saw this guy braving the elements as the world begins to thaw here. Eastern Garter. Not sure how to tell subspecies.
The Conecuh National Forest is really the only place to see one in Alabama, and even there your odds are infinitesimally small. Maybe this wasn’t taken in AL, though.
wes tegg here ate some good articles about the reintroduction project. https://www.outdooralabama.com/node/2028 https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/d...n/eastern-indigo-snake-makes-comeback-alabama https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/fo...-indigo-snake-in-the-southeast/?cn-reloaded=1 https://alabamanewscenter.com/2020/...rn-indigo-snake-found-in-alabama-in-60-years/
It’s speculated that since the rattle is a give away to humans they have evolved (not sure right word) to stay still, found that it happens a good bit in areas where they have the round ups but I don’t think it’s proven fact I ran into a timber a few years back climbing rocks getting to my super secret fishing spot, he sure rattled loud. I backed down the rocks and that day the trout were safe. although now I’m pretty sure from watching chandler and Tyler I could free handle and even pet one
the last time I saw a rattler was out in Big Bear CA and it was laying straight out across a path and my mom stepped right over it. It did not rattle even after I noticed at took pictures. It was a little one.
Had a diamondback rattling at me recently I would've never known the was there if he hadn't I have heard several people say they are learning not to rattle, but know of no one who has actually witnessed it I figure it may be true that they are just becoming more accustomed to humans being nearby them and not being a threat to them, so therefore they don't rattle until they actually feel threatened
Could also be that so many dipshitted humans are killing the ones who rattle that those who rattle less are increasingly surviving and passing that trait down.
Released this little guy into the preserve behind my house, from right behind my house. Forgot to snap a pic while I had him.
Yeah, we're probably overrepresented but I'd still rather live here than the rattlesnake house. That's fucked up.
wtf there aren’t supposed to be US snakes on this list. Or if one does show up it’s a coral snake and it has to gnaw you to death. And why is a Mojave rattlesnake living in the southeast
Honestly this just continues to confirm that the Eastern United States from a biological and geological standpoint is the number 1 place to live. If we could just fix the people
Informative video if you care about these sort of things. I like Jay Brewer but most these people are awful, imagine believing someone found a 12-15 foot snake in a sewer.
Another crazy video I watched this week, forest cobras are fucking terrifying. "Good" stuff starts in 2nd half of the video
Is he a guy who's probably gonna get bit, absolutely. He already took a wicked alligator bite, he knows what he's doing though. It's just a kamikaze life
In most videos like that, the snakes curl up around the snake hook, but that forest python just climbs right up to your hand. That's insane.
Had a Pygmy rattler sunning on my lanai. Annoying bc i know they are relatively non agressive but a toddler and a dumbass dog could mess around and get bit. Shoveled him and tossed him into the preserve behind my house. Told my wife I killed him though. Cut the bushes and laid down snake repellent. Hopefully it was just because the rain forced him out the preserve to find food
Don’t beat yourself up too much as this is a desert southeast endemic in a somewhat unusual aberrant pattern. If you’re on Reddit, r/whatisthissnake is a great resource to practice your ID skills