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#3551
30 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

14-foot female Burmese python sitting on 100+ eggs.  And they aren't gonna kill her.  Gonna insert a GPS tracking device into her so that she'll lead hunters to more snek.    

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/watch-florida-snake-hunter-capture-160000715.html

 

I've seen this movie. She's not the mother....... she's a baby! 

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#3553
19 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Gonna insert a GPS tracking device into her so that she'll lead hunters to more snek.

That is probably not going to be very effective.  It not like they hang out together at the snek bar.  They don't purposefully meet up until mating season.

#3556
51 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

That is probably not going to be very effective.  It not like they hang out together at the snek bar.  They don't purposefully meet up until mating season.

University of FL is doing a python removal project where they tag males, which then lead them to females during mating season.

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-invasive-species-snake-python-method/43011929#

And, this is going mega-scale since last fall it was discovered that they just needed to tag possums, coons, etc and then track the pythons that eat them

https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons

#3557
1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said:

That is probably not going to be very effective.  It not like they hang out together at the snek bar.  They don't purposefully meet up until mating season.

You never been to this place?  

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#3558
University of FL is doing a python removal project where they tag males, which then lead them to females during mating season.
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-invasive-species-snake-python-method/43011929#
And, this is going mega-scale since last fall it was discovered that they just needed to tag possums, coons, etc and then track the pythons that eat them
https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons
I understand what they're doing, but it still doesn't appear to be very effective.
#3559
1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said:
1 hour ago, texastough said:
University of FL is doing a python removal project where they tag males, which then lead them to females during mating season.
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-invasive-species-snake-python-method/43011929#
And, this is going mega-scale since last fall it was discovered that they just needed to tag possums, coons, etc and then track the pythons that eat them
https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons

I understand what they're doing, but it still doesn't appear to be very effective.

Probs best just to nuke Florida. For this reason, but for other reasons as well. 

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#3561

Just so y'all know, I don't like killing snakes, and I won't unless I think there's a need to.  Saturday night, I encountered this snake in an urban area.  The only non firearm weapon I had in my car was an umbrella.  I broke my umbrella killing it.  

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So because I felt bad about killing it, I figured I needed to skin it and eventually eat it.  For those of you that don't know, a reptile retains muscle memory long after it's dead.

Notice it's "head" up in this pic.

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When I picked it up out of the bowl, it struck me in the arm.  It scared the shit out of me.

 

#3562
15 minutes ago, retsevlys said:

Just so y'all know, I don't like killing snakes, and I won't unless I think there's a need to.  Saturday night, I encountered this snake in an urban area.  The only non firearm weapon I had in my car was an umbrella.  I broke my umbrella killing it.  

IMG-0772.jpg

So because I felt bad about killing it, I figured I needed to skin it and eventually eat it.  For those of you that don't know, a reptile retains muscle memory long after it's dead.

Notice it's "head" up in this pic.

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When I picked it up out of the bowl, it struck me in the arm.  It scared the shit out of me.

 

chris farley what the fuck GIF

#3564
1 hour ago, retsevlys said:

Just so y'all know, I don't like killing snakes, and I won't unless I think there's a need to.  Saturday night, I encountered this snake in an urban area.  The only non firearm weapon I had in my car was an umbrella.  I broke my umbrella killing it.  

IMG-0772.jpg

So because I felt bad about killing it, I figured I needed to skin it and eventually eat it.  For those of you that don't know, a reptile retains muscle memory long after it's dead.

Notice it's "head" up in this pic.

71419771752-E96-E1-FCC-E6-E0-46-BE-A18-A

When I picked it up out of the bowl, it struck me in the arm.  It scared the shit out of me.

 

God damn that’s wild. 

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#3570

 

Two hours before the game on Sat, wife texts me that there is a huge rattlesnake in the back yard and the dogs are going crazy.

I replied "Bring the dogs in. By the time I get on tomorrow, the snake will be gone."

Sure enough, Sunday evening, no snake.

 

(probably a black tail, very common where I am. I see on on the road all the time this time of year.)

#3571
What is it?
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Grey rat snek. Sometimes the babies can be extremely light in color.
Pretty sure I’ve seen these on this thread, but what is this guy?

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Awesome snek.
#3580
Wait, sneks come in different flavors?

Kind of like sharks…lemon sharks are outstanding!
#3582
21 hours ago, Hpara759 said:

What is it?

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Assuming in Texas - young Western ratsnake.  Skull on the back of the head.  I don't think gray ratsnakes come this far west.

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#3587
42 minutes ago, texastough said:

It was a Texas Rat Snake

Nope.  

1 hour ago, MontereyMXmuthafucka said:

what’s this ? IMG_2740.thumb.jpeg.22f63558e1f61b06b93a3bf1539c76da.jpeg

Eastern Hognose

#3590

Here's one for you guys - not in Texas.  Tell me what it is and I'll tell you where I saw it.  He was friendly.

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#3592
10 hours ago, miguelito said:

Here's one for you guys - not in Texas.  Tell me what it is and I'll tell you where I saw it.  He was friendly.

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Plains garter or lined snake. Pattern a little different than the garters in TX.

#3593

That guy was in Maine, in Acadia National Park by Jordan Pond.  I was just thinking to myself, "It doesn't seem very snaky here" and then my wife almost stepped on him.

#3594
1 hour ago, miguelito said:

That guy was in Maine, in Acadia National Park by Jordan Pond.  I was just thinking to myself, "It doesn't seem very snaky here" and then my wife almost stepped on him.

Dammit! I should have posted. I saw that you commented in the hurricane thread about Lee and figured that's where you were. I have done a lot of hiking in Maine and have yet to see a snake.

#3596
15 hours ago, miguelito said:

Here's one for you guys - not in Texas.  Tell me what it is and I'll tell you where I saw it.  He was friendly.

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Such a perty snek.  Almost makes you want to cuddle with him. 

#3597
2 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Cool sneks.  Frog eaters!

In 6th grade, I was pulled out of 1st period language arts class by the vice principal.  The librarian had heard noises coming from my locker. 

Before school, I had stopped by the cool science teacher's class to visit his two hognose snakes - he wasn't there and the door was locked.  Knowing it would be a bad idea to take the bag to class, I put the bag in my locker.  The bag held 5-6 gulf coast toads I had brought for the snakes.

Later in the year, that cool science teacher and I traded reptiles - my Texas alligator lizard in exchange for a six foot coachwhip.

#3600

Not real sure. Was thinking water snek or juvi moc. I’m not seeing pits, but pics aren’t great either. Baby hog isn’t a bad guess though. 
 

Edit: snek’s in FL, specifically panhandle. 

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