In reply to trip

trip said:

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TxKng82 said:

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Friend's neighbors pool. Consensus?

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Low on water. Needs some a shock.

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No water within 1/4 Mile so not a water snake?

Yep, hog. Check out the point on that nose!

In reply to aggiedata That must be why USPS never delivers our mail.

In reply to aggiedata Yes, Dekay's Brown Snake.

In reply to ttha_aggie_09 DBWS ?

In reply to ttha_aggie_09 Southern Hills CC?

In reply to nealan Plain belly

In reply to rak1693 Forrest Ridge

Can someone please confirm that this is a harmless little friend?

In reply to Mr President Elect

Mr President Elect said:

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Here is a video of it:

Deer are herbivores and classified as ruminants because of their rumen, which helps them digest tough plant matter like cellulose.

But if food is scarce or they lack minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, they may eat meat

Watch this one eat a snake
pic.twitter.com/OF6qhAqpXA

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) June 11, 2023

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There are areas of west Texas where some of the deer have abnormally long canine teeth, and are affectionately referred to as vampire deer. Not sure if it also confers a desire for eating meat.

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In reply to Stive Yep.

Thanks

Dumb question…I know rat snakes are good climbers but do all snakes have the ability to climb?? Particularly mocs, rattlers and copperheads? I know growing up running trot lines on Lake Steinhagen (Dam B) we would come across water snakes in the flooded cypress trees in the lake…TIA

In reply to 88Warrior Yes. I put a copperhead on a strand of barbed wire fence once and it crawled right down along it until it found a cross wire and crawled down to the ground.

Some snakes are better at it than others. Water snakes are pretty good climbers.

Vipers can climb but avoid it. They hunt and hide on the ground. That's why the 1/4" hardware cloth I ran around the base of my backyard fence has pretty much kept all the copperheads out but I still find the occasional water snake or yellow belly racer or rat snake in my yard. The copperheads simply avoid climbing it when they can turn and travel on the ground in a different direction.

Funny this comes up this morning... Someone just shared a picture of a big western diamondback in a mesquite tree on the Texas Snake Identification Facebook page.

In reply to Ayto Siks Such cool looking snakes. Lots of reports of them in Montomery Co. in recent years, not sure that's always been the case.

In reply to Ayto Siks Where's your dad live in Montgomery? By the lake or west?

In reply to OnlyForNow Just south of lake Conroe around FM 2854.

In reply to Ayto Siks dang. big ole boy.