Your most intimidating species

Is there any species of reptile that you would not have just for the fact that they make you nervous or maybe even scare the :cens0r: out of you?

outside of venomous being an obvious choice for me it has to be blood pythons. I just don't trust them, they just sit there and look at you lol. And the fact that they can just explode plus I am kinda jumpy already makes them something I would not really want to own. They are also thick and strong, its harder to control them. I still think they are beautiful but I will let others enjoy working with them.

an alligator lol I've always liked snakes and any other herps but i couldnt trust my self to deal with that.

Thats leaving venomous out though puff adders and eyelash cobras are much scarier

I will stay away from the giants - burms and retics. Not so much that they scare me, but more because I think they are more than I can, and more than I'd want to, handle. I know my limits and these guys are outside them. Their tendency toward unpredictable temperaments adds to that. :gj:

I have handled a number of burms and treat them with respect that is their due but Retics... they make me think about what I am doing before I open the enclosure. I'd have to say retics make my heart go faster.

Retics are very intimidating. I think the largest species I could get myself to own are boas. I handled a 15 foot retic at NERD once, she was a BIG girl and got me over my fear of "the giants" a little, but I still get the shivers when I walk into their retic room...

After this picture was taken, the two guys holding her other HALF draped her across me. She "hugged" me just to hold on and it was like being bear hugged my a line backer.
http://i54.tinypic.com/9srypy.jpg

well, the only animals i WOULDNT own are outside the herp class like bears and lions. my scrub scared the crap out of me for years lol, i did hold her a few time, resulting in getting bit, but i loved it so much. she was super intimidating, and she would sit in her cage and follow you around the house, apparently even through walls lol. if someone were coming to the garage through the kitchen she would be following them before they even opened the door, awesome snake, you should try getting one:gj:

and to LGray: that thing is freaking HUGE! i cant really tell if its a big snake or small you, but that things like the size of your leg! that must've been a rush

Rock python. Enough said, me and a buddy tried catching a ” wild” one in the everglades and gave up after it lunged like its entire body length.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Retics are very intimidating. I think the largest species I could get myself to own are boas. I handled a 15 foot retic at NERD once, she was a BIG girl and got me over my fear of "the giants" a little, but I still get the shivers when I walk into their retic room...

After this picture was taken, the two guys holding her other HALF draped her across me. She "hugged" me just to hold on and it was like being bear hugged my a line backer.
http://i54.tinypic.com/9srypy.jpg

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Leah, I think your waist is as big as the snakes, lol!


I'm a bit intimdated by some of the boas. They just look so primal that it makes me a bit nervous. I don't mind the giants - a coworker has a few giants and they're magnificent.

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Originally Posted by JulieInNJ

Leah, I think your waist is as big as the snakes, lol!


I'm a bit intimdated by some of the boas. They just look so primal that it makes me a bit nervous. I don't mind the giants - a coworker has a few giants and they're magnificent.

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It's just a good angle I swear! :rofl:

Id say anything bigger then like 12 feet, i draw the line at full size Columbian red tails, Burms, Anacondas, Retics, no thanks. I dont think i could sleep at night with one in the house haha.

Someday i would love to wrangle an alligator though! I think that would be incredible.

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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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.