Snake!!
Mar 23, 2023 07:17:46 #
Mar 23, 2023 07:35:20 #
It's a corn snake, pretty common here. They can grow pretty large and are not poisonous, but all snakes bite!
Mar 23, 2023 07:48:06 #
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Mar 23, 2023 08:27:43 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Very nice image!! Chief
Thank you, Frank!
Mar 23, 2023 08:31:40 #
nanaval wrote:
Corn snake, have one just like it but a lot bigger... Not venomous...
OK. Thanks. I'm not a snake hater, but don't mess with them unless I'm certain that they aren't dangerous!
He is a beautiful little guy!
Mar 23, 2023 08:33:20 #
nimbushopper wrote:
It's a corn snake, pretty common here. They can grow pretty large and are not poisonous, but all snakes bite!
Thanks, cloudhopper! I've never seen one here before. The puppy found him on our walk.
Mar 23, 2023 08:34:20 #
dpullum wrote:
He thinks he can not be seen on the rust color that matches his skin.
Pretty smart for a little guy!
Mar 23, 2023 08:47:42 #
photon-collector
Loc: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
The corn snake (also called a red rat snake) can make a good pet. They are non-poisonous constrictors...like the boa. In captivity, it is common to feed them live mice.
Mar 23, 2023 08:54:28 #
photon-collector wrote:
The corn snake (also called a red rat snake) can make a good pet. They are non-poisonous constrictors...like the boa. In captivity, it is common to feed them live mice.
Thanks! I've never owned a snake for a pet, but they are interesting and many times beautiful critters!
Mar 23, 2023 09:01:10 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Thanks, cloudhopper! I've never seen one here before. The puppy found him on our walk.
Here's a mature one that somehow got inside my pool cage, he was about 8 feet long. I left him alone and in a few hours he was gone.
Mar 23, 2023 09:24:05 #
Mar 23, 2023 09:32:07 #
I too think it is a corn snake. It is not venomous, no such attributes. Please do not harm it. It is valuable to the environment. Traveling pipelines for work I see a lot of critters. I saw more snakes in 2022 than any other year. Late summer, in central Mississippi, I walked up on one, corn snake like markings, I have not yet confirmed the variety. May be the largest US snake I have seen. Over 5 feet. Max diameter was greater than my wrist. After checking him out, I backed up; he went on down the hill. I think he knew where lunch was and he was on a lunch run. I was curious about his weight, he was healthy. Color and markings were so strong, I assumed "he". I was in a potentially hazardous gas atmosphere and had no intrinsically safe camera with me. Smart phones were safely stored in company vehicles. What a missed opportunity.
Mar 23, 2023 09:47:14 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Here's a mature one that somehow got inside my pool cage, he was about 8 feet long. I left him alone and in a few hours he was gone.
Wow! Eight feet! That must have been a shocker! He/she doesn't have the markings that my photo has. Do they change as they age?
Mar 23, 2023 09:52:28 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Wow! Eight feet! That must have been a shocker! He/she doesn't have the markings that my photo has. Do they change as they age?
Yes they do, a lot. As they mature they are not as brightly colored. Black snakes are multi colored as young, then turn all black into maturity.
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