The last snake just looks like it's mean
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chiken said:
The last snake just looks like it's mean
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1990AG said:
Round eyes and striped lower jaw!!
Also that color and pattern on the broad bands are pretty unique. Might be the easiest water snake to ID IMO.
bh93 said:
He is doing that head thing. Wow that's really cool because a quick glance gives you the shovel appearance.
Yep, which is why it can't always be trusted. These guys are really good at cottonmouth head imitation. They're also mean little guys, as Badace pointed out earlier.
ttha_aggie_09 said:bh93 said:
He is doing that head thing. Wow that's really cool because a quick glance gives you the shovel appearance.
Yep, which is why it can't always be trusted. These guys are really good at cottonmouth head imitation. They're also mean little guys, as Badace pointed out earlier.
Which is why in the wild I go head then tail.
Of course if it is in my house, like last year, I go ****ity **** **** and burn it with fire!!!
Probably the second one...
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Found this guy moving to the road and moved him to my backyard. My fence has a drainage ditch behind it and it came from there. I have enough gap at the bottom in a couple of places he can get through. What is it? About 12 inches shell.
Texas spiny softshell
That is a short pointer finger of you get too close to it
Nah pretty small head and range compared to his shell size. Alligator snappers would worry me. Those are some mean SOBs. Used to catch them as a kid. The test was a broom if they could break one with one snap we had a winner.
Side note dared the 23 YO recent EE graduate to move him. Pretty obvious he had never picked up a good size turtle. About ten steps after on the way to the back yard the turtle pissed his blather and catching the boy by surprise. Classic city boy reaction
Side note dared the 23 YO recent EE graduate to move him. Pretty obvious he had never picked up a good size turtle. About ten steps after on the way to the back yard the turtle pissed his blather and catching the boy by surprise. Classic city boy reaction
Snake newbie question here. For the past several months, on average I've been relocating around 3 rat snakes a day from my property (because of my chickens...otherwise they could stay) and I've been driving them 5 miles away. The whole time I've lived here, I've never seen a venomous snake. By getting rid of this ridiculous number of rat snakes, is it possible I could be affecting the ecological balance (or whatever) and making it more likely that a venomous snake would fill the void? Or is it just more likely that I'll see more rats, etc?
*Or is this just the same snakes over and over because 5 miles isn't far enough hahah
*Or is this just the same snakes over and over because 5 miles isn't far enough hahah
Spray paint the tail....that's what my uncle used to do with the raccoons he would catchCounterpoint said:
*Or is this just the same snakes over and over because 5 miles isn't far enough hahah
Found this guy at the lake last night. Not great picture quality
Rat snake... what lake?
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Lake Lewisville
You probably have a ton of rat snakes, some are likely making their way back from where you release them, but not all. The removal of the rat snakes will not likely affect how many venomous snakes you have on your property as rat snakes will get out of the way of venomous snakes when given the chance. I have found in areas with lots of copperheads and cottonmouths, the rat snakes become more arboreal and harder to find hiding under logs and sheet metal.
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While you're at it, give it a top hat and monocle!AZAG08 said:Spray paint the tail....that's what my uncle used to do with the raccoons he would catchCounterpoint said:
*Or is this just the same snakes over and over because 5 miles isn't far enough hahah
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My wife showed me a Facebook post that links to this Houston Chronicle article about the ultra rare hognose spotted in Brazos Bend state park.
Beware out there, dozens have probably died already from this cobra like serpent (my words not theirs for dramatic affect)
Idiots really know how to educate the masses with a very poorly worded article.
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Rare-cobra-like-snake-spotted-at-Brazos-Bend-13871320.php#photo-17521785
Beware out there, dozens have probably died already from this cobra like serpent (my words not theirs for dramatic affect)
Idiots really know how to educate the masses with a very poorly worded article.
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Rare-cobra-like-snake-spotted-at-Brazos-Bend-13871320.php#photo-17521785
"Cobra-like"
agsquirrel97 said:
My wife showed me a Facebook post that links to this Houston Chronicle article about the ultra rare hognose spotted in Brazos Bend state park.
Beware out there, dozens have probably died already from this cobra like serpent (my words not theirs for dramatic affect)
Idiots really know how to educate the masses with a very poorly worded article.
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Rare-cobra-like-snake-spotted-at-Brazos-Bend-13871320.php#photo-17521785
Terrible
That article is not that bad. Yes the cobra reference is really ignorant and bad. If she replaced cobra and rattlesnake how close would it be? But the rest of the article was quote from a good source and sound advice for newbs.
ID please.
This bad boy was under a tractor tire in the barn. Ran over him as we moved equipment. My son was playing right by it before we moved the tractor.
As you can see in the background barn is about 40' from a flooded rice field.
This bad boy was under a tractor tire in the barn. Ran over him as we moved equipment. My son was playing right by it before we moved the tractor.
As you can see in the background barn is about 40' from a flooded rice field.
That looks like mascara to me, and it's got the body. I would say WM, but I'm not as good with body patterns and you can't see the head real good in this picture
Cottonmouth 100%.
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In terms of drop per drop....
A honey bee's venom is in roughly the same range of toxicity as some rattlesnakes.
A yellow-jacket wasp's venom is comparable in toxicity to a gaboon viper's.
A harvester ant's venom is three times as toxic as a black mamba's.
The "red on yellow" rhythm isn't always true in the USA and Coral Snakes.
Coral Snakes >>> http://thevenominterviews.com/2016/06/02/mythbusting-coral-snakes/
A honey bee's venom is in roughly the same range of toxicity as some rattlesnakes.
A yellow-jacket wasp's venom is comparable in toxicity to a gaboon viper's.
A harvester ant's venom is three times as toxic as a black mamba's.
The "red on yellow" rhythm isn't always true in the USA and Coral Snakes.
Coral Snakes >>> http://thevenominterviews.com/2016/06/02/mythbusting-coral-snakes/
Badace52 said:
Cottonmouth 100%.
Probably just lost his yellow tail
Well that's nightmarish...
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Love this story for coons, squirrels, possums, snakes....AZAG08 said:Spray paint the tail....that's what my uncle used to do with the raccoons he would catchCounterpoint said:
*Or is this just the same snakes over and over because 5 miles isn't far enough hahah
ID?
Good kill
Especially in the situation you described.
Good kill
Especially in the situation you described.
He's right... that is a copperhead head.
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AND a Copperhead body!
i have one living outside my garage but he only shows himself occasionally....caught one of his kids last year, but never the whole gang. I think they live under my driveway
i have one living outside my garage but he only shows himself occasionally....caught one of his kids last year, but never the whole gang. I think they live under my driveway
My daughter caught her first snake.
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