West Houston. When the snake moved, it was more sideways than forward. Does that make it a sidewinder??

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ttha_aggie_09 said:

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It's the Zapruder footage of a brown snake

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Said brown snake is approximately 8 inches in length.

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agcrock2005 said:

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Did anyone see the incident in Yellowstone last night where ______ died in about 15 seconds from a rattlesnake bite?

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Just watching today and watched that scene! Pretty funny!

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12th Man Ag said:

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agcrock2005 said:

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Did anyone see the incident in Yellowstone last night where ______ died in about 15 seconds from a rattlesnake bite?

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Just watching today and watched that scene! Pretty funny!

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I've never watched Yellowstone but it must have been a timber rattler. I've always understood their venom is more potent than other rattlesnakes.

In fairness, they did have him clutching his chest like a heart attack. Perhaps the combination of the bite, the scramble and Rip stomping on his chest was the cause, OB doctors

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My brother sent this to me on his morning jog in Montgomery yesterday.

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Very cool Timber!

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Timbers making solid comeback toward the west. This is the 3rd-4th big fat timber photo from west of I45 I've seen this year.

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Null and Void said:

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My snake is bigger than your snake

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Is that what the trans said to you?

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Null and Void said:

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My snake is bigger than your snake

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ttha_aggie_09 said:

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Juvenile Rat Snake

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Can you tell us how you ID'd that? My initial thought was bullsnake but I'm obviously no expert.

Thx Aggie 09

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agcrock2005 said:

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ttha_aggie_09 said:

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Juvenile Rat Snake

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Can you tell us how you ID'd that? My initial thought was bullsnake but I'm obviously no expert.

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As mentioned above the "bandit mask" is a big tell but the color and pattern are dead giveaways that it's a rat snake. Bull snakes tend to have a lot more open space (or smaller blotching) in their pattern than rat snakes. Their color is generally lighter too. Bull snakes and western diamond backs look very similar to a lot of people…

I'm honestly not that great at explaining snake IDs - I just spend much of my childhood reading about them or catching them. Most of it is just memorization.

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Very helpful. Thx guys

Is that a juvenile? Looks like the tail is yellowish. How big is this snake? Looks like a little forced perspective.