What Snake is This?

[Younggun]

Copperhead killed on the front porch years ago for reference

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[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

To answer the OP's question: Beta O'Rourke!

 

[Dash Riprock]

You are wrong.

Sorry, but I concur with Reinz. That's a corn/rat snake, not a copperhead. Still doesn't belong in your kitchen, though.

 

[O.S.O.K. 1961]

Interesting reading the different reactions.... my own personal policy on snakes is to kill the poisonous ones and leave the others alone. That's around my house. Out in the woods, I just leave em all alone.

They all eat rodents and the king snakes (black with little white or yellowish spots) eat other snakes including the poisonous ones.

And if you leave the no-venomous ones, they take up the space and keep the bad ones away.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Non-venomous snakes are good. (actually, unless they bite you or a loved one, venomous snakes are too, but that's a big, big pill for some to digest..and yes, I agree keep em away)

Mmmkay?

Leave em alone and they'll do you good - like eat mice/rats that won't enter your home/garage/barn because they've been eaten, but if you're one of those 'the only good snake, is a dead snake' phobic neurotics, get help, you're nuts..

 

[SloppyShooter]

You are wrong.

NO, NO he's not, that's EXACTLY what that is.

Like I said, no doubt you killed a snake. Now no doubt it WASN'T a copperhead. Might have even been someone's escaped pets. Soooo.....bragg all you want, but make it a " harmless" snake. Hmmmm....not so macho now, is it.

 

[Big Green]

We had a problem with mice at our last house, even with cats outside. Lots were two acres and everyone, except us, had horses. Didn’t see many snakes but lots of mice. New house still has cats but is more rural and, per the neighbors, more snakes though we’ve only seen a few. Haven’t seen any mice though.

I’ll take snakes over mice any day.

 

[SloppyShooter]

Yep, Younggun...THAT is a copperhead.

Hmmmm...."one of these things is not like the other".... .

 

[seeker_two]

Well...if you haven't shot it by now, it's probably died of old age.....

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[Inspector43]

NO, NO he's not, that's EXACTLY what that is.

Like I said, no doubt you killed a snake. Now no doubt it WASN'T a copperhead. Might have even been someone's escaped pets. Soooo.....bragg all you want, but make it a " harmless" snake. Hmmmm....not so macho now, is it.

I guess you are "certifiable". Where did you read any macho in my comment? You, also, are not qualified to declare Copperhead or not because the Rat Snake and the Copperhead look very much alike. And, like you tell yourself, you are sloppy and certifiable. Why would anyone even listen to you?

 

[Vaquero]

Sigh

 

[Younggun]

Road Runners and Hawks are better than snakes. Not only do they do a better job of keeping the rats and mice away, they kill the snakes too!

Snakes get killed on sight. Partly because even a non venomous snake can cause heart failure, partly because they eat the chicken eggs, and partly because it triggers the snake lovers.


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[Vaquero]

Road runners eat quail eggs.
But they kill rattle snakes.

Quite a conundrum.

 

[Younggun]

Road runners eat quail eggs.
But they kill rattle snakes.

Quite a conundrum.

Fireants killed off the quail around here a couple decades ago. Don’t think I’ve heard one since I was 10 or 12.


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[SloppyShooter]

Well, maybe because they aren't idiots?

Younggun...right there with ya. Quail are ground breeding birds, and it only makes sense. Toads hibernate underground where the basruturds eat them up. The "horny toad" AKA "horned lizard" or "horned toad" are on the endangered species list for the same reason. Fire ants. In the case of the horned toads, the imported red fire ants displaced the native red fire ants, which are the main diet of horned toads.

Inspector43, You are certifiable! A 5 year old can see the difference . I am a snake affianato. IT'S WHAT THE EF I DO. Where in the hell is YOUR EXPERTISE to not only dismiss my assesment, but 2 or 3 other members?

Grow up, man up and STFU.

 

[Vaquero]

Native red fire ants?

WTF?

 

[sobi1998]

There’s a pretty good population of quail where I hunt. They give me mini heart attacks spooking them in the brush. Don’t come across snakes very much. I see a lot of eagles and hawks though


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[Younggun]

Native red fire ants?

WTF?

Yep.


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[avvidclif]

I've got 2 red ant beds on my place. I leave them alone. AKA Harvester ants.

 

[SloppyShooter]

Native red fire ants?

WTF?

Yep.. Vaq..you've seen them....in the past. Those red ant beds that were big bare circles. Those big ol' red ants that would sting the crap out of you.

No.... I'm not the loose nut in the room, it's the guy trying to defend a ridiculous position .