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 Another snake question
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10/16/08 12:36 PM
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searay
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I found this one in the back yard, my son caught him. After I took the pics we let him go and he climed a tree like a cat. What is it?  
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Re: Another snake question
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10/16/08 12:39 PM
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highlonesome1
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: searay]
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10/16/08 12:39 PM
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that is the elusive black rectangle yellow kinda stripe looking things inbetween snake. 
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Re: Another snake question
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10/16/08 12:44 PM
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searay
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I was thinking rat snake also. Its hard to tell looking at a pic on the internet. It took alot to get him mad
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: searay]
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10/16/08 01:11 PM
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softfeet
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Deff. rat snake, and yes they are climbers. Had one climb up the side of my patio door to get to a bird nest.
Kill'em
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Re: Another snake question
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10/16/08 01:19 PM
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holdem
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Yep, Rat Snake although Grandma called them chicken snakes and would chase them with her broom when she wasn't riding it. They hang around the chicken house looking for rats and mice that eat the chicken feed.
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: holdem]
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10/16/08 07:07 PM
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krs_2007
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Rat snake, had one come up between my legs while working out a couple weeks ago, about gave me a heart attack. He was hiding inside the weight stack, when the plate came up he lifted his head, almost to say "wuzzz upp", with me running off screaming. Bad thing is this gym has cameras and so all of the staff got replay my reactions and then jokes started rolling in.
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Re: Another snake question
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10/17/08 04:19 PM
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Skinner0_2
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Yap, Texas Rat, should be lookin for a winter hideout soon.
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: searay]
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10/17/08 07:46 PM
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Yep, you guys got it right. Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri). I fished one out of a chicken coop last year that the homeowner swore was the invasive Brown Tree Snake from Australia.
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Re: Another snake question
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10/18/08 01:16 AM
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Luv2Hunt
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Looks like a rat snake to me. I have heard from an herpatologist that rat snakes are very easy to agitate. I'm surprised that it didn't bite you. Must be the cooler weather.
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Re: Another snake question
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10/18/08 01:22 AM
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texaspatriot.308
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should be a dead snake, all snakes need to be killed.
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Re: Another snake question
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10/18/08 09:20 AM
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Seadog
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Quote:
Looks like a rat snake to me. I have heard from an herpatologist that rat snakes are very easy to agitate. I'm surprised that it didn't bite you. Must be the cooler weather.
They are definitely easy to agitate!!! I killed 3 of them in the last 3 months eating eggs in my chicken coop and they were not to happy to be bothered!!!
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 Re: Another snake question
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10/18/08 12:00 PM
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DCS
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Quote:
Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri).
You know, I thought that looked like a (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri) I was just going to say that myself.
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Re: Another snake question
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10/19/08 01:31 PM
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Skinner0_2
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should be a dead snake, all snakes need to be killed.
Why kill a harmless snake, that feeds on venomous snakes? Skinner
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Re: Another snake question
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10/19/08 01:36 PM
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Stickchunker
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Skinner,
Will a rat snake eat another snake?
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Re: Another snake question
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10/19/08 02:00 PM
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Skinner0_2
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Absolutly, rats are in the king snake family, and kings will swollow a rattler that is the same length as the king. They are actually voracious eaters of alot of things we want gone. Skinner
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Re: Another snake question
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10/20/08 03:05 AM
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cajundave
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We called them chicken snakes as well. It was real fun reaching into the chicken coop before sun up and finding one of those where eggs were supposed to be. 
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Re: Another snake question
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10/20/08 03:50 PM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
duck & cover
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I have seen the chickens sit on the snake like it was an egg...
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: sig226fan (Rguns.com)]
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11/15/08 06:32 PM
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hugedogleg
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May be a coperheaded rattle mochison beee carfulll
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Re: Another snake question
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11/15/08 07:10 PM
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I have a boat out at Joe Pool lake and see those snakes all teh time and yes they are mean snakes mess with one of them and they will bite you lol!
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Re: Another snake question
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11/16/08 11:59 AM
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Wish I would have had a cam on me but didn't. My daughter and I pulled over to the side Friday and watched a crow and a rat snake go at it. It was pretty cool I've never seen a crow trying to kill a snake but that snake wasn't going down easy.
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Re: Another snake question
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11/16/08 01:47 PM
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texfork
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Dosnt this kind of snake get really big ? Like 6-7 ft
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Re: Another snake question
[Re: texfork]
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11/16/08 04:24 PM
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They do get pretty big. My brother and I had one for years that got to around 6 feet. Dad was never happy when he got out in the house.
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