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Posted on 5/13/24 at 9:17 am to X123F45
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I haven't seen a water snake in years. King snake since I was maybe 15.
It's all moccasins and dick head rattle snakes.
I call complete bullshite!
Posted on 5/13/24 at 9:22 am to X123F45
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The OB can choose to believe whichever one us they would like
I choose the guy who can identify snakes and doesn't squeal like a bitch every time they see one. That would be AlxTgr.
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I've been in a crawfish boat since I was still in diapers and have never told a lie on the OB.
Including now? Again, I call bullshite. Just because you don't know any better doesn't mean it is "the truth".
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:05 am to Cosmo
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Whos a good snake!?!?!
A dead un
Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:09 am to Boudreaux35
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Boudreaux35
Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:01 pm to choupiquesushi
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90% of those is crawfish ponds are non venomous……
Two things...
City folk fish ponds.
With one exception I can think of, the triangular shaped head is a dead give away.
We no longer see chicken snakes, blue runners, or speckled kings around here. Yet, Ive had multiple large rattle snakes in the yard, my chair
, and around the shop. Same goes for moccasins. When the water rises they get into the back pasture. The water falls, they are slow to leave because of all the mice.Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:46 pm to X123F45
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the triangular shaped head is a dead give away.
There it is. At least you can admit that you don’t know how to ID snakes.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:04 pm to X123F45
quote:Probably one of the worst things to look for.
the triangular shaped head is a dead give away.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:28 pm to X123F45
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Two things... City folk fish ponds. With one exception I can think of, the triangular shaped head is a dead give away.
Ain’t nothing city about where I grew up…
And that triangle head things is right up there with the juvenile snakes use all their venom…..
Posted on 5/13/24 at 4:25 pm to AlxTgr
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Probably one of the worst things to look for
Ignoring the diamond back watersnake, one exception i mentioned, I cant think of another common non venomous snake with a pronounced triangular jaw?
Posted on 5/13/24 at 4:34 pm to X123F45
There's more to it than that. There just way better indicators than the appearance of a triangular head. Just about any water snake can do it and I've seen Garters do it.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 4:46 pm to AlxTgr
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There's more to it than that. There just way better indicators than the appearance of a triangular head. Just about any water snake can do it and I've seen Garters do it.
I'm not talking about the ability to hinge their jaw on talking about the actual shape of the head itself. You seem to acknowledge that they are different, but when opening or feeding can appear triangular.
If it's swimming like a wood duck and looks like a rattlesnake, there's like a 99% chance it's not a rattlesnake.
The copperhead's pretty easy to identify. Same for a cottonmouth.... he's a nearly black a-hole with cotton in his mouth. Clearly speckled bellies aren't exactly hard. Can't say a blue Runner is hard to spot either. Every real rattlesnake that I've encountered for the last 20 years has let me know he's there by rattling and striking at the exact same time.
I fully intend to teach my son about snakes, and the ability to identify them. However, I will also teach him a simple rule, if he's in the yard, and he isn't a king snake or garter snake, shoot him. If he's in the woods give that snake a wide berth. In one situation you're in his home, the other situation he's in yours.
Same rule I have for an alligator, if we're in the woods leave them alone. If he's in the pond behind the house, get him out.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 4:56 pm to X123F45
Plenty snakes including multiple water snakes heads do the triangle thing at will as a defensive pose
One observation I have moccasins are slower swimmers than any similarly sized water snake, significantly slower on land
One observation I have moccasins are slower swimmers than any similarly sized water snake, significantly slower on land
Posted on 5/13/24 at 7:18 pm to FutureMikeVIII
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There it is. At least you can admit that you don’t know how to ID snakes.
oopsie thought it was a copperhead. :trashcan:
Posted on 5/13/24 at 8:15 pm to X123F45
quote:. Rat snakes and dekays more valuable than the 2 you won’t shoot…..??
I fully intend to teach my son about snakes, and the ability to identify them. However, I will also teach him a simple rule, if he's in the yard, and he isn't a king snake or garter snake, shoot him. If he's in the woods give that snake a wide berth. In one situation you're in his home, the other situation he's in yours.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 8:26 pm to choupiquesushi
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Rat snakes and dekays
Those don’t exist where he is from
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:04 am to X123F45
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With one exception I can think of, the triangular shaped head is a dead give away
Posted on 5/14/24 at 6:48 am to TigrrrDad
I have a speckled king snake that I’ve seen around the house and I’m actually worried the freeze or the hawk I’ve seen flying around got him. I haven’t seen him in a while. I won’t handle them, I have an irrational fear of snakes. But I also don’t go around like Rambo killing everyone I see.
We have a mutually beneficial relationship. He keeps the rodents out, I let him live in my monkey grass rent free.
We have a mutually beneficial relationship. He keeps the rodents out, I let him live in my monkey grass rent free.
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