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re: 2024 Snake Extravaganza (Friday Day 5 update)
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:08 pm to pilsnerpusher
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.
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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 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?
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