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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

< looks up, starts surfing online to find a 10, no, 8 gauge semi >
4 bore perhaps….
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That would make more sense than a corn snake for my place then. We have tons of adult ones, just never seen a baby. Thanks
Corn snakes and rat snakes are closely related. Young corn snakes typically have at least a little orange/red coloring. All young rat snakes (gray, black, yellow, etc) look similar and change as they mature.
 
Yup. Actually considered to be one of the best snakes to keep as a pet, if you’re into that sort of thing. I like them because they are predators to rats and mice. That one was probably about 40” long.
had a big one cruise thru my garden one day while I was out cutting grass,
road by him once on the mover, but the time I made the loop around the yard (2 acres) he was long gone,
beautiful snakes,
 
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Corn snakes and rat snakes are closely related. Young corn snakes typically have at least a little orange/red coloring. All young rat snakes (gray, black, yellow, etc) look similar and change as they mature.
Well since many sources call the corn snake a red rat snake, which it is, I consider them both to be equal as welcome in my yard.
 
I'm playing it safe and calling it a copperhead. Probably wrong, but I'm safe.
Copperheads have a wide arrow shaped head because they are venomous, this doesn’t. Pretty much the only venomous exception to that rule is a coral snake in North America.


Oh and brown water snakes have a wide head, but no venom. They seem like a laidback snake I stepped on or next to 13 that I know of (fishing daily over a few years and the place was swampy and packed with them) and not one struck at me they just went in the water. Stepping on a snake in flip flops while watching a lure instead of your feet is a bad feeling, saw plenty of moccasins out there too but luckily only had run ins with brown water snakes.

Saw a black and white mottled looking king snake same time period...struck at me walking by and played dead lol
 
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Copperheads have a wide arrow shaped head because they are venomous, this doesn’t. Pretty much the only venomous exception to that rule is a coral snake in North America.


Oh and brown water snakes have a wide head, but no venom. They seem like a laidback snake I stepped on or next to 13 that I know of (fishing daily over a few years and the place was swampy and packed with them) and not one struck at me they just went in the water. Stepping on a snake in flip flops while watching a lure instead of your feet is a bad feeling, saw plenty of moccasins out there too but luckily only had run ins with brown water snakes.

Saw a black and white mottled looking king snake same time period...struck at me walking by and played dead lol
Snake's head looks distorted, as if it swallowed something small.