Australia-Black tiger snake

i love these guys! they are by far my favourite out of all the Australian Elapids. You can find nearly all the black tiger snake subspecies on Kangaroo Island so im not 100% sure which one it is but its awesome!

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starting to hood up a bit
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note- i did not just lift the snake for the sake of the picture, i was actually moveing the snake from the farmers land as the farmers kill the snakes beacuse they eat their baby chickens.

Nice, very nice ... too big and scary for me

wow class looking snake! reminds me of a black mamba lol...
But at the same time I'm glad theyr not in ireland lol

ive kept venomous for years but you have far bigger balls than me lol

lol those were by far the most docile snakes i found out there! i had to jump up and down n wave my arms in the air just 2 try n get it to hood for me lol which he only did for half a second n then carryied on his way looking for baby chicks, oblivious to the fact that i was hovering over him snaping shots lol
its the eastern brown snake that gets your heart pumping! lol

Docile or not you won't catch me free handling a venomous snake like that without a hook, no way :) But cool shots and gorgeous snake. Looks like you had a ball!

Fantastic pictures.
What length are these guys ?

all depends on the subspecies. This guy was about 4.5 to 5ft but the biggest are the Chappell Island Black tiger snakes which only feed 2 to 3 months out of the year on mutton bird chicks and then fast for 9 to 10 months until the birds comeback again. They get well over 6ft

yeah! it was best time of my life lol... well it is the promise land!