Has anyone seen any of these nasty little beasties in Taiwan?

Out for a morning piss, eh?[/quote] Hey, I have a yard. Might as well use it! :wink:

Amazing photos, Sandman! Since we’re on the subject of snakes, here are a few pics. The photo quality sucks - took them on an Apple QuickTake several years ago. I’m guessing the first is a bamboo viper. Saw these a fair bit, and this particular one fell out of a tree while I was cutting the grass: …

The top one is definitely a green bamboo viper - you can tell by the pinkish tail and the white stripe along the side.

and the second one is the Taiwan Habu (also called the pointed-scaled pit viper, Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)

Here’s the one I saw last year near Wulai: [image]

[quote=“Chris”]Here’s the one I saw last year near Wulai: [image][/quote] Beautiful animal… :slight_smile:

Here’s a Bamboo Viper I found earlier today down a disused coalmine towards Keelung: [image] [image] Snakes are so cool. :slight_smile:

Should I put up the Johnny Cash lyrics again? Naah! Flickr’s enough, eh? Very nice, DM. Did you need to handle it at all? How did you manage to get it to stay still?

Ha ha. I’ve just seen your lyrics. :slight_smile: I didn’t handle it because it was annoyed - I did poke it with a stick later and it just went away. I got it to stay still by getting it fixated on my right hand - it was watching it all the time which is how I managed to get it in the pre strike po…

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