Which snake is this?
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Originally Posted by Wookie
Here is a good place to help identify snakes. AGFC Snakes You might be able to find your snake here.
Joe
Joe
Good Site...
Maybe I will see him again when I go back out there and be able to get a better look at him. I was wearing shorts and sandals...so I really was not feeling to brave at the time to poke around more than I did.
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If it was me, what I was wearing would not have matered. I can throw rocks/shoot farther than he can strike. After a few well placed shots, dead snake; then they are easy to identify.
There are really only three types of snakes that I don't like: Live ones, Dead ones and Sticks that look like 'em. And I have killed several sticks.
Joe
There are really only three types of snakes that I don't like: Live ones, Dead ones and Sticks that look like 'em. And I have killed several sticks.
Joe
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by Wookie
If it was me, what I was wearing would not have matered. I can throw rocks/shoot farther than he can strike. After a few well placed shots, dead snake; then they are easy to identify.
There are really only three types of snakes that I don't like: Live ones, Dead ones and Sticks that look like 'em. And I have killed several sticks.
Joe
There are really only three types of snakes that I don't like: Live ones, Dead ones and Sticks that look like 'em. And I have killed several sticks.
Joe
Though I haven't killed any sticks yet... I have yelled and jumped back from them a few times...
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Well, it's narrowed down to these two.
A Black Rat snake is a constrictor which slowly squeezes.
A Cotton Mouth is a pit viper that strikes quickly and retracts before you are even aware.
So, as you extend you arm forward to retrieve the snake, if you feel an ever increasing pressure around your arm you are definitely dealing with a Black Rat snake however, if you feel nothing...
A Black Rat snake is a constrictor which slowly squeezes.
A Cotton Mouth is a pit viper that strikes quickly and retracts before you are even aware.
So, as you extend you arm forward to retrieve the snake, if you feel an ever increasing pressure around your arm you are definitely dealing with a Black Rat snake however, if you feel nothing...
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Funniest snake thing I have ever seen... Involved a black snake.
My friends grandma had a few chickens she used for eggs. We went to gather egss for her during a visit. He reached into a nest and grabbed hold of a black snake. Couldn't pull it out for some reason so we looked in and it had ate the eggs out of 1 nest. Then crawled through a knot hole in the wood to another nest and ate the eggs out of it. Now it could not pull it's rear section through the knot hole becasue of the eggs it had ate and it couldnt back out because of the egs it had ate. It was trapped in a knot hole. Normally we just take them out to the barn and let them go to get rats, but we had to cut this one in 1/2 to get it out.
Second funniest:
I wont go into great detail to keep it short as posiable.
Same buddy,
We were out road cruising...(for those that dont know thats what minors do in the country. Get a cooler full of beer and idle along down dirt roads.) Anyway we were young and this was the thing to do at the time. I was driving my little S-10 had it in 2nd gear just ideling down the road when he yells, STOP! So I did. I thought something was wrong he jumped out and runs back down the road. Bends over and looks in the ditch.
So I shut the truck off and go back to see whats going on. Just as I get there he reaches down and picks up this 7' long black snake. 
I head back to the truck! He dicides to keep it and take it home (they were having some rat trouble in thier feed shed.) So he puts it in a container in the back of my truck... I'm not liking this one bit. Well as we are driving down the road it gets out and appears on my window sill right next to my arm. I screamed like a girl and rolled the window up. The 2 girls that were with us climbed on his lap to get away from it. (Lucky him) So I stop he gets out and recatches it and puts it in a better container. Then we continue on our journey to no where.
About midnight we are out of beer and sobered up. So we go back to town. We run into some friends and stop in a parking lot along the cruise route talking. Some other people seen us and they stopped. This continued until the parking lot was almost full. Then the cops showed up and started handing out loitering tickets.
They blocked off the exit and ordered everyone back to thier vehicles. Then they went from one vehicle to the other writing tickets. Since we had been drinking no one wanted to admit we were driving incase they smelled it on us. So everyone that was with me sat on my tailgate and I threw the keys under the seat. Then started tryinjg to think of a story as to why we couldn't leave. My buddy digs his black snake out and is playing with it while we wait.
The officer finally gets to us as he walks up he sees the snake and freezes. Stares at it for a minute then ask "What is that?" We tell him it's a black snake and he says "You guys need to get in the truck and leave!" He wouldn't come with in 10 foot of it so he couldn't smell the beer and didn't care about the loitering. We got off Scott free!
My friends grandma had a few chickens she used for eggs. We went to gather egss for her during a visit. He reached into a nest and grabbed hold of a black snake. Couldn't pull it out for some reason so we looked in and it had ate the eggs out of 1 nest. Then crawled through a knot hole in the wood to another nest and ate the eggs out of it. Now it could not pull it's rear section through the knot hole becasue of the eggs it had ate and it couldnt back out because of the egs it had ate. It was trapped in a knot hole. Normally we just take them out to the barn and let them go to get rats, but we had to cut this one in 1/2 to get it out.
Second funniest:
I wont go into great detail to keep it short as posiable.
Same buddy,
We were out road cruising...(for those that dont know thats what minors do in the country. Get a cooler full of beer and idle along down dirt roads.) Anyway we were young and this was the thing to do at the time. I was driving my little S-10 had it in 2nd gear just ideling down the road when he yells, STOP! So I did. I thought something was wrong he jumped out and runs back down the road. Bends over and looks in the ditch.
So I shut the truck off and go back to see whats going on. Just as I get there he reaches down and picks up this 7' long black snake. I head back to the truck! He dicides to keep it and take it home (they were having some rat trouble in thier feed shed.) So he puts it in a container in the back of my truck... I'm not liking this one bit. Well as we are driving down the road it gets out and appears on my window sill right next to my arm. I screamed like a girl and rolled the window up. The 2 girls that were with us climbed on his lap to get away from it. (Lucky him) So I stop he gets out and recatches it and puts it in a better container. Then we continue on our journey to no where.About midnight we are out of beer and sobered up. So we go back to town. We run into some friends and stop in a parking lot along the cruise route talking. Some other people seen us and they stopped. This continued until the parking lot was almost full. Then the cops showed up and started handing out loitering tickets.
They blocked off the exit and ordered everyone back to thier vehicles. Then they went from one vehicle to the other writing tickets. Since we had been drinking no one wanted to admit we were driving incase they smelled it on us. So everyone that was with me sat on my tailgate and I threw the keys under the seat. Then started tryinjg to think of a story as to why we couldn't leave. My buddy digs his black snake out and is playing with it while we wait.The officer finally gets to us as he walks up he sees the snake and freezes. Stares at it for a minute then ask "What is that?" We tell him it's a black snake and he says "You guys need to get in the truck and leave!" He wouldn't come with in 10 foot of it so he couldn't smell the beer and didn't care about the loitering. We got off Scott free!
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Matt: Two good stories 
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I'll make another bet---that second snake(if it was "7 feet long") your buddy grabbed was an Eastern Indigo snake as Rat snakes rarely if ever get that long.
That has always been my favorite snake. I've caught a few on the edge of the Everglades as a teenager in Miami, Florida. Btw, the Indigo is the only snake I know of that will NOT bite a human when it's picked up in the wild. It will press its hardened tip at the end of its tail into any flesh it can; trying to scare you into dropping it. They make great pets but are hard to find.
Dan
!I'll make another bet---that second snake(if it was "7 feet long") your buddy grabbed was an Eastern Indigo snake as Rat snakes rarely if ever get that long.
That has always been my favorite snake. I've caught a few on the edge of the Everglades as a teenager in Miami, Florida. Btw, the Indigo is the only snake I know of that will NOT bite a human when it's picked up in the wild. It will press its hardened tip at the end of its tail into any flesh it can; trying to scare you into dropping it. They make great pets but are hard to find.
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
It probably wasnt seven feet... proabably more like 4.5'-5' +/- might as well have been 10' to me I don't like snakes!
Missouri Non-venomous Snakes
Black Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta
Local Name: black snake
This is one of our largest common snakes. It is generally shiny black, but some individuals show dark brown blotches. Skin between the scales along the sides may be red. The belly is mottled with gray or may be checkered with black. Length averages from 42 to 72 inches (107-183 cm). Black rat snakes live in a wide variety of habitats: rocky, wooded hillsides, wooded areas along rivers, in or near farm buildings. This species is well known for its ability to climb trees. Black rat snakes eat rodents, birds, birds' eggs. They kill their prey by constriction. Farmers are well aware of the value of black rat snakes in controlling destructive rodents. Young of this species are light gray with dark brown or black markings (see inset), but after a year or two of growth, the color normally will change to a more uniform black.
Misouri Venomous Snakes
Missouri Non-venomous Snakes
Black Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta
Local Name: black snake
This is one of our largest common snakes. It is generally shiny black, but some individuals show dark brown blotches. Skin between the scales along the sides may be red. The belly is mottled with gray or may be checkered with black. Length averages from 42 to 72 inches (107-183 cm). Black rat snakes live in a wide variety of habitats: rocky, wooded hillsides, wooded areas along rivers, in or near farm buildings. This species is well known for its ability to climb trees. Black rat snakes eat rodents, birds, birds' eggs. They kill their prey by constriction. Farmers are well aware of the value of black rat snakes in controlling destructive rodents. Young of this species are light gray with dark brown or black markings (see inset), but after a year or two of growth, the color normally will change to a more uniform black.
Misouri Venomous Snakes