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Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:59 pm to Boudreaux35
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I see non-venomous snakes described as "harmless" all of the time....While the harm may be on shortlived, a racer will impose his attitude on you and make you think he's worse that he actually is.
Here’s a few bites from a black-masked racer I caught last year. That first “oww” was really more of a “you a-hole” oww than a painful “oww”.
youtube - racer bite
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:02 pm to WeagleEagle
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You gonna stop in north Florida?
In Gainesville tonight.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:03 pm to Topwater Trout
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have you ever been bitten?
Not by anything venomous.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:08 pm to pilsnerpusher
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what is the latest prevailing theory on the purpose of the hard point on the red bellied mud snake’s tail? Last I heard it was believed to be a means of pinning slimy prey
That’s what I’ve always heard - not sure if that’s conjecture or observed behavior. Here’s the tail on a larger one we got a couple years ago…
One thing I’m certain of is that they will actively poke you with the tail when you’re holding them. I had’t handled a large one prior and always thought the poking was accidental - but they 100% do it intentionally. Doesn’t hurt though.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:44 pm to TigrrrDad
Where did you go in Apalachicola? I’ve heard that St. Vincent’s Island is covered up with big rattlers.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:26 am to TigrrrDad
Let me get this straight. You took time off work and he spent his spring break from school to pick up snakes?
That's pretty cool in reality
I mean different strokes but when I was his age I was drinking as many beers as possible and chasing tail
That's pretty cool in reality
I mean different strokes but when I was his age I was drinking as many beers as possible and chasing tail
Posted on 3/5/24 at 5:59 am to Bama and Beer
No work for me - I’m retired.
And the kid has 4 youtube channels and 2 million subscribers, so he must be doing something right!
And the kid has 4 youtube channels and 2 million subscribers, so he must be doing something right!
Posted on 3/5/24 at 6:50 am to SloaneRanger
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Where did you go in Apalachicola? I’ve heard that St. Vincent’s Island is covered up with big rattlers.
Honestly I don’t even know where we were in Apalachicola. We were just cruising sandy roads and hopping out to check areas that looked good. The kid researches everything and plans the route mostly, and I just turn when he says to turn.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:46 am to TigrrrDad
I hate snakes but love your threads. Kudos to doing what you love.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 9:02 am to TigrrrDad
quote:If you posted that bite on tiktok saying "Black Mamba bite" you would instantly have thousands(millions?) of people believing you have.
Not by anything venomous.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:16 am to TigrrrDad
I'm always looking for Pygmy Rattlesnakes but still have never found one.
We went to Jones Swamp here in Pcola on Saturday and saw at least 10 water snakes. Went to Fort Pickens and Sabine Point yesterday to try and find a diamondback but it was a little too cool I think.
the one above looked like it lost an eye or has some kind of fungal infection. The other eye looked normal.
We went to Jones Swamp here in Pcola on Saturday and saw at least 10 water snakes. Went to Fort Pickens and Sabine Point yesterday to try and find a diamondback but it was a little too cool I think.
the one above looked like it lost an eye or has some kind of fungal infection. The other eye looked normal.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:20 am to Funky Tide 8
I have never seen the coloration of #2.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:55 pm to TigrrrDad
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One thing I’m certain of is that they will actively poke you with the tail when you’re holding them. I had’t handled a large one prior and always thought the poking was accidental - but they 100% do it intentionally. Doesn’t hurt though.
I have caught a couple larger ones and their tails look like the picture you have, but the small/juveniles have a longer and much pointier point. I have always been reluctant to catch the small ones just because it looks like it could break off in you, if it was able to penetrate your skin. I don’t know if it would be able to or not. I can remember the stories of them “stinging you”, but the same people are probably the ones that told me as a kid that a racer chased them all the way back home.
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Last I heard it was believed to be a means of pinning slimy prey
I thought it was for anchoring their self in the mud when there was current. Is that an older theory that has changed?
Posted on 3/5/24 at 2:12 pm to Outdoorreb
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Last I heard it was believed to be a means of pinning slimy prey
I thought it was for anchoring their self in the mud when there was current. Is that an older theory that has changed?
Mud snake tails are the same and I've seen one with an amphiuma wrapped up and using the point on his tail to hold it while he got it in his mouth.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:27 pm to tenfoe
Great Pics!!
What kind of snake is this?
What kind of snake is this?
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:36 pm to StonewallJack
Looks like a banded water snake.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:53 pm to TigrrrDad
Central LA
Posted on 3/5/24 at 5:44 pm to StonewallJack
Looks like a Midland water snake.
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