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 #2003903


JEFF QUARLES
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 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

Here are a few from last week in the yard with my Monocle..











And a Florida Red Belly from my bro’s pond..





05/13/09  06:06pm

 #2003908


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2003903


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

This Red Belly is 1,000 miles North. Wonder how it got here? LOL



05/13/09  06:18pm

 #2004105


Amphibiandude
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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2003908


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

dude i give you credit for being brave enough to handle that cobra like that nice
it goes along with my life’s quote
"there is a thin line between sanity and insanity, and that line’s name, is passion."
05/13/09  10:00pm

 #2004129


Guido1090
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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2003903


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

cool pictures. im just curious... what were you doing with the hose?
05/13/09  10:37pm

 #2004254


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 2004129


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

She loves getting sprayed and she had a bit of an accident in her enclosure so I hosed her and then the set-up. It is not smart to handle them the way I do and don’t recommend it but as for me;It’s par for the course..



05/14/09  05:00am

 #2004331


Guido1090
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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2004254


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

oh okay. i wasnt sure if you were giving her a drink or hosing dirt off of her or what.

do you handle all of your hots like that or do you only do it with certain individuals that you feel comfortable with?
05/14/09  10:08am

 #2004520


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 2004331


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

Certain ones for sure and that is actually a very good question. I would never do that with pit vipers....
05/14/09  04:41pm

 #2004524


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2004520


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

How about a gaboon?
05/14/09  04:50pm

 #2004525


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   Message To: SinisterSerpents   In reference to Message Id: 2004524


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.
05/14/09  04:53pm

 #2004536


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   Message To: SinisterSerpents   In reference to Message Id: 2004525


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

I consider free handling extreamly unessesary. Regardless how "cool" it is. While it paints a pictuer that these animals arent as bad as people make them out to be, We as a venomous keeping community should not let the pubilc veiw us as irresponsible. Which is exactly what the majority of the uninformed masses will think when they see these pics.

People fear that which they dont understand and they hate and seek to destroy that which they fear.

Im pretty much undecided when it comes to the topic of free handling your own animals with out the public veiwing such things. What you do in your free time is no ones concern but your own. But when you make images like these public it tends to rub people the wrong way. I know plenty of free handlers that know what they are doing and have never been bit and i know people that shouldent be keeping venomous in the first place and have been bit useing hooks. It all comes down to how outsiders veiw us as a whole and if we intend to keep our right to keep venomous id suggest that we keep these things to ourselves.
05/14/09  05:08pm

 #2004580


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: SinisterSerpents   In reference to Message Id: 2004536


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

You make a valid point but on the flip side and something you pointed out is people may actually see that they are not evil creatures but like most wildlife, placid and easy going unless molested..Some folks will look at these pics and say, Huh, I would have thought that the cobra would go crazy and kill him..It’s all in how one looks at it.



05/14/09  05:53pm

 #2004814


Guido1090
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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2004580


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

thanks for answering my question. thats what i figured from talking to some other hot keepers about the temperaments of their different snakes.

i think these kinds of pictures are both good and bad...

i would have never thought you would be able to stand there holding a cobra and spray it with a hose without ending up in a hospital bed. i think pictures like these show the haters that these kind of animals dont go around looking for people to bite and kill. they are just another part of nature that is misunderstood.

i also think that the pictures could give some people the impression that anybody can go up to any hot snake and handle it like this and that they arent any more dangerous than a garter snake.

i think there is a fine line between making people understand these amazing animals for what they are and making people overly comfortable with them and not take them seriously.


by the way, so that you have some idea of who your talking to. im 16 and am very interested in all types of herps including hots. i would like to work with hots one day but i know that at this point i am no where near experienced enough to actually work with them so i just research them and regularly read these forums getting info.
05/14/09  09:53pm

 #2004879


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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 2004814


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

i have very little training with hots,but i am hoping to continue that training to get my hours up,the man who started training the day i handeled for the first time,free handeled an albino cobra,but before reaching in to get it,he told me and my brother both,if he ever caught me free handling any venomous,he would kill me himself,he was only doing it because he knew that animal,he knew the limits with it,and he had the expereince to tell when he went to far,,,,,and i have to agree,if you have the experience with the animal,and know its limits,it can be done
05/14/09  10:59pm

 #2005116


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2003903


 For Mr. Quarles

I loved the pics... Fascinating... I am new to all this and excited to learn more... I wanted to send you a personal message and ask some specific questions but this site won’t allow it being that I am a brand new member, as a security measure. 4 or 5 days before i will be able too... Post more pics of you and your babies... never seen anybody handle a cobra like you... Aren’t you scared?
05/15/09  01:28pm

 #2005299


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: Miss Smuckers   In reference to Message Id: 2005116


 For Mr. Quarles

Never been afraid of snakes but spiders give me the creeps.I do love tarantulas and scorpions though..
Hang around a while and you will see a lot of cool snakes from around the world with these people here..



05/15/09  07:11pm

 #2005328


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2005299


 For Mr. Quarles

i agree that it also shows that venomous snakes are not out to kill people, but how much good will it do when the person free handling ends up getting bit. what if they die how would that look to the public they would think the snakes where still just as dangerous. i have never free handled a hot i really dont understand what benifit it has to the keeper or the animal, i have tailed young cobras and not had a hook in my hand but thats as far as i would go, but the gaboon is just crazy lol i use to talk to a guy that free handled gabbys and held baby king cobras in the palm of his hand, he said he wouldnt do that stuff again. no one can tell a person how to handle hots, if a person wants to free handle its up to them. here are few hots i have


puff adder




gaboon viper




moroccan cobra




black and white spitting cobra




suphan cobra



05/15/09  08:00pm

 #2005390


JEFF QUARLES
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   Message To: Jparker1167   In reference to Message Id: 2005328


 For Mr. Quarles

That puff is incredible!
05/15/09  09:14pm

 #2006890


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2005390


 For Mr. Quarles

i am loving that puff and the baby gaboon,,beautiful

and jeff,i am fine looking at spiders,as long as they dont try touching me,,then its over,squish city
05/18/09  08:14am

 #2006992


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2005390


 For Mr. Quarles

Is that moroccan cobra iridescent? It is beautiful... I also think the gaboon has one of the prettiest patterns I have ever seen... I am seeing so many beautiful snakes...



05/18/09  11:33am

 #2007037


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   Message To: Birdbrain2u   In reference to Message Id: 2006992


 For Mr. Quarles

Birdbrain2u

Love the user name!!



05/18/09  01:15pm

 #2007228


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2003903


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

Looks like the potted plant in the background could use a little rain from that hose as well.... just one more thing you have neglected to do

Did you forget about me Jeffrey?



05/18/09  07:13pm

 #2007245


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   Message To: Carmelita   In reference to Message Id: 2007228


 For Monkey871/ monocle pics.

What’s up Carmelita? I sent you a couple e-mails two weeks ago; Did you get them?



05/18/09  07:34pm

 #2007334


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   Message To: Jparker1167   In reference to Message Id: 2005328


 For Mr. Quarles

If you think the little gaboon is crazy look at this one! LOL







Just so you all know that is not me in these free handling pictuers! this is a good friend of mine handling my snakes. I do not free handle venomous
05/18/09  10:21pm

 #2007362


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   Message To: SinisterSerpents   In reference to Message Id: 2007334


 For Mr. Quarles

now that is a beautiful gaboon.... how old is it.... that thing is huge.... very nice.....
05/18/09  11:08pm

 #2007370


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   Message To: Jpreptilescustomexot   In reference to Message Id: 2007362


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She will we 6 this year. captive born 2003. Shes 5/12 ft and weighs over 25 pounds! I had a bigger female that was exactly 6ft but had to get rid of her at the time due to the situation i was in back then.
05/18/09  11:41pm

 #2007372


Jparker1167
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   Message To: Jpreptilescustomexot   In reference to Message Id: 2007362


 For Mr. Quarles

wow that is an amazing gaboon, is it for sell lol. thats good that you dont free handle but letting someone free handle your snakes would not be something i would do. if a friend of mine took a bite from my snake i would feel responsible and if that gaboon bit someone i would bet the person would not live through it. awsome snakes tho.
05/18/09  11:41pm

 #2007378


SinisterSerpents
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   Message To: Jparker1167   In reference to Message Id: 2007372


 For Mr. Quarles

Well i had a good reason to let him handle the big girl she needed to be checked for babies as i thought she was possibly gravid. So its nice to have a crazy free handler around in cases like that! lol. Im pretty confident in my friends abillitys when it comes to these animals. He was my mentor in a way and has been doing this for over 20 years and has only been bit once in the face by a venomoid sri lankan cobra. Which ironically enough im picking up in a trade today. I really dont like venomoids but im not one to pass up a breedable pair of Naja naja in a trade lol. But you are right about the responsibillity part i would feel bad if he was bit by my snake.
05/19/09  12:27am

 #2007380


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   Message To: SinisterSerpents   In reference to Message Id: 2007378


 For Mr. Quarles

well if you ever decide to sell it let me know lol, im sure he would feel bad if he was bit too and def if it was by that gaboon lol that thing is a monster
05/19/09  12:41am

 #2007513


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   Message To: JEFF QUARLES   In reference to Message Id: 2007037


 Knickname

Well I am kind of a bird brain... my best friend called me that once and it cracked me up and it just kinda stuck.... So where are all these snakes from anyway? If you have got a minute can you go down the list of pics and let me know one by one where these snakes come from. I am gonna ask alot of questions but if it ever gets to be a pain, just let me know.



05/19/09  12:25pm

 #2007542


SinisterSerpents
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   Message To: Jparker1167   In reference to Message Id: 2007380


 For Mr. Quarles

Id sell you some of her babies! lol. Im not willing to give up my big gaboon. She is my favorit snake in my collection. But yeah if my friend got bit the only thing i could think of doing for him is cutting off the appendage that he took the bite on. As bad as that sounds its will be alot better then rotting off and taking the chance of him dieing. Then maybe he could get a snake hook for an arm or hand. LMAO! If i ever have to get an arm amputated thats what im going to do for sure.

Birebrain- The gaboons and puff adder are from Africa. The monocled cobras and the black and white spitter are from asia. And i think but am not positive the Morrocan cobra is from africa.
05/19/09  01:26pm
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