What kind of snake is this?

Not sure my response would have been the same - probably more like "fine, then die on the road, you fucking spawn of Satan!"

 

Hearing his accent out in what looks like a desert was p comical

 

Just pulled a ringneck snake from my pool. Little guy, about 14 inches. Much to my wife's chagrin, I released him out into the grass. I know who to protect.

Spoiler

Reference pic only. Not my picture, not my snake

 

Didn’t know Owsley had a kid

 

NOPE

 

Never heard of that snake. Off to wiki

 

Ringnecks mildly poisonous I believe I read

Find quite a few around yard, always like earth worm size

 

Had no idea they were mildly venomous. That’s actually kinda cool, considering how small and docile they are

 

Garter snakes are also mildly venomous, but they lack the fangs to deliver it.

 

Owsley sounds much different than I expected

 

I’d spend a good amount of money to be able to witness a fully grown king cobra hunt and eat a large python in the wild. That’s the stuff dreams are made of.

 

Your dreams are weird. That's nightmare fuel for me.

 

Rat snake? I’m 99% sure but it bit my dog so just making sure

 

Where are you?

 

Yeah, Texas rat snake.

 

DFW

 

This is like the 10th of the year

It’s been a true banner year

 

Owsley

Most years I catch one or two but they are all over this year

Any reason or am I just lucky?

 

What is it?

 

Dekays Brown

 

Two in one day

 

That's a python

That's a nightmare

 

Looks like a demon to me

 

They’re one of those species that are very common, but due to their nature aren’t seen a ton. Could also be a natural boom cycle if everything went right for last years crop of babies.

 

Just found another one (pic) later

Last year must have been a big year for snake fucking

Last one was a fisty one, bit me three times

 

What kinda snek?

 

Almost stepped on this guy taking kayak out of water up the gravel ramp

 

Timber?

 

Looks like a juvenile eastern milksnake, but a location and better picture would help.

Dusky pygmy

 

Off-topic, but I like to share my biological work itt, since everyone here seems to have an interest. I did some electrofishing below the fall line (I’m in the piedmont, this was in the coastal plain) with really good results.


Redfin pickerel

Redbreast sunfish

Warmouth

Redeye bass

Pirate perch


Dollar sunfish

 

Ocmulgee shiners

V-lip redhorse
Snail bullhead

Yellow bullhead

Creek chubsucker


Typical habitat

 

I always called the red eye rock bass

Good to know the real name

Good work there

 

Had never heard of electrofishing until this post. After reading up on it, science is fucking awesome.

 

I’d say we release over 80% of our specimens with no apparent effect. Certain species such as darters, certain minnows/shiners, and suckers don’t take it as well. We typically shock with 200-250 volts, and it feels like a fairly strong invisible fence type collar when you inevitably do it to yourself.

 

Owsley are you hearing anything about snakeheads in Mississippi?
I figure the flooding in AR will have dispersed them into the basin.

 

I don’t do any direct work in the area, so I honestly don’t know. Flooding certainly aids in dispersion, though. DNA testing has been a major breakthrough in determining presence/absence of species in waterways, and it would be pretty easy to figure out if they were there or not using them.

 

What type of snakes are these? I live in southeastern MI. I have a phobia of snakes..

 

Trouser

 

Eastern garters. Harmless frog eaters.

 

Another

 

Came across this beauty while hiking last weekend. The kids walked right by it, but my wife spotted it. and screamed.

 

Bald-faced hornet nest I came upon today - easily the size of a pumpkin. Going to check on it periodically and once it’s vacant put it in my office.

Got stung on the finger taking this pic smh.

 

That sting would would be followed up by an epipen "sting" for me.

 

The summer of snake

 

OT, but didn’t know if there are any ornithologists in the thread. Saw a pretty dope hawk* in my backyard yesterday.




*(hock)
**(No idea what kind)