Very brave of you to hold a Facebook Copperhead.ttha_aggie_09 said:
I've had two decent encounters in the last week but only have pics of one. I just caught my first Eastern/Yellow rat snake here at Disneyworld. Little guy (2.5' or so) was climbing up the stairs for the slide and I had to go relocate him. Lifeguards and everyone were freaking out and looked at me like I was crazy when I just snagged him and walked off. Sometimes I forgot that's not normal for most people…
Also caught this guy in San Antonio
Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but of course, people always used to bring them into the zoos I worked at and I was the one they always called. Had a solid maroon one brought in when I worked at the zoo in Victoria.. should have kept that one.12f Mane said:
Cool looking snakes. I found a solid black one behind Pebble Beach when I was in school. I think the only solid black one I've seen.
Did they still have the python in the AKB when you were there? They used to have a huge python (10+') that they were keeping in the back for somebody in the community. Don't know the details, whether he had surrendered it to them or what, but I hated walking by that thing in the narrow back hallways behind the exhibits. He would strike at the glass on his enclosure sometimes when he was hungry and I never felt the glass was really enough to hold him back if he put his mind to wanting to get out.zooguy96 said:Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but of course, people always used to bring them into the zoos I worked at and I was the one they always called. Had a solid maroon one brought in when I worked at the zoo in Victoria.. should have kept that one.12f Mane said:
Cool looking snakes. I found a solid black one behind Pebble Beach when I was in school. I think the only solid black one I've seen.
txags92 said:Did they still have the python in the AKB when you were there? They used to have a huge python (10+') that they were keeping in the back for somebody in the community. Don't know the details, whether he had surrendered it to them or what, but I hated walking by that thing in the narrow back hallways behind the exhibits. He would strike at the glass on his enclosure sometimes when he was hungry and I never felt the glass was really enough to hold him back if he put his mind to wanting to get out.zooguy96 said:Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but of course, people always used to bring them into the zoos I worked at and I was the one they always called. Had a solid maroon one brought in when I worked at the zoo in Victoria.. should have kept that one.12f Mane said:
Cool looking snakes. I found a solid black one behind Pebble Beach when I was in school. I think the only solid black one I've seen.
I can't remember if he got out or perished or was moved ahead of time in the big flood that got most of the AKB animals.zooguy96 said:txags92 said:Did they still have the python in the AKB when you were there? They used to have a huge python (10+') that they were keeping in the back for somebody in the community. Don't know the details, whether he had surrendered it to them or what, but I hated walking by that thing in the narrow back hallways behind the exhibits. He would strike at the glass on his enclosure sometimes when he was hungry and I never felt the glass was really enough to hold him back if he put his mind to wanting to get out.zooguy96 said:Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but of course, people always used to bring them into the zoos I worked at and I was the one they always called. Had a solid maroon one brought in when I worked at the zoo in Victoria.. should have kept that one.12f Mane said:
Cool looking snakes. I found a solid black one behind Pebble Beach when I was in school. I think the only solid black one I've seen.
They had one when I worked there, but that's been 25 years ago.
txags92 said:I can't remember if he got out or perished or was moved ahead of time in the big flood that got most of the AKB animals.zooguy96 said:txags92 said:Did they still have the python in the AKB when you were there? They used to have a huge python (10+') that they were keeping in the back for somebody in the community. Don't know the details, whether he had surrendered it to them or what, but I hated walking by that thing in the narrow back hallways behind the exhibits. He would strike at the glass on his enclosure sometimes when he was hungry and I never felt the glass was really enough to hold him back if he put his mind to wanting to get out.zooguy96 said:Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but of course, people always used to bring them into the zoos I worked at and I was the one they always called. Had a solid maroon one brought in when I worked at the zoo in Victoria.. should have kept that one.12f Mane said:
Cool looking snakes. I found a solid black one behind Pebble Beach when I was in school. I think the only solid black one I've seen.
They had one when I worked there, but that's been 25 years ago.
Really cool snake. What area of the state?JDGS612 said:
The dog interrupted this Texas Cobra while he was trying to eat his dinner so we moved him and his prospective meal to the front yard so that nature could continue its course.
Quote:
NOT venomous. Head and neck appear to be the same size as the body,smooth scales, round pupils. Uniformly cylindrical body is black with yellow to white spots on each scale. Belly is yellow checkered with dark blotches. Typically 3 to 4 feet (91 to 120cm) in length. (J. R. Dixon and J. E. Werler, Texas Snakes: A Field Guide, University of Texas Press, 2000.)
Behavior
When threatened, the speckled kingsnake will shake its tail like a rattlesnake to deter predators. It frequently will expel musk and feces or bite when threatened.
CanyonAg77 said:
Yeah, he was a cute little bugger.
CanyonAg77 said:
The Internet searches I saw said that juvenile king snakes had the banded pattern that disappears with maturity. Maybe the yellow does, too
Snake at eye level, it must be the devil?ought1ag said:
can someone help me with the saying about rat snakes? something about being eye level or something like that...i think
