A beautiful snake

[IvW]

Thank you @IvW, I didn’t know that on the Rinkhals, hadn’t seen any up our way but ankle deep in Snouted Cobras !

It was however a large snake for a juvenile as you can see from my size 10.5 boot ?

They grow to more than 2.5m in length and also get quite thick. Highly venomous with neurotoxic venom. Luckily they are not an agressive snake

 

[casey]

@casey - and do they also “taste like chicken”?

Ha Ha, I,ve never eaten a fresh one. I've had it canned only.

 

[Hunt anything]

When my dad was stationed at the old federal fish hatchery in Marion Alabama he killed a timber rattler. Being a low level biologist at the time and money was tight so my mom friend him up. Evidently I liked it so much that she had to keep it on top of the refrigerator, she caught my scrawny butt up on top of the fridge eating the rest. She really tanned my hide and I’ve been scared to eat snake ever since. PTSD I guess.