What did I just shoot?

I'm not sure what kind of snake this is, other than "dead". Any ideas?

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Wow that thing was pretty big. Was this in your backyard?

 

Think it's a cottonmouth. Most rat snakes I see are a lot darker and more solid black.

 

hah!

No, it's a non venomous water snake.

Vipers have a disctict head shape.
Cottonmouths rarely have much coloration, they are very dark, and usually short and fat (for a snake)

You've thrown the whole eco system out of whack, Dave!

 

There's only two kinds of snakes on our ranch..........

Dead ones, and ones that are getting ready to be dead.

 

Rat snake, they come in a bunch of color variations. Doesn't look right for a bl snake or water snake.
I'd rather see a snake than deal with rodents though.

 

For a moment, I thought this was Gregg's latest thread.

Carry on

 

Pretty funny!

 

How sad (or funny) is it that I thought the exact same thing when I saw the thread title on the main page???





Mark

 

That looks to be from the nope species.

 

Pine Snake

Eats rats and mice and harmless unless cornered.

 

Rat snake. I live in a new subdivision and they were all over this spring. One hanging the iron work in our front door, in people's garages, a couple in houses. They were hungry, I guess. Not poisonous. Not really dangerous. Just the ick factor because, snake.

 

Best thread title ever...

 

My son grew up catching snakes in the bayou behind his house..

"How about THIS one, Dad??
Is THIS one a poisonous one??"


Thankfully none of them ever was.....

 

Could easily be a movie or book title

 

Good thing my wife is at our house in the city. If she'd seen that 4 footer she would have freaked.

 

A friend of mine breeds boas, in Port O'Conner.

He released enough King snakes on his property that they actually dispaced every rattlesnake for miles!

He must have 500 snakes, in his breeding room off of the garage.

 

Fighting snakes with snakes. A neighbor and I discussed doing that in our neighborhood in California. Bad year for rattlers 2 years ago. Neighbor girl got bit walking across her lawn in bare feet. Another got bit swimming in a local reservoir. I never knew rattlers could swim.


Have any idea how much antivenom treatments cost? You can buy a nice used car for less.

A week after coming here Leslie got stung by a scorpion...Oh well.

 

Sorry 'bout that. Evolution didn't account for scissors and a strike tail. Snip...problem solved.
Not the only thing evolution hasn't touched here in TX

 

That is a Texas Rat Snake my friend. Ia m 100% sure as I have had lots of experience with snakes in my life.

 

Very funny.

 

As a matter of fact I know EXACTLY how much it costs. If you search my posts you'll see I was bit by a copperhead last year. My ankle still isn't functionally correctly.

 

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