Quote from: anwar on May 23, 2011, 11:22:22 PM
none of them seemed to have these identifiable rings all along their bodies.

That said, the rings do seem to be less pronounced in the photos (as compared to the video).

Colorization of these snakes could be quite deceiving, as they change as the skin get old and ready to be discarded.

Look at the snake's head in the Second pic above and compare with that by me below. The lining at the head is a positive match. Adding to it, the long a slender bodies are unmistakably that of Rat Snake. Not many other snakes have these two unique feature.

yes ujjwaana seems to be tru........

only two persons can tell us the truth : 1 - god, 2- the man who started this thread.......

let me go out and get bitten and see ....god !! most certainly !! no competition with him whatsoever !!

All RC guys busy talking about snakes

.....and songs lol

I don't claim to be a herpetologist, however, it seems to be a either a Olive or Striped or a Checkered Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii) species. known in Bengal as a 'Dhora/ Joldhora' or a 'Heley' Shaap. Quite common................

I could be wrong though, the ambient light (and resultant recordings) can play havoc while trying to identify the species.

wingco sir,do u know to play the instrument called 'Magudi'? Lol

of course, but i heard, they are deaf and they respond to the Maagudi movement and no the music, dunno how far it is true

yeah..they don't have ears even their vision also thermal vision only..

So naive! Apparently you guys have not seen Hiss yet
they can see, hear, sing, dance, mutate into attractive women and take vengeance etc

only in movies !!

Quote from: augustinev on May 23, 2011, 10:53:50 PM
True, very, Old Monk is like 50

and a bottle of teachers scotch is around 700

Snakes and thermal vison? Yes they do have weak vision but thermal?? Thats news.
Snakes sense of world mostly comes from thier sense of taste/smell and they taste and also smell with thier forked tounge.
Another falacy - Bite marks. Irrespective of venomous or not a snake bite would still leave you with two hypodermic needle marks.

Actually thats not new. I have seen this on discovery many times. Most species have infrared sensor near their nose which they use to collect thermal data, this information is overlapped with visual information from eyes buy the brain in such a way that they actually "see" that thermal information.

SLS oh that way you meant thermal vision, I was under impression that you meant they see thermally from the eyes.
What you have now said is exactly what I said. And yes that would be thermal vision (but not in true sense)
Additionally some do have thermal sensors (e.g. the pit of a pit viper)

The ones at Gusty's pics are rat sankes commonly called "Dhamin" in UP/Bihar. Common sites in a garden with trees and often sited trying to sneak in to birds nest to gobble eggs or hatchlings.  
I am no sepcialist in snakes but then learnt to handle enough from my NCC aeromodelling instructor who had a house full of them and even used to keep one Indian Cobra in his Lamby. The Indian Army did teach some more (including how to savour one and beleive me they are good if done up properly).  

Quote from: flyingboxcar on May 24, 2011, 05:48:12 PM
they are good if done up properly). 

+1

Quote from: flyingboxcar on May 24, 2011, 05:48:12 PM
The ones at Gusty's pics are rat sankes commonly called "Dhamin" in UP/Bihar.

Capt, The VC pics are indeed 'Dorwa' , ie Water snake. It is much thicker, slower and fatter than slender "Dhaaman' or Rat Snake. concentrate on the scaling/lines near the nose....

this is one animal that gives me the creeps....

I had a Near encounter, While flying in a remote field, I was only looking at the plane, and by chance I happened to look below and saw a snake about 2 metres long moving across the field when it was just a few feet away from me. That sent a thrilling chill up my spine. We both were minding our own business luckily .