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What kind of snake is this?
Humblegunner's yard | 5/09/09 | humblegunner

Posted on 05/09/2009 5:27:52 PM PDT by humblegunner

This afternoon I happened to look out the back and saw something
black and long in the middle of the yard. I just mowed yesterday
so I knew the yard was free of sticks and such.

Turns out it was a big black snake!

He isn't a rattler, does not look loke a water moccasin or a black snake.

What the heck kind of snake is he? He has the triangular head which
means he is a bad one, but I can't place his breed.

Anyway, photography being as dangerous as it is, he got wrecked up some
which is just as well. He might have bitten one of the animals.

So who knows any herpetology?


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: assaultshovel; beneficialsnake; dead; herpetology; hgass; pestcontrol; snake; snakekiller
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To: Arrowhead1952
They are very aggressive when cornered, see my post above.
361 posted on 05/12/2009 9:09:41 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: humblegunner

From the last frame I would say a dead one...


362 posted on 05/12/2009 9:10:25 AM PDT by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: txhurl

Yes it stank, and his wife refused to get on the dock until he poured bleach on the walkway.


363 posted on 05/12/2009 10:00:34 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
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To: Ditter

Yes, they have a nasty disposition, especially when you get too close to their nest / dens.


364 posted on 05/12/2009 10:12:17 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
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To: Arrowhead1952
Stay safe, and especially stay away from the snakes.

No problem. I despise snakes. I have that primal fear...LOL

365 posted on 05/12/2009 10:15:00 AM PDT by Allegra ( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
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To: humblegunner
I'd throw him over the fence but snakes are pretty foul when the go bad.

When "the" go bad?

You get some snake spit on ya?

366 posted on 05/12/2009 10:17:15 AM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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To: Allegra

>> I despise snakes.<<

Like CurlyDave replied up the thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2247796/posts?page=145#145


There are only three kinds of snakes in the whole world.

Dead Ones.

Ones I haven’t see yet.

Ones that got away.


367 posted on 05/12/2009 10:40:20 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
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To: Arrowhead1952
LOL! I was severely criticized for the similar comments earlier.
368 posted on 05/12/2009 11:10:23 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: humblegunner
Kind of hard to see but these guys come by most evenings and mornings.deerPhotobucket I had seven of them come through here yesterday morning.
369 posted on 05/14/2009 7:38:57 AM PDT by eastforker (.)
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