What's this? He was by my garage when I pulled in today. Then climbed up a bush next to my house
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Coachwhip is my guess
I have found a copperhead coiled in my front flowerbed the last two nights, but I let them be because they go away by dawn.
That is a huge copperhead.
Pretty cool they're so closely related that they have such similar behaviors they will engage across species.
Pretty cool they're so closely related that they have such similar behaviors they will engage across species.
Oh, and...
I've been hiking the Appalachian Trail and two days ago in Southern Virginia I had great timing to witness this Eastern Garter snake attack and eat what I think is a Northern Slimy Salamander.
The only way I know how to post this video is with a you tube link. Below is a link to my entire hiking video for that day. The action starts at the 3:50 mark. Enjoy.
The only way I know how to post this video is with a you tube link. Below is a link to my entire hiking video for that day. The action starts at the 3:50 mark. Enjoy.
Probably a silly question that's been asked and answered but are venomous snakes typically immune to the bites from other venomous snakes? Does it matter if they're the same species or different?
Saw a video on this. Sometimes yes, sort of, and often no. Some snakes are only moderately resistant to their own venom or that of their species and some aren't at all. There's a lot of variability in venom even within a species regarding concentration or proportions or even tiny changes in the proteins.
I hesitated to post a dead coral snake photo but I saw earlier in the thread that killing them is ok with kids under 50 lbs in the house! It caught my eye slithering under a car and I sounded all alarms until WatchOle could come out and kill it for me.
watcholady said:
I hesitated to post a dead coral snake photo but I saw earlier in the thread that killing them is ok with kids under 50 lbs in the house! It caught my eye slithering under a car and I sounded all alarms until WatchOle could come out and kill it for me.
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Counterpoint said:watcholady said:
I hesitated to post a dead coral snake photo but I saw earlier in the thread that killing them is ok with kids under 50 lbs in the house! It caught my eye slithering under a car and I sounded all alarms until WatchOle could come out and kill it for me.
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Excellent use of username.
Using a yard stick to kill a snake is brave/cold blooded.
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Using a yard stick to kill a snake is brave/cold blooded.
That pic makes me want to buy a yardstick that is only 2 feet long, scaled down... that way all my fish and snakes grow by half!
For the record, there has never been a recorded coral snake fatality in texas. The ones in our region have relatively weaker venom.
Don't know a soul though that wants to find out if that's forever true
Edit - lots of terrible spelling
Edit - lots of terrible spelling
The yard stick caught my eye too! Cannot remember the last time i saw one of those....and to kill snakes with a yard stick is savage.DaveAg02 said:CowtownAg06 said:
Using a yard stick to kill a snake is brave/cold blooded.
That pic makes me want to buy a yardstick that is only 2 feet long, scaled down... that way all my fish and snakes grow by half!
Can we start including location on these copper and coral finds? Need to know whether to be careful reaching down and checking my backyard pepper plants.
For the corals, it is only a concern if you separate your fingers and it bites you between the fingers. Otherwise their mouth is not big enough to puncture the skin.HtownAg92 said:
Can we start including location on these copper and coral finds? Need to know whether to be careful reaching down and checking my backyard pepper plants.
Not sure if joking or not.
I have a buddy that got bit in high school. He had a pet python and king snake and picked up a coral thinking it was a milksnake. I don't think he openly tried to get bit by spreading his fingers apart.
I have a buddy that got bit in high school. He had a pet python and king snake and picked up a coral thinking it was a milksnake. I don't think he openly tried to get bit by spreading his fingers apart.
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I'm pretty sure I've said it here before, but imagine if you could breed traits in snakes like you do with dogs.mandevilleag said:I think the males do this ritual fight over females to see who gets to mate. Question is, Is the female a copperhead or a cottonmouth? And would a cross species mating be successful?DatTallArchitect said:
Are they fighting or mating?
Cottonheads! or maybe
Coppermouths!
This thread would really be crazy. Coachwhip, cobra, python.
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I'm more scared of the yard stick than the coral snake. Catholic school and a mom who sewed regularly taught me the reach of those things and yes, it is at least twice as long as their bodies unlike a rattle snake.evestor1 said:The yard stick caught my eye too! Cannot remember the last time i saw one of thoseDaveAg02 said:CowtownAg06 said:
Using a yard stick to kill a snake is brave/cold blooded.
That pic makes me want to buy a yardstick that is only 2 feet long, scaled down... that way all my fish and snakes grow by half!
When my oldest son was born, he was really colicy for about 4 months. I wound up taking a shift holding him for most nights between 11-2am so my wife would sleep. He would cry a lot so I couldn't watch anything I need to hear well or read. I would up watching a lot of Animal Planet shows, and at 1 am, things would get weird. They had one show about Burmese and Rock Pythons escaping captivity and breeding in the wild in Florida. This was going to be a hyper aggressive super snake that would start eating children. There was no proof but they took themselves really seriously and made me laugh multiple times. (I know snakes getting loss is a real issue, but his show was just hilariously over the top).Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:I'm pretty sure I've said it here before, but imagine if you could breed traits in snakes like you do with dogs.mandevilleag said:I think the males do this ritual fight over females to see who gets to mate. Question is, Is the female a copperhead or a cottonmouth? And would a cross species mating be successful?DatTallArchitect said:
Are they fighting or mating?
Cottonheads! or maybe
Coppermouths!
This thread would really be crazy. Coachwhip, cobra, python.
You mean not everyone doesn't have one of these?
When yardsticks are outlawed only outlaws will have yard sticks.
Nacho Thigh Juice said:
When yardsticks are outlawed only outlaws will have yard sticks.
They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead, 8 3/16 in hands.
Nacho Thigh Juice said:
When yardsticks are outlawed only outlaws will have yard sticks.
Then I'll just have to start using a meter stick because they're not as scary looking.
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How fast can you spot it?
Fast...
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Found it right away...probably since I have seen that picture a dozen times
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Yep. Always in the arsenal.
Awesome picture!
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