Your most intimidating species

None of my herps are terribly intimidating. The nile monitor I rescued/rehomed was intimidating for a minute, but it became less so once it became apparent he was more nervous than anything. The most intimidating snake I have is a normal male BP that is ALWAYS hungry no matter how much he gets fed... and he'll shoot out of the tub if you give him half an inch. He's nabbed me in the face, and nearly gotten the curious passing cat a few times.

The most intimidating species I own is by far hands down the Timneh African Grey parrot... and I'd much rather be bit by any of the snakes, including the 6ft dumerils or the hognose, over this bird. He's intimidating because he's smart, and he has learned how to trick us every so often into trusting him. Most of the time he's very well mannered, but I think he finds it funny to fool us into getting bit :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Anatopism

Timneh African Grey parrot...

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my friends grandma has one of those, and she lets it walk around the house, but it will always sneak up right behind or next to you and let out a real long and loud "meow" lol, it sounds exactly like a cat, its the weirdest thing:rolleye2:

Adult Blackhead Python, Retic's over 12ft, African Rock's.

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This girl is a sweet heart but @ 20ft + it was nerve racking...... That is me in facing the camera.... The guy with the pink beard is my friend and ex-boss, Jeff Frey. This is one of the girls I worked with @ texas reptile exchange when I worked for them.....

I don't actually know of any reptile species that I am at all intimidated by, I love them all. I've always loved and been absolutely fascinated by reptiles which is why I went to school for herpetology and became a reptile breeder. I'm actually still in school I want to get a major in herpetology with a minor in chemistry and i'm going for my doctorate someday. I have albino burmese pythons, I have reticulated pythons, and I have different types of very large boas. I have several king cobras, three albino king cobras and I even have three inland taipans. I love all my snakes, even the inland taipans which are incredibly deadly at fifty times more venomous than a cobra. On a side note, believe it or not but cobras are one of the easiest snakes to tame. I handle all my kings and have never been bitten, and I swear a couple of them think they are corn snakes. As far as temperament is what I mean.

I draw the line at anything that could do significant damage to my dogs. XD So really, I'm going to stick to BPs, maybe a corn or milksnake. I do want a smallish monitor eventually. They seem so smart!

But yeah, I think I'll stick to stuff under 5-6 ft, maximum. I'm not afraid of the larger stuff, I just don't want to have to deal with it in my own home. XD I think most arboreal snakes are pretty, but I've heard some can be feisty so I'll probably avoid those as well.