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Juvenile red ratsnake
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Posted on 01/29/2012 1:15:22 PM PST by Silentgypsy

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: outdoors; snakes
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To: cripplecreek
Tiny turtle.

You found him! He disappeared from my turtle dish when I was about 8 years old and my grandmother said my cat probably ate him.

Take care of Henry, he's 53 years old...........and tell him I said hi!

21 posted on 01/29/2012 2:12:43 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
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To: cripplecreek

Looks like an Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta). Beautiful critters.


22 posted on 01/29/2012 2:14:05 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Silentgypsy
I am assuming Eastern Hog-nosed. Very fat and less than a foot long. He could barely move.

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23 posted on 01/29/2012 2:17:30 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Silentgypsy

It would certainly make an attractive hat band.


24 posted on 01/29/2012 2:23:07 PM PST by fso301
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To: Silentgypsy
A pair of adult black racers making juveniles:


25 posted on 01/29/2012 2:47:08 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: Chipper

If it is a hog nose, it’s the first clear picture of the body pattern I’ve ever seen. Do you thing it was ill or maybe just ate?


26 posted on 01/29/2012 3:17:40 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: NautiNurse

They’re beautiful!


27 posted on 01/29/2012 3:22:38 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy

Cameras come with manuals?!?

;]

[really pretty snake!]


28 posted on 01/29/2012 3:23:35 PM PST by Salamander (If I'm too rough, tell me.....I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.)
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To: cripplecreek

Awwwwww!


29 posted on 01/29/2012 3:24:31 PM PST by Salamander (If I'm too rough, tell me.....I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.)
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To: Silentgypsy

Looks like it’s got a definite “supper bump” right where it should be.


30 posted on 01/29/2012 3:27:56 PM PST by Salamander (If I'm too rough, tell me.....I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.)
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To: cripplecreek

Exceptionally well done photo.

:]


31 posted on 01/29/2012 3:29:11 PM PST by Salamander (If I'm too rough, tell me.....I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

That was a good one, caught me by surprise.
Still laughing.


32 posted on 01/29/2012 3:29:46 PM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Silentgypsy

Thanks for posting... I love snakes... they`re beautiful, yet terribly misunderstood creatures. I`ve had them in my yard and do all I can to keep them there.. they`re great for keeping the rodent population down.


33 posted on 01/29/2012 3:40:58 PM PST by ScottinVA (Liberal logic: 0bamacare mandate is acceptable... but voter IDs are unconstitutional.Oh, let me gues)
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To: Thane_Banquo
Kenyan Jackass (natural habitat).


34 posted on 01/29/2012 3:51:00 PM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: Silentgypsy

Red ratsnake. Seems like a contradiction in terms.


35 posted on 01/29/2012 4:00:00 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Silentgypsy

Beautiful snake, even in shadow. We have lots of them in my area, and I just love ‘em. Too bad so many people are afraid of them, because they are a great asset in the garden. They keep the obnoxious little rodents from snacking out on your hard-grown veggies.


36 posted on 01/29/2012 4:40:46 PM PST by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
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To: Silentgypsy
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

before:

during:

and after:

37 posted on 01/29/2012 4:40:57 PM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: Salamander

You take great pictures! I even saved the ones of Odin in his Christmas outfit to my gallery. I can always recognize a dog w/a sense of humor.


38 posted on 01/29/2012 4:49:51 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Brilliant

Maybe they hunt rats? Pit vipers nd poisonous spiders worry me, but I’m pretty happy to have normal snakes, lizards and spiders around.


39 posted on 01/29/2012 4:58:16 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy

I am sure it was loaded up on toads and/or crickets that are extremely plentiful in my front yard.


40 posted on 01/29/2012 5:25:05 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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