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Seeker of Clarity |
This little guy is outside my door where the cars are fed. Dangerous, or benign?    | ||
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| SF Jake |
Ringneck…..I saw one at my place yesterday. Harmless to people, cool snake! ________________________ Those who trade liberty for security have neither | |||
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Looks like a ring neck snake | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Black Mamba! ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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We have about 20 chickens ,some turkeys and a couple of grey geese..Anything they find and can swallow is fair game | |||
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| Seeker of Clarity |
Thanks! I'll relocate across the street in the woods. My wife wasn't too keen about the small size, and the potential for infiltration as the temps drop. Fair point!  | |||
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General rule except for coral snakes, is that a head that looks like a thumb, non poisonous. Head that looks like a diamond, poisonous. For coral snakes, that whole red next to yellow thing. NRA Life Member "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt | |||
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| Seeker of Clarity |
Good to know! I'd heard bright colors were an indicator. And that orange ring made me wonder. Didn't want to find it in my running shoes some morning! | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Lots of snakes are colorful and look like Coral snakes (but aren't). https://thepetenthusiast.com/s...k-like-coral-snakes/ ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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WRT coral snakes, we were taught as little kids in Florida, “red next to black is a friend of Jack, red next to yellow will kill a fellow “ Never saw one in Fl growing up but saw plenty of moccasins and rattlesnakes and alligators. Another thing my mom taught us was, “this is Florida..unless it’s a glass of water, there’s a gator in it” Dad is not to be trusted when it comes to animals…he’s from (turns and whispers) up northThis message has been edited. Last edited by: MikeinNC, "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Alea iacta est |
And Peter keeps looking at the chicken eating a centipede thread by Flesh eating vurus and wondering where his posts is at… The “lol” thread | |||
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I'm here in central Florida, and the only venomous snakes that I have ever seen (other than in zoos) were two coral snakes. I posted a photo here several years ago of the one that I beheaded with a hoe just outside my back patio door. Then, a few months ago I was getting in my car in my driveway and I noticed a coral snake crossing the street, heading for my neighbor's front yard. By the time I got to the garage to grab my coral-snake-killing hoe, the snake had disappeared. I did warn my neighbor, since she and her two kids sometimes go barefoot in their yard (bad idea, even without snakes, because fire ants). הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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It's a black mambo, for those of you without a clue.  | |||
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I'm not fond of snakes and my memory doesn't allow me to remember the red / yellow mnemonic. My brain says "Red touches yellow, will kill a fellow. Red touches black, will kill Jack." It's a snake, ergo, kill it! | |||
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I can't claim to be a fan of snakes, but over the last couple of years they have been removed from the "must die" list. For the most part if you leave them be they'll do the same. If you're not creeping around like a ninja chances are they will hear you and either leave before you see them or stay still and let you pass by without noticing them. All that said if you are trying to figure out if it is a coral snake just look for a black nose. It will also have a rounded shape (like thumb tip). If it is red and a bit pointy, it isn't a coral snake. | |||
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Please note this is not an accurate method for snake identification. Many if not most harmless snakes can flatten their heads as a defensive mechanism when threatened.  The same holds true for "rule of thumb" dealing with the shape of their pupil. Many venomous snakes eyes will dilate in low light, appearing round. Both of these factors can put you on the path to identifying a snake but neither can be used without considering other factors. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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Well, it's worked for me. Never been bitten by a poisonous snake, but can't say the same for non-poisonous  NRA Life Member "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt | |||
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posting without pants |
Looks like a ringneck snake. Good to have around. THey won't hurt you (and even if they do bite, they don't have fangs/venom). THey will eat rodents and bugs. Give him some space and they will do you a favor and keep the pests down. Strive to live your life so when you wake up in the morning and your feet hit the floor, the devil says "Oh crap, he's up." | |||
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