that snake is a better mouser than 10 tom cats

 

Not to hijack the thread, but did we decide what the snake really is?

btw, mines bigger.

This was sent from some guys working in west africa.

 

I see fangs on that one,
I'd venture a guess that it's venomous,
not to mention quite upset and stuck in an electrified fence.


phox

 

from merriam websters......venom-noun...etymology-middle english venim,venom,from old french venim,from vulgar latin venimen,alteration of latin venenum magic charm,drug,poison...........definition-poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals(as snakes,scorpions,bees)thats transmitted to prey or enemy chiefly by biting or stinging,;broadly:material that is poisonous.........nit pick on tengu,its poison....................

 

This thread just reminded me of the snake found on one of our jobsites the other day. Some of our guys installing silt fence on the AMD project in Austin stumbled upon a 5' Diamondback. That poor snake never stood a chance against their shovels.

To be honest, I think snakes are pretty cool. As a kid in west Texas I used to run across hog-nosed snakes all the time. Fortunately I never encountered any rattlers out there. The only snakes that get an automatic death sentence when they come near me are cotton-mouths (water moccasins). Those things are just way too aggressive. That's the only snake I've ever seen that will actually come after you. All the others just want to be left alone.

I still don't like spiders though. I don't have much of a problem with the ones I can see. I'll even move in for a closer inspection. It's the ones I can't see...or the ones that are suddenly right in your face when you're walking up a dark sidewalk that I don't like.

 

I agree there. Try pulling your hand out from under a table saw and seeinf a black widow crawling up you arm. That will freak you out. Well it did me.

 

No question on that one - empty the gun, reload, empty it again. Don't try to tell me that THAT snake is just out to eat mice.

I think general consensus was that mine was a rat snake.

 

You said it !! I almost crawl out of my skin when I walk face first into a big spiders web without seeing it ... happened to me in Australia one time. They have some gnarly looking spiders down there that gnaw on birds and small rodents. I just knew I was a gonner . Sure was glad there wasn't a video camera around.

PISTOL

 

I know what it is.....it's the infamous Corn Back Rattler, known for it's distinctive scent.

Never seen one in that environment, they're typically an aquatic snake.

 

Is that like a "Wrinkled Neck Brown Trout" ??

PISTOL

 

Red next to yellow will kill a fellow
Red next to black, poison lack

It's how you can tell a harmless Scarlet King Snake (the imposter) from a Coral Snake (EXTREMELY poisonous). The only thing that helps you with a Coral snake is that they don't have big fangs, just small poisonous teeth in the back of their mouths. That means about the only place they can bite you and kill you is between thumb and forefinger or on a finger or toe (and your tongue or ear, I suppose, too).

Neither is applicable in this case, as there's no yellow on the Rat Snake.

Coral snake (bad):


Imposter--Scarlet King Snake.

 

The snake under the car hood is a harmless black rat snake. The gentleman from Kansas (earlier post) was correct. They're great at controlling rodents, as has been mentioned, so why not just let them do their job? In the U.S. dogs kill more people per year (over twice as many!) than snakes do. Take a moment to learn a little something about them instead of reaching for the gun or shovel.

 

The fanged snake in the fence is an Australian variety - maybe a python? Ran across the original article link posted on the AgTalk board. Seems a sheep farmer in Oz got to missing a sheep every so often. Couldn't pin down what was getting them so he decided to build an electrified fence as seen in the picture. Apparently the snake went to bite the fence when it zapped him and he kinda got hung up.

If you have ever made the mistake of peeing on a live fence you will know kinda what the snake felt.

notadmittingtoeverfindingalitfencethewrongwayredra mnc

 

I think you just did.

 

The snake in the fence photo is an African rock python, not from Australia. Here's the true story of the photo:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/fencesnake.asp