What an incredible set of photo's Kara (and well worth the wait for us poor dial-up folks), however, I'm not letting Mike see it LOL I don't want to hear about his dream of owning that sort of huge snake one day.

Hmm, actually that brings up a thought. We have a reptile rescue here in Michigan and one of their rules is that won't adopt out a huge breed snake (over 6 or 7 feet I think was their rule) to a single person living alone or a family with a small child....any comments? I know with a 4 year old in the house I'd be more than a bit hesitant about owning something that big. Can you or rather should you ever handle such a snake alone?