Patchnose snake?Badace52 said:
Alright guys. Got a really good one here. My friend sent me this pic for ID from her house in West Austin area this AM. Snake was not harmed. Any guesses? Not you 12f... give the others a shot.
I don't know, but I know that a snake can get caught unprotected during a cold snap. During deer season, after a sudden cold front hit, my cousin was sitting in his deer blind and could hear some hogs but they would not come in. He decided to get out of his blind and try to get to them. He was crawling on all fours along a game trail when he spotted a small coiled rattler underneath him. His hands had already passed the snake but it was too cold to strike I guess.MouthBQ98 said:
Can getting caught in the open during a sudden cold snap kill them? It went from 70's to freezing here earlier this week.
I stepped right over a diamondback rattler on opening day of dove season this year. It didn't register in my brain because it was camouflaged really well. Scare the living crap out of me because my 8 and 10 year old sons were about 10 paces behind me.Allen76 said:I don't know, but I know that a snake can get caught unprotected during a cold snap. During deer season, after a sudden cold front hit, my cousin was sitting in his deer blind and could hear some hogs but they would not come in. He decided to get out of his blind and try to get to them. He was crawling on all fours along a game trail when he spotted a small coiled rattler underneath him. His hands had already passed the snake but it was too cold to strike I guess.MouthBQ98 said:
Can getting caught in the open during a sudden cold snap kill them? It went from 70's to freezing here earlier this week.
mandevilleag said:
I have a catch basin and sump pump in a low area on my property that needs to be cleaned of debris from time to time, which I was doing this weekend. I've unplugged the pump and got my hand down there digging out leaves and debris and grab something long and slimy. It unkinked my colon a bit, but thought it couldn't be a snake. It was too slimy. It must have been a frog. So I kept working and grabbed it again and knew it wasn't a frog. I finally fished this little guy out. Not a snek, but snek-like and pretty darn cool. It's a three-toed amphiuma. I've heard they've got pretty a good bite, but I think this one was too cold.
mandevilleag said:
I have a catch basin and sump pump in a low area on my property that needs to be cleaned of debris from time to time, which I was doing this weekend. I've unplugged the pump and got my hand down there digging out leaves and debris and grab something long and slimy. It unkinked my colon a bit, but thought it couldn't be a snake. It was too slimy. It must have been a frog. So I kept working and grabbed it again and knew it wasn't a frog. I finally fished this little guy out. Not a snek, but snek-like and pretty darn cool. It's a three-toed amphiuma. I've heard they've got pretty a good bite, but I think this one was too cold.
No doubt. Swamp creatures I guess. I need to be a little more careful with unfamiliar creatures though. I just thought it was similar to a salamander or frog and was relatively harmless. After looking it up, I've seen several sites caution to handle with care because they can give a nasty bite that often gets a bad infection. I handled this one quite a bit trying to get a good photo, but it was too slick to hold in my hand. I assume it was too cold for it to be very active.Badace52 said:
You have really cool wildlife around your house...
email me toledo321 at a0l.com when the weather gets how you want it. My schedule is pretty open.12f Mane said:
Say when
Please tell us you are going to liveblog this on the thread...12f Mane said:
Say when
CS78 said:email me toledo321 at a0l.com when the weather gets how you want it. My schedule is pretty open.12f Mane said:
Say when
Man, that is the smoothest way I have ever seen somebody sign up the Outdoors board to come clean up their property...CS78 said:
I don't care who shows up.
