Brown water snake?
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Last: 3 yr ago by Null and Void
Northern/midland water snake
Thanks, I'll tell my friend who posted it. She thinks it's a cottonmouth. I told her it was non venomous but couldn't give an ID beyond that.
As somewhat of an aside, it's funny how all snake sightings get sensationalized. Last year, I was swimming with my son and a couple nieces and nephews in the most beautiful lake in Georgia. Some kids on the dock were yelling at us to get out of the water because there was a copperhead close to us. The kids all freaked out. The culprit - a pine cone.
As somewhat of an aside, it's funny how all snake sightings get sensationalized. Last year, I was swimming with my son and a couple nieces and nephews in the most beautiful lake in Georgia. Some kids on the dock were yelling at us to get out of the water because there was a copperhead close to us. The kids all freaked out. The culprit - a pine cone.
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Taken by friend today in southeast Houston
Wow... Not sure what that is. It looks like am escaped designer corn snake maybe?? Paging 12f??
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Coachwhip. They can have neat bands and a reddish color around here
Ahh makes sense... I was registering that reddish color as gray for some reason, but I see it now.
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DP
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Nothing to report yet. Cold front kept them drowsy, but the hot weather the rest of this week out to get some snakes out.
I've seen three snakes this past week here in Montgomery.
First was a little brown snake I uncovered while trying to dig up a stump. Could have been a rough earth snake. Small, around 6". Moved about 10 feet away and stayed by the fence.
Second was a ribbon or garter snake we startled near my daughters swing set. Cool black and green coloring, about 20-24" or so and moved pretty quick. My daughter was fascinated by it as we followed it to the fence line. She kept saying "snake daddy" in toddler until bedtime.
Third was a pretty copperhead. Sitting still, coiled up by the shed. Slithered off before I could kill it. It was a younger one, about 20". I got a picture of this one, but I don't have image accounts anywhere.
First was a little brown snake I uncovered while trying to dig up a stump. Could have been a rough earth snake. Small, around 6". Moved about 10 feet away and stayed by the fence.
Second was a ribbon or garter snake we startled near my daughters swing set. Cool black and green coloring, about 20-24" or so and moved pretty quick. My daughter was fascinated by it as we followed it to the fence line. She kept saying "snake daddy" in toddler until bedtime.
Third was a pretty copperhead. Sitting still, coiled up by the shed. Slithered off before I could kill it. It was a younger one, about 20". I got a picture of this one, but I don't have image accounts anywhere.
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Slithered off before I could kill it.
Nah he good, many of us have said if a venomous snake was by our house we would kill it, if it was in the wild we would leave it. Not worth leaving it for someone or our pets getting bit and unless you have the training and tools it is not worth the risk of handling it. Mouth is the exceptionagcrock2005 said:You must be new around here.Quote:
Slithered off before I could kill it.
For a copperhead that is a mature and large snake.crockerdan04 said:
It was a younger one, about 20".
Yep. In my backyard with a little explorer running around, the venomous ones have to go. Seen outside of the backyard would be used as as educational opportunity to watch them and talk about them.
Thanks to these threads over the past couple of years, I can speak about them much better than before.
Thanks to these threads over the past couple of years, I can speak about them much better than before.
Nah, I don't kill any snakes I see. I relocate venomous snakes to appropriate locations. Course, I find relocating venomous snakes exciting!
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Depends on what is going on, we have some woods and some creeks 100 yards from us. If I have my son with me I may relocate them but my under 2 year old daughter and it dies. But it is very rare to have a venomous one around us, out of over 50 snakes I have seen in the neighborhood I have seen one copperhead and one water moccasin with both of those being on the trails by ponds.zooguy96 said:
Nah, I don't kill any snakes I see. I relocate venomous snakes to appropriate locations. Course, I find relocating venomous snakes exciting!
P.U.T.U said:Depends on what is going on, we have some woods and some creeks 100 yards from us. If I have my son with me I may relocate them but my under 2 year old daughter and it dies. But it is very rare to have a venomous one around us, out of over 50 snakes I have seen in the neighborhood I have seen one copperhead and one water moccasin with both of those being on the trails by ponds.zooguy96 said:
Nah, I don't kill any snakes I see. I relocate venomous snakes to appropriate locations. Course, I find relocating venomous snakes exciting!
Yeah, I wouldn't blame anyone with kids killing venomous snakes. Just not something I do.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Just saw a big coral snake in a creek drain with moving water. Near Somerville. I've spent a lot of time in the woods and it's the first I've ever seen alive. Tried to get a pic for yall and get the kids to where they could see it but I lost track of him and wasn't brave enough to go busting through the brush. I never got within about 12ft of him but was surprised at how determined he was to get away.
PM or email me if anyone would like to go back and look for him.
PM or email me if anyone would like to go back and look for him.
I "relocated" a Ribbon over the back fence last weekend. Suno***un was right back on the porch about an hour later. He snapped at me and so he got a much more vigourous relocation over the fence. i never saw him again.
Rat snake swam right past my leg fishing for whites at The Steps above Granger Lake today. Had to keep another fisherman from killing it.
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My kids are grown but I got bit by a copperhead last October and my whole attitude towards them changed. I killed one yesterday on the front porch with a green lizard's tail sticking out of its mouth.
I had a friend who worked at one of the zoos I worked at get bitten by a baby rattlesnake. He felt sorry for it, and was removing reptile mites from it (albeit, not the most intelligent thing to do). A fang got loose, and he got bitten. He worked with venomous snakes - so certainly, not one of his brightest moments (he was in his early 20's).
He didn't change his mind on venomous snakes - it was he who had made the mistake. I'm not insinuating anything about your situation - but if I got bitten, I wouldn't change my mind about venomous snakes. In my view, they provide a vital role in the ecosystem, and I'm invading their world.
Again, I'd never fault anyone from killing them - that's just not what I'd do.
He didn't change his mind on venomous snakes - it was he who had made the mistake. I'm not insinuating anything about your situation - but if I got bitten, I wouldn't change my mind about venomous snakes. In my view, they provide a vital role in the ecosystem, and I'm invading their world.
Again, I'd never fault anyone from killing them - that's just not what I'd do.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
What kind is this?
Brown/Dekay's snake
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That's awesome!
The dreaded and VERY POISONOUS Texas Cobra!
You're luck you made it!
You're luck you made it!
I got a really nice picture of a Northern water snake and put it into the Facial Book thread. It looked exactly like the one my friend took from her yard. Another woman who I do not know had posted in the thread that she was a "Southern girl and I know my snakes. That is a cottonmouth water moccasin".12f Mane said:
Northern/midland water snake
Just today, I get the Facial Book notification. She is on the thread responding to my photo and telling me that I am wrong, and that the snake in my friend's ivy was a very dangerous cottonmouth. Ugh
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Kool said:I got a really nice picture of a Northern water snake and put it into the Facial Book thread. It looked exactly like the one my friend took from her yard. Another woman who I do not know had posted in the thread that she was a "Southern girl and I know my snakes. That is a cottonmouth water moccasin".12f Mane said:
Northern/midland water snake
Just today, I get the Facial Book notification. She is on the thread responding to my photo and telling me that I am wrong, and that the snake in my friend's ivy was a very dangerous cottonmouth. Ugh
Don't worry about it... Some people can't be helped. It is not your responsibility to fix her stupid. You just put the truth out there, make her a little mad by arguing that she is wrong, and hope she gets mad enough to take the time to figure out who is really right. Then you have made a difference
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Agree. I abhor The Facial Book, but you cannot have a page for your business without opening up a personal page. Thanks, Zuckerberg! I never engaged her at all, I just told my friend what the snake in her yard was and that it was friendly. Even provided her with a photo, and she thanked me. She hates rats, so she was all good. Her friend the Southern girl felt it necessary to correct me. You win the Interwebs, Tough Lady.Badace52 said:Kool said:I got a really nice picture of a Northern water snake and put it into the Facial Book thread. It looked exactly like the one my friend took from her yard. Another woman who I do not know had posted in the thread that she was a "Southern girl and I know my snakes. That is a cottonmouth water moccasin".12f Mane said:
Northern/midland water snake
Just today, I get the Facial Book notification. She is on the thread responding to my photo and telling me that I am wrong, and that the snake in my friend's ivy was a very dangerous cottonmouth. Ugh
Don't worry about it... Some people can't be helped. It is not your responsibility to fix her stupid. You just put the truth out there, make her a little mad by arguing that she is wrong, and hope she gets mad enough to take the time to figure out who is really right. Then you have made a difference
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I had a copperhead in my garage this past weekend. I live in Spring so not exactly rural. First time I can recall seeing one outside a wooded area.
Actually that's a pretty cool picture.
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Except that its having its head cut offBadace52 said:
Actually that's a pretty cool picture.
Really, I thought they were just grabbing it with something.
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