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Timber Rattlesnake Combat
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by BWSmith on June 4, 2008
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Male combat in Timbers. They were being packed up to go to a display. The female ovulated within a week (as did most of the other female horridus at the display). This was taken several years ago on a digital camera. Finally got someone to clean it up and combine the videos. Sorry for the poor quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGq2_ywQos
B W Smith
Animal South
bwsmith@animalsouth.com
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by earthguy on June 4, 2008
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Excellent footage. It's at times like this that I really think that Youtube is actually a worthwhile venture.
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by 23bms on June 4, 2008
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Interesting, but while watching, I couldn't help but wonder when one of them was going to fall against the hot bare light bulb. I'm not a big fan in in-cage lights.
jrb
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by Cro on June 4, 2008
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Brian, it is cool that you caught that male combat on film. That is something rarly seen, and then rarely when a camera is available.
I would have to agree about the bare light bulb in the cage though. Too bad there is not a better way to light portable display cages, and still keep them safe.
Would be bad to have folks ask, "who's cooking BBQ" and have to tell them it is fried timber rattler, LOL !
Best Regards John Z
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by BWSmith on June 4, 2008
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The bulbs are for light, rather than heat. They are 15-25 watts so there is virtually no heat. You can touch them and they are warm, not hot.
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by Rob_Carmichael on June 7, 2008
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Great stuff B.W.!! There's been many times I wish I had my video ready and always miss it - great stuff. As far as having bulbs inside the cage, the Europeans have been doing it for years and rarely have any thermal burns - low wattage bulbs pose little danger.
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by Cro on June 7, 2008
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Yep, 15-25 watt bulbs are safe to use, and not likely to cause burns.
I have seen some nasty burns on climbing snakes that coiled around 100 watt bulbs.
The way those timbers were slaming each other, I was more concerned that they might actually break a bulb.
Very cool to get footage of that combat "dance".
Best Regards John Z
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by BWSmith on June 11, 2008
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Well, the combat was not anticipated lol. I still have not found many references of combat in horridus.
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