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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 18:49:35 GMT -5
a 6ft ball python will weigh about 12-14# a 6ft boa constrictor will weight closer to 20# a 6ft water moccason will be under 10# unless it just ate another 6ft moccasin! lol
The image you post looks like a faked snake to me.
To get an 87# burmese python you need to be north of 10-11ft.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 8, 2014 20:48:36 GMT -5
a 6ft ball python will weigh about 12-14# a 6ft boa constrictor will weight closer to 20# a 6ft water moccason will be under 10# unless it just ate another 6ft moccasin! lol The image you post looks like a faked snake to me. To get an 87# burmese python you need to be north of 10-11ft. I figured that was bull. Snakes are just not that heavy.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 8, 2014 21:15:24 GMT -5
Those guys had a blast today. Everyone water logged and tired. Ate at a country restaurant, table of eight. James had cheese grits served w/mullet, an old southern tradition starting about the lower third of Georgia and well into old Florida. Farmhouse Restaurant 5 miles north of the Florida line.
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Post by nowyo on Aug 9, 2014 1:03:37 GMT -5
Ha, looks like too much fun. Great looking coral, looking forward to more pics. You can keep the snakes.
Russ
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Post by iant on Aug 9, 2014 14:27:56 GMT -5
Sitting looking at a box of James P coral and still staring in wonder at the amazing beauty of these rocks! A big thank you James, I know how hard fought these are and they are much appreciated. My nephews gratefully took away some pieces this week.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 18:52:51 GMT -5
a 6ft ball python will weigh about 12-14# a 6ft boa constrictor will weight closer to 20# a 6ft water moccason will be under 10# unless it just ate another 6ft moccasin! lol The image you post looks like a faked snake to me. To get an 87# burmese python you need to be north of 10-11ft. I figured that was bull. Snakes are just not that heavy. for giggles I will offer that snake meat and cow meat and human muscle tissue are all about the same density. So the ame volume of each is needed to make the 87#!!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 9, 2014 21:20:21 GMT -5
I figured that was bull. Snakes are just not that heavy. for giggles I will offer that snake meat and cow meat and human muscle tissue are all about the same density. So the ame volume of each is needed to make the 87#!! That makes sense. I did not know if they carried open space in their body. I always felt like they were light weight for some reason. When the article said 87 pounds I knew something was a miss.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 21:55:38 GMT -5
I agree. Water snakes feel light. Perhaps it's what is filling the tubular shape. It's all just water and poo.
Pick up a 4 ft water snake and 4ft ball python and the Python feels twice as heavy.
Good observation.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 9, 2014 22:24:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 22:46:03 GMT -5
Dang
Jim your photos totally rock. Is the bald bearded dude Kevin??
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Post by jamesp on Aug 9, 2014 23:27:45 GMT -5
Dang Jim your photos totally rock. Is the bald bearded dude Kevin?? That is Keith(kap). Poor guy got photographed this morning in the hotel bathroom. Had the curtain wide open, why not !
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Post by quartz on Aug 10, 2014 0:22:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the show, looks like great fun.
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Post by 1nickthegreek on Aug 10, 2014 3:50:54 GMT -5
a 6ft ball python will weigh about 12-14# I wanna see pics of a 6 foot ball python LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by grayfingers on Aug 10, 2014 6:26:24 GMT -5
Nice! Looks like a great adventure. That one photo reminds me of a old-time baptism . . .
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Post by panamark on Aug 10, 2014 8:57:19 GMT -5
Nice! Looks like a great adventure. That one photo reminds me of a old-time baptism . . . And the hammer is for ............ well let's say some just don't wanna go under
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Post by kap on Aug 10, 2014 12:44:56 GMT -5
We had a BLAST!!!! James is a awesome host/guide! Mark and I ended up with around 400lbs or so of great Coral! A LOT of hollows and some great colors. I have never seen so much Coral the river is covered with it! You have a hard time deciding what to keep. We are HOOKED! James, Ann and Tina were GREAT digging partners and put up with us pretty well I think! Going to build us a river boat already send a email about a Mud Motor! THANKS AGAIN James for hooking us up! Keith ( And yes that GOOD looking bald guy is me! Mark is behind me Ann is on the left and Tina is beside her. )
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Post by munchie on Aug 10, 2014 12:58:22 GMT -5
A great big thank you to James for being such a great guide and putting up with us.Had a fantastic time collecting on the Withlahoochee River with some great friends.You could not have ask for a better trip.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 13:51:02 GMT -5
a 6ft ball python will weigh about 12-14# I wanna see pics of a 6 foot ball python LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They look just like 4 footers. Unless the image has something for scale there would be no way to know if it was 4-5- or 6 feet long. In my 11 years of owning a reptile specialty store I sold three of them. They do exist. There are those that believe the really big ones are from a single disjunct population. There is no data to support or deny this concept.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 13:54:15 GMT -5
( And yes that GOOD looking bald guy is me! Mark is behind me Ann is on the left and Tina is beside her. ) Sorry Keith. I have no clue were Kevin came from! lol OK folks, we need more pics!! RTH East Coast 2014 must be documented.
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Post by kap on Aug 10, 2014 14:56:47 GMT -5
Ann took a lot and I hope she will post some!
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