Snakes Are A Crawling

[CaptainSandune]

Digging a ditch in Pensacola a few days ago and using a had trowel I uncovered a medium size water mossacin. He was only about 12 inches from my head. Fortunately he was hibernating and I chopped him in half and tossed him with my nearby Flathead shovel. Moved down 15 yards and cam across another one laying in the weeds. Abandoned the site for safer pastures as I only found two intact low value bottles.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Odd thing I have noticed is, people never see non-poisonous snakes. I guess if it's around water it's a water moccasin.........dry land w/out rattles it's a copperhead.

For example the 'banded water snake' Warren has mistake for a 'copper head'.

Chopped in half while sleeping.............yea he posed a lot of danger. Wonder how many people do not realize the benefits of snakes.

Me, I catch em and put em someplace safe. It is kinda trying to drive sometimes w/ a rattlessnake in a cup though.

 

[glass man]

YEP PAT I know what you mean!

My brother and I were painting the house of two elderly ladies [elderly?DAMN I AM GETTING THERE!]

Any hoo..as I was painting I saw a large black king snake[found only in North Georgia] going in big holes...looking for rats no doubt...it would crawl in one hole and come out another one...there were a good many holes...it found nothing and was on it's way out of the yard when suddenly the two ladies came out with a garden hoe to kill the snake!

My brother and I did our best to explain to them the snake was non poisonous and was doing them a favor by keeping rats out of their yard..they didn't even slow down and said a snake is a snake and we don't want one around!

I would much rather have that snake looking out for me then having a yard and house full of rats!!JAMIE

 

[hemihampton]

Came across 2 snakes in dump one weekend. The next weekend came across 2 more in same dump. This was in Michigan, anybody know what kind they are? LEON.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

ORIGINAL: hemihampton

Came across 2 snakes in dump one weekend. The next weekend came across 2 more in same dump. This was in Michigan, anybody know what kind they are? LEON.

Eastern Milk Snake