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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 1:53 pm
IDK, the head shape seems like a dead giveaway too. No pun intended.
Harmless snakes tend to have narrower heads and no obvious "neck". This one looks like it has a wide head and a clear neck, that's a clear sign of venomous vs non.
In any case, better safe than sorry and animal control is your best bet!
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 1:58 pm
Get your neighbour’s kids to play with it.
It it bites them and they die, you know it’s venomous and can take precautions.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 1:59 pm
Unless it is in a zoo in a glass cage, when I see one, I GET THE FUCK AWAY.
I know nothing about snakes. I have held boas and pythons but those were well handled by owners/zookeepers. In the wild I stay away from them.
Usually however, all be it not always the case, anything with a shovel spade shaped head is going to be poisonous. More often than not anything with a bullet round face is most likely not poisonous. But again, if you don't know best thing to do is keep clear.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm
There is only a single North American venomous snake without a head wider than it's 'neck,' that being the coral snake. While this one doesn't look like a coral, from what I can see it's head I'd wider than it's 'neck.' That usually indicates it's venomous. I'd call someone else to remove it.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 2:21 pm
And keep your dogs away from the pond.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 2:41 pm
(August 6, 2018 at 12:49 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: Can anybody tell me what this is? It's eating my fish, and I don't know if it is a cottonmouth.
Pick it up, open its mouth, and see if it looks like cotton.
They call it cottonmouth for a reason.
Duh.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 3:16 pm
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2018 at 3:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No good angles on the head..and it's in water. Still, looks like a brown water snake to me. If it's eating your fish it's living within feet of the pond. Under a rock, in scrub roots. Find it and kill it there.
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 3:17 pm
I'm not a snake person by any means, but I would definitely call animal control.
*checks legs*
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 3:37 pm
(August 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: There is only a single North American venomous snake without a head wider than it's 'neck,' that being the coral snake. While this one doesn't look like a coral, from what I can see it's head I'd wider than it's 'neck.' That usually indicates it's venomous. I'd call someone else to remove it.
Do I have really bad eyesight or something? I can't see these head features everyone is talking about. *shrugs*
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RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 6, 2018 at 3:49 pm
(August 6, 2018 at 3:37 pm)Shell B Wrote: (August 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: There is only a single North American venomous snake without a head wider than it's 'neck,' that being the coral snake. While this one doesn't look like a coral, from what I can see it's head I'd wider than it's 'neck.' That usually indicates it's venomous. I'd call someone else to remove it.
Do I have really bad eyesight or something? I can't see these head features everyone is talking about. *shrugs*
Not your eyesight at all. That's why I prefaced my comment with "from what I can tell." I cant see it clearly at all. Mostly I'm just advising caution. While very few people actually die from venomous snake bites, it's always better safe than sorry.
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