I've wanted to move to a Southern and/or Mid Atlantic state but this thread has me reconsidering. There are rattlesnakes here in the California hills but I have only seen one while jogging on a trail. Small one. Not moving at all.
All this talk of snake skins makes me think of Harry Dean Stanton in Alien when he stumbled upon the molted (I guess "shedded" is more technically correct..) skin of the creature's first incarnation...
Last edited by anaconda; 08-22-2016 at 07:27 PM.
We have all sorts of critters here, but that's the swampland portions of the South and Mid-Atlantic. The mountain areas seem to have fewer horror-movie critters in general, and have prettier seasons.Originally Posted by anaconda
Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
It's like the way y'all are talking there should be about a hundred thousand deaths per year by snake bite in your respective states. How do the people manage to avoid this fate? "Copperheads in water fountains?" "Cottonmouths on the lawn?" Etc.? Furthermore, it seems like there would be very frequent incidences of snakes gaining access to to the inside of residences.
Last edited by anaconda; 08-22-2016 at 08:58 PM.
LOL, nope. My parents lived in-town and had copperheads in the backyard.
They do. My neighbor gets them in her basement fairly regularly. And my next door neighbor had one come in her cat door. She found it in her cabinet in the middle of the night and came over here to sleep until she could call a wildlife removal service. I think the reason I don't see more of them is because I have a dog and my yard has a lot of activity.
My oldest son got bitten when he was little. Luckily, it wasn't venomous.
I found one of these guys in my garage. The one I found was bright yellow, though. Imagine finding that thing hissing at you and and striking- it's nose is turned up an it's neck flares out like a cobra - I'd never seen anything like it. Turns out they're not venomous and actually rather funny. They put on a big show and then play dead like a possum.
I figured it out.I'm betting it's either a hoax or a pet someone set free but, yeah, it would seem reasonable to call someone in herpetology at the local college but the cops? I called UGA about the hognose that I found in my garage. I didn't know what it was and it freaked me out.
WTF are the cops gonna do with it? Arrest it? Shoot it? A college or some snake enthusiast (weirdo) should get in there and catch it.
http://nypost.com/2016/08/22/this-ma...share=facebook“Until the type of snake is determined and we can assess the safety risk, we caution people who recreate along the Presumpscot River to remain alert, maintain a safe distance from any wildlife, and report any sightings of the snake to the Westbrook Police Department,” police warned.
Cops believe the skin was likely left behind by a pet python that was dumped there.
Just had to behead a black snake... The blade on my hoe is kinda dull so it was brutal. In hindsight, I have some .22 rat shot I could've used. His body just kept wriggling well after he had no head.
The poor bastard discovered he liked my chicken eggs. It looked like he had two of them in his body(?). He was so full he could barely move. I don't ever kill them until they make their way to the hen house but once they find the eggs, they just keep coming back.
My uncle puts wooden eggs in his hen house to kill egg eating snakes.
You learn to live with what's around you. They do get into homes, or at least livable areas (garages, porches, etc.). When I was little both my mom and grandma passed a coiled up cottonmouth a few times before it made a move and got noticed. I remember staring at it from our window while waiting for the snake guy to come get it.
Black racers and rat snakes (corn snakes, etc.) are way more common and not that bitey. Racers will usually try to get away as quickly as possible, but I've had some strike at my shoes. I imagine it gives them a toothache for days afterwards. Corn snakes have a variety of tempers, so I generally don't take my chances with them. They are not venomous, either, but the bites are still painful enough to avoid.
This is no different than the damned suicidal giant deer up north, or the locusts that Maryland has every dozen or so years (I moved up and thought the world was ending only to be told it was normal for giant red locust grasshopper creatures to invade the area then drop dead and become a crunchy accompaniment to my commute), or the deep ridiculous snowfalls that happen in some areas, or the ice storms that bend power lines and cause trees to touch their toes.
Oh and in case you are dwelling on the locust thing:
Just no.
Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
My wife's grandparents used to live on the Ocoee River. About every year or two the river would flood and the water would come up to the second story of their house. The first floor would be crawling with copper heads. Her grandfather would go down there, pin the snakes head down, and then pick it up and chuck it back in the river.
I have a friend who came from a place called Baxley, Georgia down in the swamps. He told me his uncle used to win the rattlesnake festival every year. Apparently they would fill 55 gallon drums with them still alive.
*shudders*
I would've moved. The summer I found 3 snakes in the garage, I told Mr Animal I was leaving if I found one more.
I would still rather have these than mice/rats.
Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
Don't listen to Melissa. She gots alligators and snakes everywhere. Screw a bunch of snakes. I dont even like looking at them. They're mean looking ugly.
How about none of the above?
Don't worry, I can't hear her rational logic through my insane irrational fear.
Heh. I'd chop that mofo's head off in a hot second. I have, too.
Don't worry, I can't hear her rational logic through my insane irrational fear.
Yet it loves you
Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
Don't fall for it, NC! I had a boyfriend tell me that right before he bit me.
Yet it loves you
Well now you made him sad
Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
*note to self*
stop looking at this thread after dark
Disclaimer: any post made after midnight and before 8AM is made before the coffee dip stick has come up to optomim level - expect some level of silliness,
The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are out numbered by those who vote for a living !!!!!!!
Yeah, I don't care for snakes one bit. But for some darned reason the kid got it in his mind that he loved snakes and had to have a pet snake. I took him to the reptile show just to let him take a look around (still hoping for a way to talk him out of it) and luckily he fell in love with a crested gecko. dodged that snake bullet, the gecko is kinda cute in a reptilian sorta way.
Nobody has addressed my incredulity that there isn't thousands of deaths by snake bite every year in these snake states. How come? The sidewalks should literally be covered with human corpses. From the accounts I am reading above.
Last edited by anaconda; 08-24-2016 at 01:24 AM.
Not every snake is venomous and not every venomous bite is fatal but it still sucks. My son got bitten when he was a toddler, the damn snake was laying at the bottom of the steps to his slide and he stepped on it. Most snakebites happen because people are either messing with them or don't see them and accidentally step on them or stick their hand in weeds (weeding). Some snakes are more aggressive than others, too. King snakes will take off but copperheads will stand their ground.
Anaconda? You can't trick me. I think you're a snake plant.
What could possibly be so compelling atop this giant hunk of metal for these snakes? Doesn't seem like a great place to find food, for example...
Bird's nest? I saw a snake in a tree once eating the babies. The mama bird was flying around going nuts, that's what got my attention.
This seems like a very smart guess.Bird's nest? I saw a snake in a tree once eating the babies. The mama bird was flying around going nuts, that's what got my attention.
It was the snake's fault.
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/po...nake/310532237Police: Woodstock woman killed while observing snake
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a Georgia woman has been fatally struck by a vehicle after getting out of her car to look at a snake in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.
Multiple news agencies report that park officials say 64-year-old Shirley Jean Alexander Clifton, of Woodstock, Georgia, was hit by an oncoming car Friday night along Foothills Parkway West near Chilhowee Lake.
Park rangers say Clifton had left her car to look at a snake on the road before she was struck.
Officials say there's no reason to believe the oncoming driver was at fault.
The incident remains under investigation.
That snake in Maine has more Twitter followers than I do.
https://twitter.com/search?q=Wessie%...0Thon&src=typd
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