are just an absolute gem of a snake! These snakes are almost like the king cobras of South africa as the feed primarily on other snakes at this size! Their diet also consists of legless skinks and other lizards. They are a burrowing species spending most of their time underground and usually only emerge after torrential rain. Not much is known about this species venom or this species as a whole, but they are a front fixed fang elapid with a non-lethal cytotoxic venom. They are in a family of snakes called Atractaspididae, which is a family of burrowing venomous snakes found in Africa and the Middle East. Snakes that are classified in this family are stilletos, mole vipers, and burrowing asps I am so fascinated with these guys, and I'm super stoked to finally see one in person!!!! Spotted harlequin snake ●Homoroselaps lacteus●

Awesome female puff adder caught just off the side of noordhoek main road! Also released the puff adder caught last week that was found in someone's horse stable! Caught by Will De Meyer These animals are ambush hunters and rely heavily on their camouflage for both hunting and hiding from predators. They will lay and wait in their "camouflage" mode along animal paths and will not move for weeks, even months! They become almost invisible, only moving to find water, to shed and to find a mate. They cause the most bites from venomous snakes throughout most of Africa, this is mostly because of how wide their range is and how civilization is encroaching on their habitat, leading to more interaction between humans and animals. Puff adders have front hinged fangs and have a potent cytotoxic venom, causing severe swelling, pain, blisters, and tissue damage. They also have an element of hemotoxins in their venom, which can cause thrombocytopenia(low blood platelet count), spontaneous bleeding and coagulopathy(is a condition that stops the bodies ability to coagulate,form clots.) In severe envenomations. Snake: Puff adder ○Bitis arietans○ Venom: Potent cytotoxic venom Causes pain, swelling and necrosis. Handler: Will de Meyer- 083 244 3587 Location: Noordhoek, western cape.

Beautiful puff adder caught inside someone's horse stable! Had him out for quite awhile instead of just putting him in the tub because it looked like he had a bit of swelling on his head and was moving a bit weirdly. All is good with him though, I kept him back gave him a meal and I'm just waiting for a storm to pass to release him back where he belongs! Species: Puff adder ○Bitis arietans○ Venom: Potent cytotoxic venom Which causes pain, swelling and necrosis. Handler: Sean 0823110069 Location: Noordhoek, western cape

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