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what kind of snake do you think this is  "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | ||
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Walter says it is a dead snake. | |||
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Well done walter you are 100% right what calibre was used "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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Looks like a deadly Cape cobra. [Edited in deference to Walter:] Correction: A dead deadly Cape cobra. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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BEST kind of snake a well killed snake. | |||
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Black Mamba...a young one. Can you open his mouth and take a picture to confirm? What is the prize for the correct answer? dale | |||
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If it were in the Southeast it would be a rattle-headed-copper-moccasin. I don't know what the hell you call those things over there. "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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I have to agree. It looks like a dead cape cobra to me. Whatever the caliber used it obviously wasnt "enough gun". If it was all you would see in the picture would be little cobra pieces parts.  The thing is cobras range from a light yellow/brown all the way through black. Some are solid in colour others are speckled. Unless they raise up to a striking position and you see the typical "cobra hood" the unexperienced might not realize they are the same snake.Happiness is a warm gun | |||
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It's either a deadly Cobbler or an Applely Piethon  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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.22 shot shell? Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I agree with Mike. Dead Cape Cobra. Mike | |||
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Shot with a gun, a shotgun I mean. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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I agree with Mike and Mike(Retreever).  | |||
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My guess is it's a non-poisonous Rat Snake. Best- Locksley,R "Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche | |||
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I have to go with DaleW on this one: a juvenile black mamba. NRA Life Member SCI Life Member DRSS | |||
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Looks like Mozambique Spitting Cobra? my 2 c | |||
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One very lifeless Cape Cobra | |||
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I also thought it was a Rat Snake er I meant a Dead Rat Snake. | |||
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Definatley not a black mamba it is one of the cobras would help to see the underside if it has a black band on its neck then it will be a spitting cobra no band I would go with a cape cobra . | |||
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I don't care who you are that's just funny right there..LOL
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I will go with a cobra. Location will tell which one.  SUSTAINABLY HUNTING THE BLUE PLANET! "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable and to give an appearence of solidity to pure wind." Dr J A du Plessis | |||
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I agree with the cobra. Cape or Mozambique spitter? The only Egyptian cobra I've seen was very dark olive. The head is too large, I believe, for a mamba. "In these days of mouth-foaming Disneyism......"--- Capstick Don't blame the hunters for what the poachers do!---me Benefactor Member NRA | |||
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I'd have to taste it to be sure but, yes a Cape Cobra. Armbar. | |||
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Yes the head is more indicative of a cobra. Mambas have a more streamlined coffin shape head. Also the colour is wrong even for a juvenile. It would be more of an olive colour. The only way to know what type of cobra is to see the underside. Happiness is a warm gun | |||
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Definetly one of the four kinds of snakes I don't like: big ones, little ones, dead ones, and live ones. But this one appears to be of the (preferred) 'dead ones' category. | |||
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You and me both Matt! Damn things give me the willies. I guess by definition a phobia is an irrational fear, then in this case is it all that irrational? Yet somehow I am equally fascinated by them. Happiness is a warm gun | |||
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Mozambique Spitting Cobra I think. Location of 375 Fanatic seems right and Look at the image of this one on Google just before the cameraman shot it... Moz Spitting Cobra http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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Here in NZ we call them 'nightmares' We don't have snakes here and we lynch anyone attempting to bring one in. | |||
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the very best kind-deceased | |||
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From what I've heard living in New Zealand is extremely boring.... http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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No it's not boring here, the lynchings provide the excitement. | |||
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That sounds great! Wana swap a few lynchings for a couple of snakes?  http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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Pellet gun and it a mfezi or mozambiqcan spitting cobra "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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It is certainly a cobra, did it have a single black band under it's throat? An mfezi will have several irregular dark bands under it's neck, never just one. I think that it is a juvenile snouted cobra, but it could be an mfezi. It seems to have a very stumpy nose for an mfezi, and colouration fits both snouted cobra and mfezi, but looks more speckled than I would like for an mfezi. If it had a dark eye overall as opposed to a light eye with a dark pupil then it is likely to be a snouted cobra. It is hard to tell from the photo, it looks almost as if it is about to shed it's skin! A young cape cobra is usually a much brighter yellow colour, although there is a lot of variation, especially when they get bigger. I still think that it is a young snouted cobra! | |||
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I have my African hunter here visiting and he says its a Mozambique forest cobra Zinfandel and venison are GOOD! | |||
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Boy am I glad I wear glassed...  Mike | |||
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The more I look at the snake, the more I see it as a snouted cobra. Take a look at the speckled area on it's back and look at the yellow belly scales...an mfezi is usually pinky white underneath. Stephen's pic is a classic mfezi, you can see the light eye, the bands under it's neck and the uniform tan brown, with dark skin imbetween the scales with no speckling! Snouted/Egyptian cobras extend far down into the lowveld as well...again I am pretty sure it is a snouted cobra, but would need to see more pics from different angles to be sure. | |||
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