Great Elephants!!!! That boy just can't do nothing wrong .... boggles the neurons.
PS: "Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake" ... seriously? What, the type specimen was found in Middle Earth?
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- September 21st, 2015, 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: More snakes from Selangor and Pahang
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4780
- September 21st, 2015, 11:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One last post from prairie Canada - lots of rattlesnakes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11047
Re: One last post from prairie Canada - lots of rattlesnakes
What a beautiful post. Thank you very much!!
- September 21st, 2015, 9:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake ID please (Halmahera, Indonesia)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10539
Snake ID please (Halmahera, Indonesia)
Hi all, a friend of mine took this photo in Halmahera (Indonesia, just west of New Guinea), and we're all stumped about the ID. The snake was about a meter (yard) long. Any ideas what it could be? Thanks very much in advance! Hans http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Hans_Breuer/Hans_Breuer005/Chi...
- September 15th, 2015, 11:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Part 2)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6277
Re: Borneo (Part 2)
Thanks for your answer!!
Re: Borneo
Thanks for your answer!!
- September 14th, 2015, 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney Snakes!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15545
Re: Sydney Snakes!
A belated welcome to the forum! A truly Grand Entry at the FHF Pow-wow! How long have you been photographing? That's one hell of a portfolio there. Care to show a photo of your setup? I can't quite imagine where exactly you put those two speedlites and their softboxes. Thanks in advance!
- September 14th, 2015, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Venom Doc(Bryan Grieg Fry)'s Memoirs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18339
Venom Doc(Bryan Grieg Fry)'s Memoirs
Just found this on Amazon. Fromn what I know of Bryan's more casual writing, this should be a good read. Anybody read it yet?
- September 10th, 2015, 5:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake education in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8554
Re: Snake education in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa!
Fantastic!!!! Mon dieu, the faces are even better than the snakes. The two pictures of the young guys holding a house snake - spectacular comedy! Reminds me of the years I spent doing snake education in Taiwanese elementary schools ... the adults always lose their shit first, whereas most kids react...
- September 10th, 2015, 5:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A few snakes from Selangor and Pahang.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3808
Re: A few snakes from Selangor and Pahang.
How did I miss this? Words fail me. Still using the same tubular diffuser?
- September 10th, 2015, 5:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Part 2)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6277
Re: Borneo (Part 2)
A wonderful follow-up! Would you tell us a little more about the workshop? How was it structured? Did Nicky provide the herps, or did you have to hunt for subjects before each session? And what diffuser setup did you use?
Cheers
Hans
Cheers
Hans
- September 10th, 2015, 5:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: High cost of antivenin
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7790
Re: High cost of antivenin
Thanks for posting this!. This is unbelievable. Seventy percent of the price is hospital markup, while the drug per se only costs pennies. ""It's a markup intended to be discounted back down," Boyer explained in an interview. But if you don't have insurance? The negotiating is all on ...
Re: Borneo
Welcome to the forum, and What A Load Of Wonderful Stuff! Nicky Bay rules ... I hope to actually meet him here in Sarawak one of these days. How did you get the Bent-toed Gecko to stay still, and how the hell did you nail down a G. grandis ? I've been in Borneo for four years now and only ever saw o...
- July 17th, 2015, 4:37 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Bushmaster: Ditmars and the World's Largest Viper
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17182
Re: Bushmaster: Ditmars and the World's Largest Viper
Will verify when I've read it. Nothing, not even bad writing, puts me off like grammatical and orthographical errors..... I saw someone on Amazon complain about grammatical errors. That is one thing I cannot tolerate in a book, at least when they appear to be excessive (I mean, every book has typos)...
- June 28th, 2015, 5:34 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15592
Re: Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
Yes, that's the general opinion, as far as I've gathered. Rather than fly, the thing also runs in jerky sprints, much like a tiger beetle.cbernz wrote:Is this a tiger beetle mimic?
- June 25th, 2015, 1:55 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Bushmaster: Ditmars and the World's Largest Viper
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17182
Re: Bushmaster: Ditmars and the World's Largest Viper
Thanks very much!! Ordered! (well, actually, I ordered it right after I posted the above, but that's me )
- June 20th, 2015, 5:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Aussie herps in habitat
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9792
Re: Aussie herps in habitat
Fill Flash. It's what's makes the difference between a good photo and an interesting photo. Thanks for showing these!
- June 20th, 2015, 5:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Amboli revisited (Mid May + Early June) *Updated
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6010
Re: Amboli revisited (Towards the end of dry season-pre mons
Thank you, that was great! We don't get to see too much stuff from your neck of the woods around here....
- June 20th, 2015, 5:32 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Bushmaster: Ditmars and the World's Largest Viper
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17182
- June 10th, 2015, 3:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bitten - A Gallery of Horrors
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10371
Re: Bitten - A Gallery of Horrors
And then, there are of course the complete morons who pick up anything they don't know jack about, because they THINK they do:
Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
Glad I could kickstart your appetite!John Martin wrote:And Hans, thanks for the awesome dinnertime pics .
- June 7th, 2015, 9:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bitten - A Gallery of Horrors
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10371
Bitten - A Gallery of Horrors
Site disclaimer: “Bitten” is a Gallery of Photos of the horrors that result when a snake bites human flesh – they are graphic in nature, and may be distressing to sensitive individuals and young children – Please proceed at your own risk” http://liphresearch.com/venomneutral/bitten/ Please share thi...
- June 5th, 2015, 6:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Frogs from Selangor and Pahang, Malaysia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4692
Re: Frogs from Selangor and Pahang, Malaysia
The usual fantasticness. Meh Say, did your flash get a little wild on some photos there? I'm detecting a spot of overexposure or two. Do you shoot manual flash, or PTTL/automatic?
- June 5th, 2015, 5:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some snakes from KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7133
Re: Some snakes from KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
Beautiful species and photos! That Bush Snake is fantastic, and the second cobra shot is gorgeous! (Careful with the freehandling pix, though, some people might get the wrong idea.)
- June 1st, 2015, 7:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Family Florida Trip May 2015(Pythons, Tegus & More Snakes)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8740
Re: Family Florida Trip May 2015(Pythons, Tegus & More Snake
Those night road shots made me want to grab my stick and hit the highway! Beautiful trip, beautiful creatures , your kids being the most beautiful of all. Best pic of all, hands and feet down: http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u644/kingasapp/Florida%20Trip%20Herps%20May%202015/100_0922_zpskibcjm9p...
- June 1st, 2015, 7:22 am
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Whale Sharks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16038
Re: Whale Sharks
Unbelievable. Thank you very much!
- May 29th, 2015, 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3645
Re: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
We checked a bunch of field guides, and this is consobrinus indeed. But I'd never even heard of malayanus before - thanks for bringing that to my attention!
- May 28th, 2015, 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3645
Re: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
Good question. How to tell them apart? I'm not a gecko specialist, really ... only recently realized that there's more to them than just snake fooddendrelaphis wrote:Very nice, I wonder whether this might be C. malayanus?
- May 28th, 2015, 11:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Decent looking for an ugly snake?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4526
Re: Decent looking for an ugly snake?
Wow. Now that's a dark snake/image/message. Fantastic!
- May 27th, 2015, 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3645
Re: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
Thanks! Yes, I was lucky, I guess ...
- May 27th, 2015, 7:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3645
Borneo Dispatches #83: Peter's Forest Gecko
Leave it to the Germans to make a supposedly common name even less pronounceable than the already tricky Latin: "Gebänderter Bogenfingergecko" ( Cyrtodactylus consobrinus ). I'm sure the poor bugger has no idea how many generations of biology students have literally cursed his name. This f...
- May 27th, 2015, 7:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Decent looking for an ugly snake?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4526
Re: Decent looking for an ugly snake?
Love the flower!
- May 27th, 2015, 5:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Denmark, April 2015 & a bit (for Hans, 11 months late)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4259
Re: Denmark, April 2015 & a bit (for Hans, 11 months late)
How did I miss this? Thanks very much for thinking of me! Don't know about Denmark, but it's heartwarming to see that species that during my childhood 40 years ago were absolute rarities and/or restricted to tiny remote areas have made such a fantastic comeback. I'd LOVE to see a treefrog in Germany...
- May 25th, 2015, 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Morocco - april 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10332
Re: Morocco - april 2015
Thanks for the explanation, Thor!
- May 12th, 2015, 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica jackpot
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4498
Re: Costa Rica jackpot
whazzat?
- May 12th, 2015, 6:56 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Funny poem for kicks and giggles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11714
Re: Funny poem for kicks and giggles
Wonderful!!
- May 12th, 2015, 4:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: trip report - Peninsular Malaysia april 2015
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16085
Re: trip report - Peninsular Malaysia april 2015
Now I need a drink. I'll comment after I've recovered.
- May 12th, 2015, 2:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica jackpot
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4498
Re: Costa Rica jackpot
You tease, you!
- May 12th, 2015, 2:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Redwood National Park and Humboldt County
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4176
Re: Redwood National Park and Humboldt County
Great story - thanks for taking the time! Looking forward to the drive-by shooting now.
PS: Spartans stand for "endless fun"? That's not what I learned from the Classics.....
PS: Spartans stand for "endless fun"? That's not what I learned from the Classics.....
- May 11th, 2015, 10:19 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Funny poem for kicks and giggles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11714
Re: Funny poem for kicks and giggles
Brilliant!!!
- May 11th, 2015, 9:30 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Mixed bag of tropical bugs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4748
Re: Mixed bag of tropical bugs
Thanks! Just bought oneorionmystery wrote:For pitcher plants, you can try natural light, preferably with tripod.
- May 11th, 2015, 9:29 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Need tripod purchasing tips, please!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10979
Re: Need tripod purchasing tips, please!
Thanks, dthor68! Food for thought. I went with the Manfrotto in the end ... I'm not good with schlepping around heavy stuff. That said, I have a tripod my father used back in the day to mount his Hasselblad/500 mm Zeiss TeleTessar combo. The tripod feels like it's made of cast iron, it weighs an est...
- May 11th, 2015, 9:24 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17627
Re: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
Thanks very much!
- May 11th, 2015, 6:07 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17627
Re: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
Congratulations! What's "biodiscovery"?
- May 11th, 2015, 6:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NW Herpers Storm the Border - California side
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6818
Re: NW Herpers Storm the Border - California side
Lovely write-up!
- May 11th, 2015, 5:58 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15592
Re: Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
Or that.BillMcGighan wrote:Come on, Hans.
You folks just went into a craft store and found a decoration pin!
- May 11th, 2015, 5:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: SOUTH AFRICA - THE KAROO [PHOTO HEAVY]
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9514
Re: SOUTH AFRICA - THE KAROO [PHOTO HEAVY]
Wonderful trip, expertly presented. The energy and fun are palpable, and the cellphone shots make it more real. Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus - Karoo Crag Lizard What a creature!! Never seen anything like it. Looks like a crocodile for kindergartners. Or a forgotten dinosaur! Thanks for sh...
- May 11th, 2015, 5:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Before I Found this Forum
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2497
Re: Before I Found this Forum
Simply wonderful!JAMAUGHN wrote:The Perils of Entrepreneurialism by J. Maughn, on Flickr
My reptile yard-removal business card: I was a bit younger still, of course.
- May 11th, 2015, 5:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 12 Oriental Whips in an hour
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3120
Re: 12 Oriental Whips in an hour
Wow! Serpentine inflation!
- May 11th, 2015, 5:39 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Mixed bag of tropical bugs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4748
Re: Mixed bag of tropical bugs
I found and photographed a big female Deroplatys trigonodera at the bottom of Mount Santubong (Kuching, Sarawak,Borneo) Saturday night, and accidentally erased every single picture of it the next day. Now that I see what you do with a similar subject, I'm actually glad my photos are all gone. I woul...
- May 11th, 2015, 5:29 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15592
Headbanger Mantis (Metallyticus splendidus)
Rule #1 for a successful jungle foray: always, ALWAYS bring your wife. She was the one that discovered this wonderful jewel of a mantid sitting in the middle of the asphalt road as we were walking back from the summit of Mt Serapi in Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo. Mr Full Metal Jacket seemed ...
- May 5th, 2015, 12:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some hooks I made recently
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2945
Re: Some hooks I made recently
No, German. We sound a lot like thisHelleri wrote:WoT player?Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Stronk Leike Russian Tenk