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ProgN
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11:08a, 9/25/18
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-giant-anaconda-caught-trap/

Sorry guys, it appears the footage was altered. I will leave it up and accept my shame for not checking more thoroughly.
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In reply to ProgN • 11:13a, 9/25/18
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If you read the comments below the video, Snopes de-bunked this. The video was manipulated to make the snake look bigger. It's actually only about 6'-7' feet in length. Not like that's a small anaconda, but not the big monster that we're led to believe.
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In reply to Throwout • 11:20a, 9/25/18
Read my post directly above yours
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In reply to ProgN • 11:22a, 9/25/18
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Yep--you beat me in the words-per-minute typing contest this morning.
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In reply to Throwout • 11:23a, 9/25/18
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2:19p, 9/25/18
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Llano County Hunting Cabin Snake. I think non-venomous but would like the knowledge and wisdom of OB to confirm.

About 3/4" in diameter - the folding table leg makes a perfect reference.

The head is hidden in the pic but didn't look like a rattler head to me.

No visible button or rattler segments on the tail, hidden by the chair leg in the pic.

Ok to let my son-in-law sleep here Friday night? Should I tell him about the snake?

Does it matter that he is doing me a favor by hunting hogs?


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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 2:25p, 9/25/18
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I'm on my phone and I cant get a great look, plus I'm no expert but I think Texas Rat Snake.
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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 2:25p, 9/25/18
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Rat snake.
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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 2:27p, 9/25/18
RAT SNAKE? Don't take my ID Hondo, I hate snakes but I'm trying to learn from this board and I have. Did I get it right?

Side note: Yes, tell SIL. I'm deathly afraid of snakes and if my FIL didn't tell me until after the fact, I'd probably hit him.


ETA: Vander and Dbill answered while I was typing, but I was correct. YAY!
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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 2:39p, 9/25/18
thelosthondo said:
Should I tell him about the snake?

Does it matter that he is doing me a favor by hunting hogs?
id be worried about how hes gonna get payback if you dont tell him
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In reply to Serious Lee • 2:50p, 9/25/18
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Uncle Gunnysack said:
thelosthondo said:
Should I tell him about the snake?

Does it matter that he is doing me a favor by hunting hogs?
id be worried about how hes gonna get payback if you dont tell him
The guy married his daughter....that should be payback enough
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The Lost Hondo
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3:50p, 9/25/18
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Thanks everyone for your help. Like Prog, I am trying to learn. What is the distinguishing characteristic(s) that said rat snake?

For example, this pic is from Your Friend's post at the top of Page 6. To my untrained eye, the markings look very similar to my rat snake. What's the diff?

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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 3:55p, 9/25/18
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Head shape, pattern, rattley tail, venom long fangs, scale texture, girth.
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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 3:59p, 9/25/18
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thelosthondo said:
Thanks everyone for your help. Like Prog, I am trying to learn. What is the distinguishing characteristic(s) that said rat snake?

For example, this pic is from Your Friend's post at the top of Page 6. To my untrained eye, the markings look very similar to my rat snake. What's the diff?

To me, the easisest way to tell between a rat and a WDB is the scales.

Rattlesnakes have a very rough scale pattern that overlap, While rat snakes look more like a skin to me.


Also, one shakes its ass at you when its mad.
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In reply to The Lost Hondo • 4:05p, 9/25/18
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You're much better off figuring out the distinguishing features of the venomous snakes first and then the non-venomous.

1.) start with Coral Snakes (red touch yellow - kill a fellow)
2.) work on copperheads (should be the second easiest to identify based on pattern (some may confuse hognose snakes or a few others but that's it)
3.) rattle snakes ... does it have a rattle? Lot of variation in patterns for Texas but the major species (Diamondback and Timber) are relatively consistent and easy to spot. Just need to see more.

4.) Cottonmouth is about as tough to distinguish as it gets. Mainly because every water snake out there has a color and/or pattern that resembles it and the differentiating characteristics are harder for beginners. Things like scale orientation on head, presence of "eye liner", how it swims, and other things.

Good luck!
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4:20p, 9/25/18
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Good info, thanks OB.
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In reply to Null and Void • 5:28p, 9/25/18
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In reply to Null and Void • 5:57p, 9/25/18
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That moment when you think a cobra is about to bite your face.
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5:59p, 9/25/18
Pretty sure those aren't rat snakes. Obviously some kind of water snake?
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6:06p, 9/25/18
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High as your hat, must be a rat.
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6:22p, 9/25/18
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Kinda look like False Water Cobras.
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In reply to zooguy96 • 6:25p, 9/25/18
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zooguy96 said:
Kinda look like False Water Cobras.


Kinda look like King Nope Ropes to me ... a nope
Bath, for sure.
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6:31p, 9/25/18
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Pretty sure those are king cobras, don't look much like false water cobras to me.

False water cobra:



King cobra:

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In reply to Badace52 • 6:35p, 9/25/18
I don't want to be in the same zip code much less a bath with those things.
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8:11p, 9/25/18
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To hibbidy hell with that!!!!
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10:04p, 9/25/18
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Also, one shakes its ass at you when its mad.
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In reply to ProgN • 7:58a, 9/26/18
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I believe that's a huge python.
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In reply to tx4guns • 7:59a, 9/26/18
It is, check out my post at the top of this page.
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8:41a, 9/26/18
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Don't they remove the fangs from the cobras that they use for show?
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 9:17a, 9/26/18
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P.U.T.U said:
Don't they remove the fangs from the cobras that they use for show?


I thought I read somewhere they just remove their venom glands.
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 9:25a, 9/26/18
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P.U.T.U said:
Don't they remove the fangs from the cobras that they use for show?


Usually just their venom glands.

Venomoids are snakes where the venom glands have been removed.
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10:48a, 9/26/18
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Saw this guy this morning right on the deck outside my back door. I have a 7, 5, and 3 year old, so i felt like i needed to make his short life over.

Not sure if this is the same one or if we have a litter of copperheads under our deck, but my wife took this picture yesterday afternoon. He slithered between the boards before she could get to him.



Haven't seen a copperhead in our yard in about a year and potentially see 2 in less than 24 hours. I guess it could be the same one though.

That's what I told my wife anyways. She is ready to rip up the deck and replace it with concrete.
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In reply to [removed post] • 11:05a, 9/26/18
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I blame the homeowners before me. I have only owned the house for 1.5 years!
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