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Snake thread 2020

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No he wasn't. We got home, my wife props the door open because I'm carrying the bags. She goes in, and my youngest daughter comes running back to me saying "snake, snake!". I look up at the door just in time to see the snake going into the house. I run in, and my wife has the skewer from our fire pit in hand. The snake is coiled up behind the door, not looking happy. I tell her to wait, and just as I do the snake darts back outside, between the door and the jamb. I went outside after that to find it and take the picture.

As I think I mentioned before, we live close to a river that comes and goes with rain. We've had a ton of frogs this season, so I'm sure this guy is having a feast.
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This is the type of snake when I see guys post I usually roll my eyes but here goes......

Brown snake???

Little SOB was not happy and was striking at us as we handled him.
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Stop for a picnic lunch at Greycliff Prairie dog state park outside of Big Timber Montana. Walked up on this guy
12f Mane
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prairie rattlesnake
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ID? Sealy Area Western Rat?
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BadAzzBohemian said:

ID? Sealy Area Western Rat?

Milwaukees Best Light
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League City today
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That's a tough one. I'm guessing PBWS, but I am more confident in the WS than the PB.
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DaveAg02 said:

That's a tough one. I'm guessing PBWS, but I am more confident in the WS than the PB.


I can't tell for sure either but I kind of got the chain link pattern of a diamond back. That or cottonmouth but head didnt look right.

I will say I when i zoom in it get very blurry and I did not sleep last night so I could be way off.
DaveAg02
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I can buy that, can seem to make out a faint diamond pattern
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Pretty sure it was not a cottonmouth. The brown and white blob is a dead rat. Think the snake got it and was resting before eating, or something. My son helped with the photos and he is 2, so you get what you get. It was kind of a compromise, let him help with pics, or let him go see the snake. I think we chose correctly. This was at the Butler Longhorn Museum.
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Looks like a diamondback water snake to me
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I know it's a long shot....but any thoughts...



TheVarian
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I'm gonna say a snake shed it's skin...hard to tell though
McInnis
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That 47 rattlers in a jar thread made me wonder about something I've never thought about before - what do snakes eat when they are that small?
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Insects, lizards, amphibians, smaller rodents. depends on the species.
vander54
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McInnis said:

That 47 rattlers in a jar thread made me wonder about something I've never thought about before - what do snakes eat when they are that small?


Most snakes will eat anything they can overpower and general something 1.5 times their body diameter.
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I've seen the local copperheads eating cicadas and caterpillars.
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MouthBQ98 said:

I've seen the local copperheads eating cicadas and caterpillars.
What about the out-of-towners?
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#FJB
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Highway 6 runs both ways!!!! They ain't welcome.
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bh93 said:

Highway 6 Copperhead Road runs both ways!!!! They ain't welcome.
MouthBQ98
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My place is more like California for copperheads, not Idaho. I like to think they move out more than in.
Spotted Ag
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My dad killed a beautiful hog nose at my house this weekend. Thought it was a copper head, smh
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Found while dove hunting in Nocona.

JSKolache
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Homey scouted for tracks - looks promising...
toolshed
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Spooked two of these this morning while mowing at the deer lease. This one and one about half it's size. East Texas.
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He raced down into the drain before I could get any closer
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From Houston KHOU found in Memorial Park...


Link to article
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That was a shockingly reasonable article about it. I expected, "Snake of Death found in Park. Quarantine for 2 Weeks!"
12f Mane
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They are one of the most common snakes in the park and arboretum.
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https://instagr.am/p/CFxgzeribDx

Finally, somebody put a hat on the snake.
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” -Henry Ford

#FJB
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ballchain said:

I run across them on the Buffalo Bayou trails along Allen Parkway pretty regular.

Same. Seen a lot on buffalo bayou, seen a couple in memorial park.
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This is not my pic or something I saw but clipped it from an article. Oddly patterned copperhead seen by woman in Madison, MS


 
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