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RE: drugged snakes ?
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by toddg on October 10, 2008
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Z man,
Having dabbled in a bit of photography myself, I can certainly see the benefit of using a docile snake for a photo shoot. Because of the macro lenses I require, I find snakes among the most difficult of subjects to shoot. The slightest movement and I have to recompose the shot. However, when shooting video (of which I have NO experience) it doesn’t take much imagination to see that using too docile an animal leads to boring footage. And boring is something El Stevo has never been accused of.
Again, I have no idea what he did or didn’t do when it came to helping his vipers “Find their motivation” prior to shooting the “Big scene” but, if it were remotely questionable, I think we would have heard about it by now.
I think it’s also important to remember that being a celebrity of that magnitude, you’ve got to be VERY careful with the things you do. Remember the “ Feeding the croc while holding the baby” controversy.
All that being said….. he probably cooled his snakes.
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by Cro on October 10, 2008
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I found a couple of interesting things on the web.
One was a clip of Steve Irwin trying to catch an Egyptian Cobra. That snake was in no way cooled down, LOL. It was so active and dangerous, that he walked away from it and gave up on catching it.
Also, I found this on a interview on Kingsnake about reptile photography, with Bill Love.
"TammyP: When moving our snakes from their cages to a location to photograph them they seems to think it's time to escape. Any tips on how to get them to stop moving from one spot long enough to take pics of them...without ticking them off?
BillLove: Cooling in the fridge helps slow them down - just don't forget they're in there."
And in the JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY, we find "Some Experiences When Photographing Reptiles - The Stories Behind The Photos." In that article it is stated "Fast moving venomous snakes often get the 'freezer treatment', that is they are cooled down so that they are more sluggish, and in theory aren't inclined to try to run away. Obviously the skill here is to try to get the snake to slow down as much as possible, without adversely affecting their health, and so make them easier to pose and handle."
However, the excellent reptile photographer Joe McDonald says he abhors the practice of cooling snakes, and considers it a lack of good field technique and patience.
There is no doubt that this is a very contriversial subject.
Best Regards John Z
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