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7:44p, 10/23/19
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Yes
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In reply to RethinkTheWeekend • 11:44a, 10/24/19
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Had one of those in the house the other day.
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9:47a, 10/29/19
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From last week on our place (SE Montgomery County):

Rat Snake


Milk Snake
I am not the Six Million Dollar Man, but I might need that surgery. "We have the technology, we can rebuild him!"
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In reply to Col. Steve Austin • 10:27a, 10/29/19
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And that's the bottom line
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7:34p, 10/29/19
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Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
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In reply to 4stringAg • 8:36p, 10/29/19
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Well dang
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2:07a, 10/30/19
Can someone please help us identify this snake? It is about 18" long. When I went to catch it, it opened it's mouth up in defense (thinking that cottonmouths do this?).

Could it be a juvenile cottonmouth or rattlesnake? Rat snake? I don't think it is a copperhead, but I obviously don't know my snakes.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

PS - not sure how to embed the photo. It looks fine on my preview

https://i.imgur.com/poLlHmIl.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/poLlHmIl.jpg
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4:05a, 10/30/19
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^^^^^rat snake
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In reply to Bpriefert • 6:38a, 10/30/19
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Rookies can't post pics.

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6:52a, 10/30/19
Board question: with temps due to hit low 30's tonight and tomorrow night, will this end snake season?
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In reply to ProgN • 8:08a, 10/30/19
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Prognightmare said:
Board question: with temps due to hit low 30's tonight and tomorrow night, will this end snake season?
I'm no snake expert but do know that I was deer hunting last year in November/December and it was very cold at night but got sunny and in low 50's during the day and I almost stepped on a rattlesnake that came out (was literally right next to its den) to take in the sun. It was moving very slowly thankfully. Again I'm not expert, but I was very surprised to see one out when it was that cold.
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In reply to ProgN • 9:00a, 10/30/19
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Prognightmare said:
Board question: with temps due to hit low 30's tonight and tomorrow night, will this end snake season?
The season never really ends here, just slows down.
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In reply to 12f Mane • 9:10a, 10/30/19
Thanks bud
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In reply to 4stringAg • 9:14a, 10/30/19
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Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
Did anyone see the following in the article?

"Keep in mind, it's against the law to intentionally kill venomous snakes in Tennessee."

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In reply to Texmid • 9:36a, 10/30/19
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Texmid said:
4stringAg said:
Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
Did anyone see the following in the article?

"Keep in mind, it's against the law to intentionally kill venomous snakes in Tennessee."

There's probably a lot of "accidental" venomous snake kills in that state.

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In reply to Counterpoint • 9:49a, 10/30/19
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Counterpoint said:
Texmid said:
4stringAg said:
Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
Did anyone see the following in the article?

"Keep in mind, it's against the law to intentionally kill venomous snakes in Tennessee."

There's probably a lot of "accidental" venomous snake kills in that state.

I'm all for letting snakes go about their business as long as they don't pose a threat to me or my family. However, if I come across a venomous snake in close proximity to children I am going to kill it.

I guess it would go down like this.... Yes, officer, I accidentally discharged my shotgun when the snake scared the crap out of me.
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In reply to Texmid • 2:08p, 10/30/19
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Texmid said:
Counterpoint said:
Texmid said:
4stringAg said:
Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
Did anyone see the following in the article?

"Keep in mind, it's against the law to intentionally kill venomous snakes in Tennessee."

There's probably a lot of "accidental" venomous snake kills in that state.

I'm all for letting snakes go about their business as long as they don't pose a threat to me or my family. However, if I come across a venomous snake in close proximity to children I am going to kill it.

I guess it would go down like this.... Yes, officer, I accidentally discharged my shotgun when the snake scared the crap out of me.
That's all well and good and within your rights under the law but far too many do it on large ranches, federal/state property, preserves, etc., in my opinion.
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3:27p, 10/30/19
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Drought seems to slow them more than cold snaps. They'll still come out if it warms enough.
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In reply to Counterpoint • 10:36p, 10/30/19
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Counterpoint said:
Texmid said:
4stringAg said:
Near world record copperhead found in west TN. Couple counties over from me in the Memphis area.

Close to world record copperhead in TN
Did anyone see the following in the article?

"Keep in mind, it's against the law to intentionally kill venomous snakes in Tennessee."

There's probably a lot of "accidental" venomous snake kills in that state.



I've been actually pleasantly surprised on our local municipal Facebook group that every time someone posts a pic of a snake whether venomous or non there are quite a lot of folks educated enough about them to encourage people off killing them for no good reason.
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10:17a, 11/5/19
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Well, they're still out during the day. Found another ~6 foot shed in my front yard yesterday.
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2:36p, 11/5/19
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I have found 5 in DFW in the past week, 2 in the neighborhood and 3 on the trails during the afternoon trying to get some sun. All water snakes of various varieties
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10:13p, 11/10/19
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Was showing my mother in law some online pictures of Eastern hog nose (she lives in Mississippi) and stumbled across this site by UGA. It starts by saying, Eastern Hognose snake, sometimes called "puff adder". Can't believe a herp education site would say that.


https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm
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In reply to agsquirrel97 • 5:05a, 11/11/19
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agsquirrel97 said:
Was showing my mother in law some online pictures of Eastern hog nose (she lives in Mississippi) and stumbled across this site by UGA. It starts by saying, Eastern Hognose snake, something called "puff adder". Can't believe a herp education site would say that.


https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm


I can. It's a common name people call them, especially here in the south.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
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In reply to zooguy96 • 8:00a, 11/11/19
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zooguy96 said:
agsquirrel97 said:
Was showing my mother in law some online pictures of Eastern hog nose (she lives in Mississippi) and stumbled across this site by UGA. It starts by saying, Eastern Hognose snake, sometimes called "puff adder". Can't believe a herp education site would say that.


https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm


I can. It's a common name people call them, especially here in the south.
Wow, I have never heard that before, appreciate the heads up so I know not to crap my pants if I am hunting in Mississippi and someone says, "come look at this puff adder"

I guess most people call every snake a cottonmouth, I shouldn't be surprised if they call a rough earth snake a gaboon pit viper or a hognose a puff adder. Just seems like the herp education web site put out by UGA could at least try and correct the record.
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2:46p, 11/12/19
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My first snake in Canada!
This was Friday evening and I was a little surprised to see a snake out when it was 40 degrees, but its all relative as it dipped down below 0 here in Calgary during the weekend.

This guy was acting pretty sluggish and didn't even react when my dog almost stepped on it.
Picture isnt great but it was a quick phone snap just before sunset. It was maybe 20-24" long



Plains garter snake I believe.
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In reply to zooguy96 • 8:16p, 11/12/19
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zooguy96 said:
agsquirrel97 said:
Was showing my mother in law some online pictures of Eastern hog nose (she lives in Mississippi) and stumbled across this site by UGA. It starts by saying, Eastern Hognose snake, something called "puff adder". Can't believe a herp education site would say that.


https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm


I can. It's a common name people call them, especially here in the south.


I've heard it called a spread natter way more than I've heard it called a puff adder.
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In reply to agsquirrel97 • 11:18p, 11/12/19
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agsquirrel97 said:
zooguy96 said:
agsquirrel97 said:
Was showing my mother in law some online pictures of Eastern hog nose (she lives in Mississippi) and stumbled across this site by UGA. It starts by saying, Eastern Hognose snake, sometimes called "puff adder". Can't believe a herp education site would say that.


https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm


I can. It's a common name people call them, especially here in the south.
Wow, I have never heard that before, appreciate the heads up so I know not to crap my pants if I am hunting in Mississippi and someone says, "come look at this puff adder"

I guess most people call every snake a cottonmouth, I shouldn't be surprised if they call a rough earth snake a gaboon pit viper or a hognose a puff adder. Just seems like the herp education web site put out by UGA could at least try and correct the record.


People misappropriate old world (Eurasian and African) animal names for unrelated or only very distantly related new world (American) animals very regularly. Some examples include: buffalo referring to American Bison, Buzzards (what buteo hawks are called in the old world) referring to vultures, and polecats (a type of old world weasel) for skunks. Puff adder is another similar misappropriation, but it would seem you already knew that. Even the word elk originally referred to the Eurasian moose and a more appropriate name for that animal would be wapiti.
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8:06a, 11/13/19
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Not 100% sure why but with this whole naming discussion this came to mind.

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12:09a, 11/16/19
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This is from last Saturday afternoon. Hadn't seen any coral snakes all summer, but I guess the cooler weather has them moving back in. This one was moving from one shed to another one.



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In reply to Touchscreen • 9:24a, 11/16/19
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They were there all summer. They are easier to see once the grass starts to rot.
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9:25a, 11/18/19
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Was moving landscape rocks I had piled up and picked one up and there was a perfectly coiled up baby copperhead underneath. It was pretty cool so he didn't move at all. Surprised me though. Tiny guy, like 9" long. Will post pics tonight.
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9:53p, 11/19/19
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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hNetmr][/url]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hNaQ8F][/url]
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10:16p, 11/19/19
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Pretty one
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3:26p, 11/20/19
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Cat had this monster in his mouth when I got home, about 12-15" long. It had an attitude like I have never seen before, typically they back down but this one was aggressive as heck.

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