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Snake Thread 2016

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GinaLinetti
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You asked for it. The ones with the scab coming off turn my stomach.
ellebee
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Yeah that's when I ever so slightly started to regret asking
trouble
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I love wound care but I ain't asking for pictures of that
ellebee
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I sure did keep on eating my almonds though. And then had to go back through them a second time.
GinaLinetti
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I picked up coconut almonds this week. Mmmmm

Now back to snakes.

Here's the little ******* that did the damage. May have been 18 inches.

ellebee
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Pic fail. I'll have to look that almond sorcery up!!
ellebee
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Oh that's totally a diamond back.
Tursiops93
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Oh that's totally a diamond back.
Just a rat snake
Muzzleblast
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Killed a copperhead on my porch two nights ago.

Last night this one shows up in the same place.

Can't even enjoy my whiskey and cigars anymore.

I'm keeping my shovel handy at this point.

Hadn't seen a copperhead around here for 4 or 5 years and now this. Did the flood move them around?

If this keeps up I'll have to keep a big gun on the porch.





GinaLinetti
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Maybe you live on a snake nest. Time to burn the house down and move on.
Bird Poo
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I picked up coconut almonds this week. Mmmmm

Now back to snakes.

Here's the little ******* that did the damage. May have been 18 inches.


I may have missed it, but how did he get bit?
Muzzleblast
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You may be correct.
Getting diesel now. Need a source of ignition.
GinaLinetti
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Was moving a tire at a job site. Looked first, but not close enough. He's much more careful now
george92
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When I was in junior high and early high school, I used to help a rancher feed cattle at several different properties during the day especially during the winter when there wasn't much grass. I was in charge of getting the square hay bails out of the little barns (where I'm from people would put hay in old farm garages, chicken coops etc). You want to talk about having to watch what you are doing, that bottom layer of hay bails always held some SURPRISES under them. I mean, every snake within a hundred acres would congregate in those buildings, under the hay, for ole George to get the chit scared out of him.
ellebee
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Was moving a tire at a job site. Looked first, but not close enough. He's much more careful now


Where was it? Here in central tx? I'm not sure what kind of rattlers are here.
ttha_aggie_09
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Was moving a tire at a job site. Looked first, but not close enough. He's much more careful now


Where was it? Here in central tx? I'm not sure what kind of rattlers are here.


Western Diamondback - I believe she said down in the eagle ford.

In central Texas you might run across a timber but unlikely.

Far west and the panhandle you have a couple of other species but for the most part, if you encounter a rattlesnake in Texas, it's a western diamondback.
ZooGuy
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Black-tailed, prairie, and mojave rattlers are decently common in west Texas. Mottled Rock rattlers are rare. Western Diamondbacka are common throughout central and west Texas.

A timber in central Texas would surprise me. Blacktailed rattlers are historically found in central Texas in some areas.
GinaLinetti
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You would be correct.
Stive
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Do eastern Diamondbacks make it into the NE and E Texas river bottoms? Or is that mostly going to be timber rattlers there?
ZooGuy
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Do eastern Diamondbacks make it into the NE and E Texas river bottoms? Or is that mostly going to be timber rattlers there?
No, they don't. Heck, we don't even have Eastern Diamonbacks here in E. Tenn.

That'd be Timbers.
ursusguy
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No love for the little Western Pygmies.

Yeah, Easterns don't come much west of SE Louisiana.
12f Mane
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More or less, it breaks out like this:

western diamondback: western 2/3 of the state, along the coast to Galveston Bay, just recently found over to Boliver

timber: eastern 1/3 mostly, along watercourses in the east central part (like Victoria/Hallettsville). Bastrop/Decatur is about as far west as they get

mojave: far west

prairie: far west and north, Odessa to Midland north

rock rattlesnake: west in the mountains into the western hill country

black-tailed: same as above

massasaugas: north, starting west of Fort Worth, some along the coast to Corpus, rare south

pygmy: mostly east, some into post oak prairie, like around Normangee

Mr. Dubi
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Turns out these *******s are pretty deadly
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I'll post a video when I get home




12f Mane
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OnlyForNow
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Looks like a sea snake to me.


Who doesn't know these things are extremely venomous and deadly? For a while I think they thought their venom might be the most damaging/deadly of any snake (still might be the case).
ttha_aggie_09
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I heard they're almost as deadly as a daddy long legs.... If it could bite a person, that is.
OnlyForNow
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I don't get it...

Daddy long legs aren't venomous at all.

The joke obviously went over my head.
KDubAg
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This brings up an interesting topic that I don't believe has been addressed yet:

How to deal with a (venomous) snakebite?

You or ZooGuy probably have the credentials to pen something educational for this thread. Not trying to volunteer y'all, just think it would be of value for those that check out this thread.
In Houston, Ben Taub is the choice for venomous bites. Dr Greene is the toxicologist and reptile guy.
SoulSlaveAG2005
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Our friendly yellow belly racer came out of his hideout in our honeysuckle...






Better luck catching him next time kiddo!
ellebee
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Can y'all tell anything from this? The pole is apparently about 5 feet long.

ttha_aggie_09
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What I can tell you is, that is for sure not a coral snake, water moccasin, or copperhead - based on length.

It's probably a rat snake but is rather slender so it could be about 3-4 other species of snakes, based on length (assuming you're in Texas).
12f Mane
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My guess would be coachwhip
OnlyForNow
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My guess is that shot pole is 5 feet tall when extended. Sure doesn't look extended.
ellebee
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I like how you insinuate I'm lying. The emoticon seals the deal that you're just trying to be a ****. It's 4.8 feet (feet measured in tenths) prior to being extended.
OnlyForNow
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Jimminy Christmas, you said "apperently" it's 5' long.

I've used shot poles before haven't seen one that long, so I was asking.
 
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