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Davechief 09-27-2009 08:28 PM
Any Snake Experts out there?
 
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The wife managed to hit this poor bastard with the riding mower today. Not the greatest picture in the world, but can anyone give a clue as to what kind of snake we are dealing with here?

doomy3 09-27-2009 08:29 PM
A dead one.

OnTheWarpath15 09-27-2009 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by doomy3 (Post 6117430)
A dead one.
ROFL

DeezNutz 09-27-2009 08:29 PM
I handle my snake on a daily basis, but this is a family forum.

Spott 09-27-2009 08:30 PM
You have any other pics of it?

Jerm 09-27-2009 08:30 PM
Looks like a Bull Snake but I have no idea.

Halfcan 09-27-2009 08:31 PM
looks like the deadly King Cobra to me

Davechief 09-27-2009 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117439)
You have any other pics of it?
No thats the only one I have right now.

Bane 09-27-2009 08:32 PM
I dont know bro,I fuggn hate snakes!!!!

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:32 PM
need a better picture, it's most likely a really big worm.

Spott 09-27-2009 08:32 PM
From that pic, it looks like a king snake. If it was, you shouldn't have killed it. They are very docile, and they eat other snakes(including Copperheads) as well as mice, rats, etc.

Halfcan 09-27-2009 08:33 PM
that is the dreaded LJ snake-it takes a hit and plays dead

Davechief 09-27-2009 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117454)
From that pic, it looks like a king snake. If it was, you shouldn't have killed it. They are very docile, and they eat other snakes(including Copperheads) as well as mice, rats, etc.
The riding mower shows no mercy!

Spott 09-27-2009 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Davechief (Post 6117465)
The riding mower shows no mercy!
Not to worry, they are very common in Missouri, Iowa, Eastern Kansas. As far as snakes go, they are one of the "better" ones to have around. The markings that I can see look just like a Prairie King Snake.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117454)
From that pic, it looks like a king snake. If it was, you shouldn't have killed it. They are very docile, and they eat other snakes(including Copperheads) as well as mice, rats, etc.
in all honesty, that was truly my guess, in my head.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Davechief (Post 6117465)
The riding mower shows no mercy!
lol, did you get splattered? heh... I'm a little surprised a snake was out this late in the year, up there.

Spott 09-27-2009 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6117478)
in all honesty, that was truly my guess, in my head.
I wasn't sure until I looked a couple of pics on the net to compare the markings. I haven't seen one of those kinds of King Snakes since I moved from KC 10 years ago.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117491)
I wasn't sure until I looked a couple of pics on the net to compare the markings. I haven't seen one of those kinds of King Snakes since I moved from KC 10 years ago.
In GA. we have a lot of Rat Snakes, Black w/ white markings, they're nasty looking, but like the King, it too'll eat a copperhead which is smaller.

Davechief 09-27-2009 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6117484)
lol, did you get splattered? heh... I'm a little surprised a snake was out this late in the year, up there.
No, we had both riding mowers going. I was out mowing east of our barn which is a good distance away. The wife didn't even know she had hit it until I got back up closer to the house and pointed it out to her.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Davechief (Post 6117513)
No, we had both riding mowers going. I was out mowing east of our barn which is a good distance away. The wife didn't even know she had hit it until I got back up closer to the house and pointed it out to her.
Did you all try to rescue him, or call the vet? Something needed to be done, if he was still breathing.
:D

DMAC 09-27-2009 08:48 PM
snakes in Iowa? must be global warming.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:49 PM
I love talking about snakes, though. If you do some research, India has some crazy looking snakes.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DMAC (Post 6117523)
snakes in Iowa? must be global warming.
oh man, our class of Sept. 05 may be the best in CP history, I'm sorry I couldn't contribute.

DMAC 09-27-2009 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6117534)
oh man, our class of Sept. 05 may be the best in CP history, I'm sorry I couldn't contribute.
Hey....we should have our own sub-forum!

Spott 09-27-2009 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6117505)
In GA. we have a lot of Rat Snakes, Black w/ white markings, they're nasty looking, but like the King, it too'll eat a copperhead which is smaller.
When I lived on a farm in Lee's Summit, I would catch rat snakes and king snakes all the time. I never knew that rat snakes would eat Copperheads, though. One time I caught a Copperhead and put him in the same cage with a King Snake that I had to see if it would eat it. The King Snake went after it, but when it got close the Copperhead bit him on the head and the King Snake just cowered away and went back to it's corner.

Terribilis 09-27-2009 08:55 PM
nerodia? do you live near water?

Mr_Tomahawk 09-27-2009 08:56 PM
Either a Bull Snake or a Northern Pine Snake.

Most likely a Bull Snake being in Iowa.

PastorMikH 09-27-2009 09:10 PM
From the looks of the pic, I was going to say Bull/Corn snake. They can get rather nasty but can't really hurt you unless you run into a tree when you flee from it.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117566)
When I lived on a farm in Lee's Summit, I would catch rat snakes and king snakes all the time. I never knew that rat snakes would eat Copperheads, though. One time I caught a Copperhead and put him in the same cage with a King Snake that I had to see if it would eat it. The King Snake went after it, but when it got close the Copperhead bit him on the head and the King Snake just cowered away and went back to it's corner.
Who knows? I was told that by someone, I'm not sure it's accurate, but, It was black, about five foot, and intimidating looking.

Simply Red 09-27-2009 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 6117566)
When I lived on a farm in Lee's Summit, I would catch rat snakes and king snakes all the time. I never knew that rat snakes would eat Copperheads, though. One time I caught a Copperhead and put him in the same cage with a King Snake that I had to see if it would eat it. The King Snake went after it, but when it got close the Copperhead bit him on the head and the King Snake just cowered away and went back to it's corner.
i lived in Lee's Scummit yrs. 1986-1988

boogblaster 09-27-2009 09:24 PM
looks like a bull-snake

salame 09-28-2009 01:45 AM
your grass looks really damn long

bevischief 09-28-2009 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Halfcan (Post 6117456)
that is the dreaded LJ snake-it takes a hit and plays dead
ROFLROFL

JD10367 09-28-2009 05:56 AM
It's one of those rare Bifurcated Stupid Snakes That Don't Know How To Evade Lawn Mowers. Needless to say, they're very endangered. Right up there with koalas and pandas. Really, who the f**k is stupid enough to only eat ONE type of food? Idiots.

Iowanian 09-28-2009 07:00 AM
I think it's a bull snake.

A big, dead, bullsnake.

Rooster 09-28-2009 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by doomy3 (Post 6117430)
A dead one.
A big dead one.. :eek::eek:

Demonpenz 09-28-2009 08:14 AM
snake....Snake SNAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEE/

bevischief 09-28-2009 08:15 AM
:bang::bang::fire:

LaChapelle 09-28-2009 08:17 AM
She derserves some serious tongue play, the wife. The only good snake is a dead snake.

DMAC 09-28-2009 08:46 AM
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I saw this one at Red Rocks over the weekend.

loochy 09-28-2009 09:05 AM
The OP snake is for sure a bullsnake. They are incredibly common here in Texas.

DMAC, your picture isn't clear enough for me to be able to identify your snake.

Jilly 09-28-2009 09:10 AM
It's a bull snake. Non venomous and very good for the environment.

Groves 09-28-2009 09:30 AM
Not many snakes get large like a bullsnake. How big is it? (We already know it's a bullsnake, I just want to know it's size)

Jilly 09-28-2009 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Groves (Post 6119169)
Not many snakes get large like a bullsnake. How big is it? (We already know it's a bullsnake, I just want to know it's size)
does size matter if it's dead already?


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