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I guess they didn't hit it off very well.  | ||
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Looks like a little cottonmouth was on the menu for mr Kingsnake. | |||
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Excellent! RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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That's crazy. I guess this is a size beats venom thing? Someone help me understand, or are both venomous? HK Ag | |||
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Looks like a Speckled King - those things are hell on the venemous snakes. | |||
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King snakes and black snakes feed on other snakes, including venomous ones. They are not harmful/dangerous to humans. I have "captured" a number of them by hand so I could move them to safer areas. We like them around the home place because they help keep down vermin and venomous snakes. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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A "good" snake. Hope you let him on his way. "Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails." "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled." | |||
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He's sure got a big snakie tongue...  | |||
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King snakes and bull snakes are your friends...  But ....I still jump whenever I see one... | |||
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I hadn't given any thought of a cottonmouth, but I think you're right. If so, it's a little concerning because this "lunch date" was within a foot of my back door. We have a small lake about 4-500 hundred yards up the hill and a drainage ditch about a 100 yds in back but I've never worried about anything except the occasional copperhead. | |||
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Fear not. I even brought the dog in so he could finish his meal in peace  | |||
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I had a speckled king snake as a pet for several years as a kid (from a reptile and exotic pet store, not caught in the wild). It was an interesting pet. It was calm, didn't mind being handled, and never tried to bite me. Feeding was exciting, once a week I'd dangle a freshly-dead mouse in the cage by its tail and give it a little jiggle and the snake would strike it hard and slurp it right down. | |||
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When I worked in Midland, TX, my office was backed up to our 500 acre oil & gas facility. Midland, TX, is rattlesnake country and we were only 90 minutes from the largest rattlesnake round-up in the world. The coolest thing about our facility is that we had an abundance of king snakes and they killified all of the rattlers (king snakes are constrictors). The only time we had a rattlesnake was if it came in with a shipment of oil & gas equipment. Based on my experience, the OP is very lucky to have a king snake calling his property home. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Many years ago when I worked as a commercial photographer I had an ad to shoot for Gabriel shock absorbers. We flew to Midland TX to photograph Al Unsers winning Indy car (sponsored by Gabriel) for the ad. We went to Jim Halls Rattlesnake raceway and Jim Halls race car building compound. All I can remember from the trip there was how wonderful Jim Hall was, How HOT it was, and ALL the signs posted around the compound to watch for rattle snakes, and the snake bite kits hung in each building. It sure got the attention of this Chicago guy! | |||
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I think I'll stay in Chicago. I'd much rather deal with the two legged snakes we see around here. | |||
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If he'll eat my GD moles, I'd pay you for him. I had an Eastern Hognose around the house for a while. See him on your sidewalk will give you a little giddy-up. Good on you for not molesting him. "The days are stacked against what we think we are." Jim Harrison | |||
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cool stories, learning a lot, grew up in Houston so the rare garter snake is all I could contribute. I would probably kill myself running into a door jam if I saw snakes like the above just around. So king snakes can kill rattlesnakes and moccasins etc., that is just amazing to me. I guess I figured venom snake win no mater what but obviously not. I wonder how King snakes accomplish that against a rattler. Going to have to hit up the internet. Thanks for this work drift. HK Ag | |||
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As Elk said, the King is not venomous; it constricts its prey. They are known to be immune to the venom of American vipers. . | |||
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As a kid in Houston, I occasionally found garter snakes, but had one friend whose yard would almost always turn up a "rough green snake" (yes, that's really the name - as a kid I knew them as "grass snakes") or two. They are the same striking green color as green anole lizards and usually 12-18 inches long or so. | |||
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They are neat. I used to catch them and play with them when I was a kid. Pretty colors and their eyes are cool looking. | |||
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