Can anybody tell me what this is? It's eating my fish, and I don't know if it is a cottonmouth.
(https://i.imgur.com/UPqNTlI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DQAiCS4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nDbDckY.jpg)
I can't be sure, but it doesn't look like a cottonmouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSL2RK6ddnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVGgCh0ZIl0
They have a body that's much thicker than the tail, so that one probably isn't one.
Snakes may have originally evolved at sea, then moved onto land later. Just to get dried off.
YEAH SNAKE!
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maeujl8SID1r5664oo1_500.jpg)
oh wait, you meant the other kind..
YEAH SNAKES!
(https://i.imgur.com/32NY1bj.jpg)
(this was the most tame picture I could find on short notice)
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on August 06, 2018, 12:50:34 PM
Can anybody tell me what this is? It's eating my fish, and I don't know if it is a cottonmouth.
(https://i.imgur.com/UPqNTlI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DQAiCS4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nDbDckY.jpg)
It looks harmless. Not a pit viper. Some large garter snake maybe?
My brother is an expert on fish and reptiles and said it is difficult to tell from the photo but he guesses it's a rat snake.
(https://co0069yjui-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Rat-Snake-2.jpg)
Rats! Swallowed again!
Quote from: GSOgymrat on August 09, 2018, 03:09:29 PM
My brother is an expert on fish and reptiles and said it is difficult to tell from the photo but he guesses it's a rat snake.
OK, rat snakes around here tend to be black. But still no threat. Dude, they eat RATS! What's to object about?
Quote from: Cavebear on August 12, 2018, 05:32:04 AM
OK, rat snakes around here tend to be black. But still no threat. Dude, they eat RATS! What's to object about?
That could eventually lead to a one-party system in the US.
Or did you mean literal rats?
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 12, 2018, 05:52:25 AM
That could eventually lead to a one-party system in the US.
Or did you mean literal rats?
LOL! Well, yes. I'm usually pretty literal. If I mean political rats, I will SAY "Republicans". ;)
Only if snakes = Democrats ;-)
Some species of water snake, genus Nerodia? Note the round pupils.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerodia_clarkii
Certain snakeys left the pond by now
Quote from: Munch on October 12, 2018, 05:08:03 AM
Certain snakeys left the pond by now
No pelvis has left the building!
I don't know what kind of snake it is, but it is most definitely not a cottonmouth.
Quote from: SGOS on October 12, 2018, 05:46:59 AM
I don't know what kind of snake it is, but it is most definitely not a cottonmouth.
There was a 2 headed coppermouth discovered locally a few weeks ago... Fortunately, it wasn't killed but guided into a bucket for study. And a gardener was dry-fanged by one recently. Given that the authorities say there are none in the area, I thing that is pretty funny.
Quote from: Cavebear on October 14, 2018, 06:11:52 AM
There was a 2 headed coppermouth discovered locally a few weeks ago... Fortunately, it wasn't killed but guided into a bucket for study. And a gardener was dry-fanged by one recently. Given that the authorities say there are none in the area, I thing that is pretty funny.
CIA operation in your neighborhood? Watch out for the two headed Democrats ;-)
Quote from: Baruch on October 14, 2018, 08:06:27 AM
CIA operation in your neighborhood? Watch out for the two headed Democrats ;-)
You were being sensible recently. Pity...
Quote from: Cavebear on October 14, 2018, 08:08:23 AM
You were being sensible recently. Pity...
I grow on you ... like toe fungus ;-))
Quote from: Baruch on October 14, 2018, 08:19:54 AM
I grow on you ... like toe fungus ;-))
Close. I really hate the waste of a good mind.
Quote from: Cavebear on October 14, 2018, 08:32:05 AM
Close. I really hate the waste of a good mind.
Waste? The very definition of good compost. We should all aspire so high.
Quote from: Baruch on October 14, 2018, 10:03:33 AM
Waste? The very definition of good compost. We should all aspire so high.
I willingly grant you the right to be in my compost bin. I would need to add a lot of leaves though...
Quote from: Cavebear on October 14, 2018, 10:45:06 AM
I willingly grant you the right to be in my compost bin. I would need to add a lot of leaves though...
Yeah, don't leave the leaves out.
Quote from: Baruch on October 14, 2018, 01:45:46 PM
Yeah, don't leave the leaves out.
Leaves cover the decomposition smell, balances well with meaty object and kitchen scrapss, and reduces pH problems. The wire top keeps vultures and other large pests away.