Name That Snake
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Nasty Nate!
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I was thinking Blue Racer.
I think Rat Snakes and Blue Racers are two different snakes, but look similar.
Never actually learned to tell them apart!
Snake! snake!
Never mind, it’s a Fake Snake!
When you jumped back, was that fake?
No, that was real.
I think Rat Snakes and Blue Racers are two different snakes, but look similar.
Never actually learned to tell them apart!
Snake! snake!
Never mind, it’s a Fake Snake!
When you jumped back, was that fake?
No, that was real.
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Given what looks like a triangular shape of the head, around here it'd be a dead snake. Maybe, very faint memory is suggesting blue racer if there's such a thing. Ah, gent above beat me to it.
Snake just above is similar enough to a copperhead to be really dead, really fast.
Snake just above is similar enough to a copperhead to be really dead, really fast.
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SnidelyWhiplash
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Darn...I thought this was going to be about a Colt! 
Adult Black Rat Snake?
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Rats have a wider head than body and rougher looking scales than a racer
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He's about seven feet long.
I think I spoke a few words in French when I walked-up on him.
He was about 30 yards from the Duck Pond. Moccasins like the Duck Pond.
Wakey, wakey, here's a snakey.
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I think I spoke a few words in French when I walked-up on him.
He was about 30 yards from the Duck Pond. Moccasins like the Duck Pond.
Wakey, wakey, here's a snakey.
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Definitely not a moccasin.
I think "Nasty Nate" is pretty good.
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"Pliskin."
LVSteve
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Something from the Gopher Snake family. The Great Basin and Sonoran Gopher snakes have heads exactly the same shape.
THIS^^^^^^^^^ 1000%
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I caught his cousin a few years ago trying to go under our house. Relocated him to the woods. Not aggressive at all.
Yankees . . .
I have these snakes in my yard all the time. Black racer, indigo racer, whatever. They are harmless. Spook it and it will outrun you. A moccasin is a slug in comparison. Good for keeping vermin in check. Point is--nonvenomous. Leave it be.
In Texas, the Indigo snakes are valuable because they eat rattlesnakes (as well as any other critter they can get in their mouth.)
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bamabiker's is a kingsnake of some variety. Not sure about Nasty Nate's species, but I do know he's not venomous (and kind of purty),
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The only snakes I ever terminated on a regular basis were snakes who moved into my chicken house.
When I was a Wee Laddy, I raised chickens. Snakes that moved into my chicken house tended to stay.
I generally used a hoe, pulled them from their hidey holes and chopped off their heads.
Old Down South Saying - Snakes don’t die til Sundown.
No Problem! That’ll be fine!
When I was a Wee Laddy, I raised chickens. Snakes that moved into my chicken house tended to stay.
I generally used a hoe, pulled them from their hidey holes and chopped off their heads.
Old Down South Saying - Snakes don’t die til Sundown.
No Problem! That’ll be fine!
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The deep blue color....
...is why its called an 'Indigo Snake'.
...is why its called an 'Indigo Snake'.
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It looks like my hosepipe, all twisted.
Lonegle57
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that is a gray ratsnake, usually much more of a pattern when young,
often getting more solid toward a mostly black as they get older, eat rodents, small birds, they will eat eggs, once pulled a large one out of a wood duck nesting box with ten eggs in it
often getting more solid toward a mostly black as they get older, eat rodents, small birds, they will eat eggs, once pulled a large one out of a wood duck nesting box with ten eggs in it
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We've found them in hanging baskets where song birds have nested. They climb very well and like eggs.
The girl next door was watering her hanging basket plants and let out a blood curdling scream. Quigley and I came to the rescue. Caught the snake and released him in the woods.
Quigley likes being a hero!
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Moving to FL was an awaking when it came to Gators, Snakes, Bears, Panthers, Bobcats, giant Turtles, Armadillos and more. So far we have had a 5 foot Rattle Snake in my yard, two Coral Snakes, a slew of non venomous Black Racers and a few that I have no idea what type they were. I have gotten pretty good at doing "hockey style" slap shots with the pool net on the pole - my method of getting them out of the pool, lanai and yard. Still....... I'd rather deal with natural animals here than the two legged type up North.
