Posted: 5/31/2012 11:10:19 AM EDT
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No particular reason for asking... but, how long do you think it would take a really big copperhead to starve to death?
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For sake of argument, let us also assume that the snake has an 8" x 8" channel to move around in - approximately 20 linear feet and forming a T. Pics needed. TRG Imagine that, at some point 30 years ago, a house was built on a slab. Instead of pouring concrete on the sewer pipe, the builder made a channel for it to run in. The pipe exits the house from under the slab through an 8" x 8" opening on the down-grade side of the house. The channel appears to go back about 8'. About 3' in, it has a branch to the right to the utility room. 8' in, it has a branch to the left to a bathroom. No pics are available as "somebody" may have stuck a can of Great Stuff expanding foam sealant in the opening and shot it with a pellet gun. It was either that or use the 20 gallons of diesel that was handy. |
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Where and what state?  Hypothetically, let us say that it was SW MO. Temperatures have been in the middle to high 80's. One of the strangest things I ever saw––I was back there, down in the Ozarks, staying with some old friends who lived near a river bottom. We went for a long hike the morning after a night of hard rain, which caused some local flooding. We walked up on a low cliff with a pool left at the bottom after the flooding drained away. The pool couldn't have been more than three or four feet across, and less than a foot deep. A number of small fish had been trapped in the pool, and were being chased round and round by several large coppermouths. It was crazy to watch, they must have been turning laps in a few seconds each time around. ETA: Oops! My bad, it was copperheads, of course. Cottonmouths were bad back there too, though. 
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Where and what state? Hypothetically, let us say that it was SW MO. Temperatures have been in the middle to high 80's. One of the strangest things I ever saw––I was back there, down in the Ozarks, staying with some old friends who lived near a river bottom. We went for a long hike the morning after a night of hard rain, which caused some local flooding. We walked up on a low cliff with a pool left at the bottom after the flooding drained away. The pool couldn't have been more than three or four feet across, and less than a foot deep. A number of small fish had been trapped in the pool, and were being chased round and round by several large coppermouths. It was crazy to watch, they must have been turning laps in a few seconds each time around. Hey, look! Another bear! |
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If it started out well fed and had no parasites, probably over a year. Depends a lot of temps too, they'll starve quicker in a warm environment with no access to cool temps. I concur with this time period. The snake would need access to some drinking water from time to time. |
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For sake of argument, let us also assume that the snake has an 8" x 8" channel to move around in - approximately 20 linear feet and forming a T. Pics needed. TRG Imagine that, at some point 30 years ago, a house was built on a slab. Instead of pouring concrete on the sewer pipe, the builder made a channel for it to run in. The pipe exits the house from under the slab through an 8" x 8" opening on the down-grade side of the house. The channel appears to go back about 8'. About 3' in, it has a branch to the right to the utility room. 8' in, it has a branch to the left to a bathroom. No pics are available as "somebody" may have stuck a can of Great Stuff expanding foam sealant in the opening and shot it with a pellet gun. It was either that or use the 20 gallons of diesel that was handy. Open the tomb...... Zombie snake |
