re: Fake Snake Pic?

Guy, get real. If its a real pic its a King Cobra and if its a Cobra its not withing a few time zones of here.

The Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a large nonvenomous snake with an even blue-black coloration, with some specimens having a reddish-orange to tan color on the throat, cheek and chin. This smooth- scaled snake is considered to be the largest native snake species in the United States with the longest recorded specimen measuring 9.2 feet (2.8 m).
Eastern Indigo Snakes frequent flatwoods, hammocks, dry glades, stream bottoms, cane fields, riparian thickets, and high ground with well-drained, sandy soils.[2] In Georgia, snakes prefer excessively drained, deep sandy soils along major streams, as well as xeric sandridge habitats
The Eastern Indigo Snake ranges from southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.[1] The Texas Indigo Snake (subspecies Drymarchon melanurus erebennus) is found in southern Texas and Mexico.[2]



I guess it could be??................

I heard them say it while I was looking at the pic.

I spend a lot of time in S FL, these types of snakes are everywhere down there. It is very possible that people have released exotic snakes in our area that are surviving and even breeding. I wouldn't discount this picture so easily.

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Although highly venomous, it is very shy and reclusive, and always prefers to escape from trouble (the word "fierce" from its other name is actually describing its venom but not temperament)

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RIP Steve Irwin

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You sure? What species do you think it is?

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Positive. It's always on the news, they even have guys that are paid by Broward and Dade County to go out and catch them. There is a major problem with them in the Everglades eating gators/fish/birds/etc. South Fl also has a big problem with Snakehead fish wiping out indeginous species.

This snake looks like an Anaconda to me but I'm nothing close to an expert. It could be a Boa but it would be under fed if it is.

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There are at least two species of python there, but the snake in the pic is not a python nor is it a boa. If real, it's an Elapid. None of those are currently loose in Fl.

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Like I said, I'm no expert but there are huge snakes loose in S FL as well as many other species not indeginous to the U.S.

I don't think this pic is from our area as the sugarcane in the background would not be that tall this time of year.

I know quite a few sugarcane farmers who wished their cane was that tall this time of year....

I'm from morganza and don't recognize the background area.

I've seen some pretty big rattle snakes, but nothing like that

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If real, it's an Elapid. None of those are currently loose in Fl.

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While I remain skeptical that this photo was not photoshopped or not taken in a foreign country, I think skepticism also requires the suspension of disbelief.

Which is to say, one could imagine the possibility that some genius bought a Cobra that got to big and then released it into the wild.

It is possible, at least.