Posted on 04/12/2024 5:44:19 PM PDT by DallasBiff
9. Coachwhip — 8.5 feet
A long snake with an unusual appearance is the coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum), which is named because it looks like a braided coachwhip. The nominotypical subspecies — the eastern coachwhip — typically has a black head and neck but their color gradually lightens to tan at their tail. They are also the longest subspecies and can reach 8.5 feet long. Coachwhips live in the southern region of the US and inhabit fields, prairies, and open forests. They are diurnal and prey on a variety of birds, rodents, and lizards. They are ambush predators but are not venomous. One of the myths surrounding coachwhips is that they are rumored to chase people and whip them with their tails. Luckily, this is untrue as they prefer to flee from danger, although they may strike if they are cornered.
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There are 15 foot pythons in Florida.
Hahaha.
More than half are invasive species....
I encountered a coachwhip on my property well outside of town. We don’t have those things hereabouts, except for that one at least. I was able to measure its length because I encountered it it as it paused while stretched across the driveway. I just noted where its head and tail point lay and got out my tape. Approximately 7 feet three inches. We just don’t have snakes that long around here. Wife being paranoid of snakes, wanted me to shoot it. I didn’t.
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Good for you for not killing it. That thing is rodent destroyer, and mice don’t enjoy having them around to the point they will vacate if it hangs around long enough.
Freegards
North America is still recovering from the last Ice Age. After the ice retreated there are a lot of niches in the environment that are now unfilled, that is why southern species like the armadillo are migrating up through Texas to Florida. Any tropical species. L that makes the Florida will do very well until the next glacial period.
It's amazing how much money we waste trying to keep these tropical species out of Florida. Nature will go where it can go and all the Pointdexter with badges and federal Service can't do crap about it.
YAY SNAKES!!!!
Any length over 20-22 feet is highly suspect.
Wife has changed her attitude. Daughter has a snake living under her house. Wife saw it catch two mice. Wife has learned how to distinguish poisonous from non poisonous now. She still startles when she sees one but she stops and recites the signs of poisonous snakes then relaxes.
What are the signs of venomous snakes?
Nice, that’s perfect. The problem with snakes is they leave when there are no more mice. The mice will be back, but the snake might not. Supposedly some people will catch them and release them into walls when cats are not an option. I wouldn’t be brave enough to do that until I saw it work first hand.
Freegards
I wouldn’t have noticed the Coachwhip in my back yard if a lizard hadn’t jumped off my retaining wall onto me leg. “That’s odd”, I thought. Then I looked at where he jumped from and saw the Coachwhip. I do see them occasionally when hiking, but mostly rattlesnakes and a few king snakes and gopher snakes.
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