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Posted on 7/25/16 at 10:38 pm to Will Cover
Your mom has a bidet?
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:49 pm to Will Cover
pics of the actual snake or GTFO.
Betting it was a Dekays
Betting it was a Dekays
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:55 am to Will Cover
dad almost died from one of those...
Posted on 7/26/16 at 7:10 am to White Bear
House is over 30 years old, so yes.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 8:43 am to Will Cover
Got an aunt and uncle that live in Old Metairie, they had one - took a young bumpkin such as myself a while to figure out what it was for. 
Posted on 7/26/16 at 8:48 am to Jenar Boy
I miss the old OB.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 9:02 am to Will Cover
Cool little snakes. I understand the retroactive, "oh shite, she picked up a venomous snake" reaction. But, some pain and swelling is about all you'll get from a pygmy long as you go directly to the hospital. That's assuming it actually WAS a pygmy rattler and not a Dekay's Brown snake which half the south thinks are "ground rattlers".
But, anyway, this just emphasizes why everyone should be able to identify AT LEAST the venomous snakes in their area. If you know which snakes can hurt you, and don't go putting your hands and feet where you can't see, you're in almost no danger of ever being bitten.
But, anyway, this just emphasizes why everyone should be able to identify AT LEAST the venomous snakes in their area. If you know which snakes can hurt you, and don't go putting your hands and feet where you can't see, you're in almost no danger of ever being bitten.
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 9:19 am
Posted on 7/26/16 at 9:03 am to Mung
quote:
Betting it was a Dekays
80% chance you're right.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 9:11 am to Mung
quote:
pics of the actual snake or GTFO.
Betting it was a Dekays
I know you guys love pointing this out, but just because the old women in Ruston can't tell a pygmy from a dekay's doesn't mean it's a universal phenomenon.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 10:04 am to TheDrunkenTigah
No one said universal. Highly likely though. People suck at identify animals and plants. It's as if people want the snakes they see to be venomous.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 10:40 am to AlxTgr
I know, but OP posted a pic of a pygmy and said multiple people handled it close up, so I think he gets the benefit of the doubt on this one. Most dekay's/ground rattler mix-ups occur at shovel's length away. Almost everyone I've ever shown a dekay's is able recognize it's not a rattlesnake once they get a closer look at the non-smashed version.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 10:44 am to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:Anyone can do an image search.
OP posted a pic of a pygmy
quote:He's not on my benefit of the doubt list for snakes-just car buying, outdoor kitchens and whiskey.
he gets the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:51 pm to Will Cover
A snake thread without Moto911 really isn't a snake thread at all. 
WillCovers mom is clearly not a basic bitch
quote:
how the frick do you catch a rattle snake with tweezers?
WillCovers mom is clearly not a basic bitch
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:04 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
People suck at identify animals and plants.
Maybe but I can identify a leaking pussy with no problem.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:21 pm to Will Cover
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She ended up picking up the snake with a pair of tweezers and set it on her bidet
Say what now? What's the point of the tweezers if you're getting that close?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 1:23 pm to Will Cover
I applaud the acid bath!
Posted on 7/26/16 at 7:03 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
The universal phenomenon is people not identifying a snake, then assuming it was poisonous. Really unlikely that:
1. Snake was poisonous
2. Novice handles snake without being bitten.
3. Non-biting house snake is a Pygmy rattler.
Thus, logic gets you to DeKays, which are pretty common, small,
patterned snakes you find in your yard.
1. Snake was poisonous
2. Novice handles snake without being bitten.
3. Non-biting house snake is a Pygmy rattler.
Thus, logic gets you to DeKays, which are pretty common, small,
patterned snakes you find in your yard.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 7:52 pm to Mung
Who gives a frick? It's just a snake
Posted on 7/26/16 at 8:18 pm to LSUballs
I give no fricks about who's panties are the most bunched. Obviously I like snakes, I'm the god damned AthensRattler.
I'd like to point out that the OP posting a picture of a pigmy from the internet doesn't make his snake from 20years ago a pigmy. Sure they are in LA and not even that hard to find there but I bet it was a dekay or neonate rat snake in his house that day. Based on habitat preference, locomotion, etc pigmies are among the least likely snakes to get inside a house. That said, it is possible.
The pigmy in the photo was from the Savannah River Site in SC and JD Wilson took the photo. Here it is on the back of my autographed copy of Whit Gibbons' Snakes of the Southeast. Maybe some of y'all should pick up a copy so you won't keep asking for IDs of rat snakes and racers.
I'd like to point out that the OP posting a picture of a pigmy from the internet doesn't make his snake from 20years ago a pigmy. Sure they are in LA and not even that hard to find there but I bet it was a dekay or neonate rat snake in his house that day. Based on habitat preference, locomotion, etc pigmies are among the least likely snakes to get inside a house. That said, it is possible.
The pigmy in the photo was from the Savannah River Site in SC and JD Wilson took the photo. Here it is on the back of my autographed copy of Whit Gibbons' Snakes of the Southeast. Maybe some of y'all should pick up a copy so you won't keep asking for IDs of rat snakes and racers.
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