Look what I got to hold today! (creepy crawley warning)

[ChrisH]

It's a rose back spider and it is beautiful!
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/rose_back_spider.jpg

Dannielle (my grandaughter) and I went to the Scientriffic event which was one of the Wrexham Science Festivals (http://www.wrexhamsf.com/), these creatures were part of 'Snakes Alive' in the Animal Zone.

Here are some more creatures.
I fell in love with this guy, really, a Burmese Python, he is gorgeous and very big!!:D
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/Burmese_python-2.jpg

http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/Burmese_python-1.jpg

Not sure about this one I think it is a King Python
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/King_python.jpg

A few more creatures in the next post. :D

[green_chameleon_girl]

AWW the spider is GORGEOUS!:eek: :D

[Dogz]

Before I look!


Oooh, I love the Burmese Python, look at those gorgeous colors! You are so lucky, what beautiful animals!:)

[ChrisH]

A couple of other spiders and two scorpions
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/Spiders_and_scorpions.jpg

A Carpet Python
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/carpet_python.jpg

A Water Dragon
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/lizard.jpg

A Bearded Dragon (Dannielle got to hold him later :) )
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/Bearded_dragon.jpg

That all folks!:D

[slleipnir]

Can't say I feel to much toward that spider :eek:

but the snakes are beautiful :) I want one so bad :X

[ChrisH]

I like spiders but even so I was a bit wary of it actually being on me, but it was great! I went back for seconds but it got so busy, everyone wanted a turn! :)

The big python, until today I liked snakes, but now I love them. He was so .... oh, I can't explain, guess you snake keepers and lovers know what I mean.:)

[ChiRen]

Yuck...lol.
Great pictures, but those animals without fur and four legs really creep me out!! :eek::p

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

To each his own - but give me some cats or kittens to cuddle any day.

[K9soul]

They are all beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing the pictures. The Burmese Python is magnificent!

[ChrisH]

Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
To each his own - but give me some cats or kittens to cuddle any day.
Oh, I couldn't be without my Ebby's purr and Bobby's waggly tail, I love them to bits. :)

Even though I know I couldn't, nor wouldn't, keep Mr Burmese Python as a pet, anymore than I could, or would, a big cat, I felt honoured to get so close to him, and the other creatures. I love them and respect for them for what they are, facinating and, to me, beautiful. :D

[DoggieLover27]

Well, the spiders are totally FREAKING me out (lol) But the snakes are so cool!

[ramanth]

Lucky! :D

The spider and snakes are so pretty! :) Recently they had a science fair at one of the local Malls. Andy and I happened to be shopping that day and Potter Park Zoo had some animals there, including an owl, python, and a bunny.

The python was curled up in a cat bed and the bunny was not very happy about having to share the table. :eek: ;)

But everyone played nice.

[ChrisH]

Glad you liked them Kimmy! :D

There was a bunny, guinea pig and a chinchilla too, but quite a ways from the python! :)

In a different part of the zone we learned something about how snakes and lizards are different. This guy explained the difference between snakes and lizards by first showing us a the markings on small cornsnake, (it spent the rest of the time around his neck :)) then an indigenous lizard without legs, and one with itty bitty tiny legs, then a sand lizard (which the cornsnake was very interested in) and finally a gecko. :D

Chris

[Edwina's Secretary]

One summer when I was in school in Tucson Arizona a friend and I rented an apartment for the summer. It was a dump, a dive, a hovel.....ghastly. One night I had washed my hair. I saw the biggest, hairiest spider EVER! I was then (as I am now) in charge of dispatching insects. I couldn't do it. It would have been like smashing a mouse!

I stuffed a towel under the door and off we went to get my boyfriend to come and deal with it (we had no phone.) On the way I kept saying..."The biggest, hairiest spider I've EVER seen."

Finally it hit me...big hairly spider = tarantula!

Sure enough. My bf, who had had them as pets (:eek: ) knew what to do. He captured it and released it outside.

Trust me Chris...it is different when they are in your bathroom.

[QueenScoopalot]

Some spiders I get a bit errr let's say jumpy around. :eek: But most crawly things don't faze me! I'll never forget the sight I saw as a child, of a nest of freshly born garter snakes. Or are they snakelets? There were so many, I was fascinated all coming out of an old pasture wall! :)

[ChrisH]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
Trust me Chris...it is different when they are in your bathroom.
OMG! :eek: I believe you!!:eek:

[QueenScoopalot]

http://img42.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/Carmen_Iguana.jpg This is my sweet natured, rascal iguana Carmen who was rescued from very unsuitable living conditions. She was only going to be temporary until I fell in love with her! She has a temperment like a cat and will close her eyes and lean for pats. She really is a nice lizard! :) :D

[IttyBittyKitty]

Originally posted by ChrisH
It's a rose back spider and it is beautiful!
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Snakes%20Alive/rose_back_spider.jpg


A few more creatures in the next post. :D

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *shudders* I would not let a spider that big come near me!!

I love the yellow snake though!

[CathyBogart]

What an enchantingly beautiful bunch of critters! (That third one is a Reticulated python BTW, Spectacular animal!! :) ) I've never seen a spider quite like that before, I'm intrigued... We have a few big burmese like the middle guy at my workplace, and I tell you..they're all kitten tame!! I love them!!

QueenScoopalot, That is one GORGEOUS iggy! It always warms my heart to see a well-cared for iguana...as I'm sure you know that many of them aren't. She looks wonderful!!

[ChrisH]

Reticulated Python, of course! I remember now, or rather I remember thinking Articulated, and I knew that wasn't right. :D Thanks Wolfchan! :)