i thought my post was fairly eloquent?

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Actually yes, your initial post here was well said also. Me on the other hand

Still......can't play nice ALL the time lol.

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Hi all,
Thanks for all the comments, I don`t think the "slagging off" was aimed at me, but thanks anyway.
Theres one thing for sure, this thread has sparked a lot of debate, I suppose this is what forums are for.
All the best,
Brian.

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thats the thing about brian "tigersnake" hes mr diplomatic so when he says something like he has here one should take note and listen

Sorry guys but I have to agree, for somebody who is known for his experience with Venomous snakes this kind of behaviour is shocking. It takes one bite and that’s another black mark against keeping Venomous snakes and although he lives in the US bad news travels fast. Don’t get me wrong I have lots of learning to do when it comes to Venomous but for the less experienced keepers who haven’t been fortunate enough to get any kind of training who knows how they might react or try and copy these kind of tricks and for the UK that’s BAD NEWS. Don’t mean to upset the apple cart but that’s how I feel that mamba was like a loaded gun with a very loose trigger.

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Things happen to us all that we wish would just go away .....
somedays our brains dont quite get into gear although we know what were doing......or were supposed to as weve been doing it long enough to be respected for our knowledge..
I think sometimes we all get too comfortable with what were doing whether its in life or keeping dangerous snakes.

AL
What i would like to know is ..
HOW often do you have close encounters of the venomous kind ?
And is that your worst experience ?

I think someone else has posted would it not be safer for yourself if you could shelve all the gear you have on your table etc.

Would that not give you more room to move and a larger visual area to work with especially whilst filming while alone ?

I know I for one would still like to see your vids as that gives me the oppotunity to see venomous snakes i normally wouldnt get to see or keep, the trouble i had getting western hognoses with my o/h, was unreal .
so getting a western diamondback is deffinately a no go .

I think personally that vid was a reality check to yourself and everyone who keeps venomous snakes as to how easy it really is to get into trouble
and if were all truely honest with ourselves it could of easily been anyone of us.



Hopefully future keeping and film making will be safer for yourself and all concerned .



rick

Good question Rick,

Not as often as you would think actually. For every minute of "exciting video" I have 20 minutes of more mundane footage. My little green monster continues to be a danger to my life as you will see in future videos. My close calls are seldom shooting table top segments, but rather forcefeeding or some type of Vet proccedure when the camera is not being used. Actually, the clutter works out to be an advantage to neither me or the snake. It does prevent them from having a completely open line of fire on me, so it's a bit in my favor. When I move to my larger facility this spring this issue will go away. Many segments are filmed with the camera mounted on a "remote extention" which I will show when I introduce a new type of segment on my channel called "Scary Shorts'. My actual distance to the pointy end is much farther than you think in some instances but not all.

As for some close calls I have some that I've have on film but never aired and some I would like to forget how close I came to a very bad situation. Some are a complete surprise and some are caused by an act of "Stupidity" ,which I am not immune. What I present on my channel represents the realities of private venomous keeping, not the sanitized version you see on Animal Planet. My intentions are to show people that it's not as easy as hooking some snake and have it under control. It's the other way around more frequently, whereas the snake is in control and challanges you to figure out how to escape with your life & limb intact.

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although i dont think this i the way to handle green mamba mate nice snake anyway

AL
I'm looking forward to seeing your new footage, the new facility and the remote camera techniques you mention also the scary shots section sounds intresting..........

thx for the reply.



rick

That's good to hear Al as I'd like to be able to keep watching your vids for a long time yet.

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