I'd like to thank one or two people for their help...

Tina for putting up with all the beasts and finding royal pythons under the fridge Daniel for endless donkey work (he's not really scared of snakes) Katy for endless donkey work as well Jose for endless help in building & maintaining my computer, cutting glass (ho ho), rewiring the lot and finding sand boas under the fridge. (he is really scared of snakes) All at RG Pets & Exotics for endless advice, and snake-sitting while I'm at cub camp. Denise Loving for photos of retics Colin Brown for photos of retics and the feeding animation "Prof Chris" for allowing me to photograph his carpet pythons & rainbow boas "Pet anaconda.com" for pictures of green anacondas Jake for yellow anaconda photos Jennifer & Kevin for photographs of their boa constrictors Zack & Clint Gilders for royal python pictures Julian for his experiences with large snakes Dan for photos of carpet pythons Jared Watson for pictures of green anacondas and albino boa constrictors Nick and Kitty for pictures of royals Lisette for boa pictures Mark for the tale of his children's python Jaume for pictures of Colombian rainbow boas Joshua for the tale of his cousin Liam for albino burmese picture Nick for photos of his boa Bernie Jamie for boa pictures Michelle for boa pictures & advice on boa classification Graham for boa pictures David for royal python photos Roger for boa pictures Maurine for advice on skin shedding Andy R for boa & viv photos Chase for Carpet Python stories Ben Perrault for advise on green anacondas Aric for boa photos Chris for a photo of his lizard tattoo Sean for photos of vivs and snakes Jamie for pictures of "Mexico" - his royal python Sean for the retic story and photos of royals & boas Joe for pictures of tattoos Phillip & Cheryl for photos of royals & boas Deidre for advice on carpet pythons Luis for a strange story Brett for snake tattoo