You never know what you will find
Sep 21, 2018 15:38:16 #
When you clean the shower stall. Thankfully that's my chore. If my wife had seen this she would have freaked. They are relatively small here in North Georgia & their sting is supposedly similar to a wasp. Not that I'd ever let one sting me though...Yes, I took it outside to grab a few images before releasing it.
Sep 21, 2018 15:52:34 #
You are lucky to have found it without it being the hard way. Are they indigenous to your area?
Sep 21, 2018 15:58:09 #
Yes...This was the 2nd one in two weeks. My wife found the last one next to the toilet.
toxdoc42 wrote:
You are lucky to have found it without it being the hard way. Are they indigenous to your area?
Sep 21, 2018 16:26:26 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
What a rude awakening if you're sitting one down and happen upon that. vzYes...This was the 2nd one in two weeks. My wife found the last one next to the toilet.
Sep 21, 2018 16:27:51 #
My wife just messaged me saying we are moving... lol
Sep 21, 2018 18:05:25 #
Sep 21, 2018 18:16:14 #
Years ago my uncle a comander in the navy was living in LA Cal. When he found one in his living room. I never seen one myself. About forty five years ago I took the head of a copperhead with a spade in my front yard. It was sunning itself along my creek.
Sep 21, 2018 19:10:48 #
Hal81 wrote:
So no sunning yourself by Hal's creek or you'll be sorry. Couldn't resist Hal, just kidding of course. vzYears ago my uncle a comander in the navy was living in LA Cal. When he found one in his living room. I never seen one myself. About forty five years ago I took the head of a copperhead with a spade in my front yard. It was sunning itself along my creek.
Sep 22, 2018 07:38:47 #
What is it? I’d like to know in case I ever come across one so I can say
“Holy **** ! There’s a ******n’ _______ in the bathroom! (or the closet, on your neck, in my sandwich, etc.)”
“Holy **** ! There’s a ******n’ _______ in the bathroom! (or the closet, on your neck, in my sandwich, etc.)”
Sep 22, 2018 09:32:20 #
Maybe you were "being funny," but why kill a creature just because you can. If it was a copperhead, and often a straw snake, I think that is the identification, can be misindetified as a copperhead, it was out in its own environment not after getting into trouble. Didn't he have the "right" to warm himself then go back to his normal habitat?
A photo would have been nice to do and not injure him. You could have just left him be after the photo, or call the local wildlife people to.move him. In my state, New Jersey, the snake is protected. Killing it could be a chargeable offense.
A photo would have been nice to do and not injure him. You could have just left him be after the photo, or call the local wildlife people to.move him. In my state, New Jersey, the snake is protected. Killing it could be a chargeable offense.
vonzip wrote:
So no sunning yourself by Hal's creek or you'll be sorry. Couldn't resist Hal, just kidding of course. vz
Sep 22, 2018 09:52:54 #
State laws vary. Here in Georgia, killing a non-venomous snake is illegal. That said, killing a venomous snake on your own property isn't. I killed a copperhead years ago where I used to live but my boys were younger, still living at home & that was why I did. Oh, no issue on the ID either. I will usually try to save animals I see out on the road. I have stopped & moved many turtles from the roadways. I tried to move an Alligator Snapper once ( a rather large one), but it wouldn't let me get near it. I came back on the same stretch of road later only to find that it had been run over.
toxdoc42 wrote:
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Sep 22, 2018 10:52:55 #
Sep 22, 2018 15:18:54 #
etcraig
Loc: Chandler, Az
Come to my house in Chandler Az, Have killed over 100 bark scorpions in my yard and in the house so far this year. One has to watch their step here at night
Sep 22, 2018 15:46:31 #
Come to my house in Chandler Az, Have killed over 100 bark scorpions in my yard and in the house so far this year. One has to watch their step here at night
Amen to that! This one of about five I found on the inner wall surrounding our yard in East Mesa Monday night. (Under a UV light, of course.)
Amen to that! This one of about five I found on the inner wall surrounding our yard in East Mesa Monday night. (Under a UV light, of course.)
Sep 22, 2018 17:45:27 #
Very nice. Thanks for photographic capture and release.
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