Usually more like a scratch. It's about like scraping your arm on a briar

FrioAg 00 said:

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I gotta say, this thread over the year has taught me a ton and completely changed the way I view snakes - but I still don't have the guts to take hold of a good sized one in the wild.

So snake appreciation and snake handling are two very different things. My understanding is the non-venomous ones the bite still bleeds a lot and hurts.

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reminds me of this song

This is from a good sized ribbon snake a few years ago. … granted , a 6' bull snake would probably be worse

Is it on YouTube?

maroon barchetta said:

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Is it on YouTube?

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Nah, this was back in 2001 or 2002. All VHS - I probably have a video of it somewhere in storage.

There have been other instances of where I wish someone had been videoing.

- Leading a hike, and halfway stepped on a 4-5 foot atrox (Western Diamondback). The only reason I didn't is because a woman screamed, and I did one of those "launch off of the other foot while moving the first foot up". Of course, the snake did nothing.

- At one of the zoos I worked at, moved a large 5-6' water snake who was pissed because he was surrounded by a bunch of pre-schoolers. Early in my "snake wrangling" days (no tongs or hook). Lucky I didn't get bitten. One of the kids thanked me because I "saved him from the snake", even though he was 30 feet away.

- Got bitten on the nose by a black kingsnake I had just acquired. That one hurt like hell.

- Got bitten by one of my hognoses (feeding - he's a real voracious feeder) not paying attention. Thumb swelled up a little. It's really difficult most of the time to get bitten by a hognose. This one is a little crazy. Still have him. Western.

I got bit by a snake in elementary school when I was feeding it a lizard in our classroom.

Just sayin, it ain't that bad !

Found these while mowing today in Hutto, Texas. Any idea what they could be? Rat snakes are the most common out here I think, but we have also had coral snakes, rattlesnakes, and cottonmouths out here over the years.

I see a copperhead tail.

ETA: I guess I should have zoomed in.

Not an expert, but turtles lay eggs in the ground and will go a long distance from water.

HuttoAg27 said:

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Found these while mowing today in Hutto, Texas. Any idea what they could be? Rat snakes are the most common out here I think, but we have also had coral snakes, rattlesnakes, and cottonmouths out here over the years.

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Probably turtle.

That's possible, we have a pond across the street a few hundred yards down.

What is the picture of? The leave looking things in the middle?

I guess the picture is not great, but they are definitely old eggs of some sort. (Yes the leaf looking things, the actual dead leaves are much browner and more the color of the dirt)

Hopefully these pics are a little better

ID please? Saw this posted on FB from a friend and the pattern looks like a copperhead to me. But I'm definitely not an expert.

That's a pretty brave little girl!

Whew! Yeah they're a wild bunch. Thanks yall

Yikes

All reptiles welcome

I really like turtles, except the ones in my pond.

Texmid said:

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I see a copperhead tail.

ETA: I guess I should have zoomed in.

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You are kidding I think.
Copperheads do the pit viper variation of live birth.

No, there is a stick below and left of center that deceived me.