West's Wild World

21/10/2025

It's very early in the season for a boomslang, especially with all the strong winds we've been having, but it's always a good callout when it's a boomslang callout!

Species-
Boomslang
°Dispholidus typus typus°

Venom-
Highly venomous
Potent hemotoxic venom

Location-
Capri, western cape

Handler-
Sean West
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18/10/2025

Stunning boomslang that was caught and released.

Boomslang
°Dispholidus typus typus°

08/02/2024

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05/02/2024

Free handling this and free handling that, why don't you just shut the f**k up and eat my free handling ass ✨️

West african gaboon viper
○Bitis rhinoceros○

Snouted cobra
○Naja annulifera○

17/01/2024

It's one of the best-looking boomslangs to date!
This overfed monster was caught by Will de Meyer, and I had the chance to interact with it before release.
It wasn't too pleased with any handling, so we kept it very short, but we got some excellent shots of her!

Boomslang
●Dispholidus typus●

13/01/2024

Another absolutely massive cobra caught and released today.
I guess all these huge cape cobras this season make up for how few there were last year🤪

Cape Cobra
○Naja nivea○

10/01/2024

Karma is and will always be a bitch, remember that.
I'll see you soon, p***y ✨️

East african forest cobra
○Naja subfulva○

10/01/2024

05/01/2024

You constantly talk s**t behind everyone's back but have the nerve to say you have respect and were raised right? Respectfully, shut the f**k up 🫶
Respect is earned not given freely. You don't deserve anything from me, especially after attacking my family and friends' family.

But anyway, last post about degenerates. Here's 3 Cape cobras that were caught on the same day. The reddish brown one laid eggs recently, and the duller speckled one unfortunately regurgitated 4 meals during the capture but he had 4 western cape leopard toads inside of him and one of them actually managed to survive and was released back where the snake was found.

2.1 cape cobras
Naja nivea

All wild caught on the same day and released shortly after.

19/12/2023

This is probably the biggest boomslang I've ever seen!
We measured her, and she was just shy of 2m long!
For reference in the first photo, I am about 206cm long, and she is almost as long as me!

This girl was caught in western cape and shortly released after a day holding period as she had a few broken ribs or spine. Which makes you wonder why there is almost never any boomslang captures from people who solely use tongs👻 I have now caught about three boomslangs with very similar injuries to this girl and I whole heartedly suspect it's from someone using tongs in an incorrect way as there is no external injuries which would negate the thought of an animal or person trying to kill the snake.

But anyway, she's a stunning animal and has full mobility of the lower portion of her body, so she was released safely back into the wild where she belongs!

Boomslang
○Dispholidus typus○

16/12/2023

Very Cranky boa out catching some rays.

Red tail boa
○Boa constrictor imperator○