Posted: 5/26/2012 5:41:37 PM EDT
Found this guy in the yard today. What kind of snake is this? Unfortunately I got out voted when it came to decide what to do with it. It's in the dumpster now.
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I grew up in Okla., that is indeed a bull snake. Their disposition isn't as friendly as it should be, but all in all they are good for the environment. They help control rodents and such, a beneficial trait to have in a snake.
ETA: RIF... RIP... They are plentiful. |
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to hell with the lizard, WTF is wrong with your lawn? make your wife tend it It's over an acre so it's hard to water all of it. Plus we live in the panhandle of OK, not a lot of moisture out here. ETA- I knew the snake wasn't dangerous, I was just curious as to what kind it was exactly. |
| Meh! Where there's one there's 20! In Missouri we were infested with them, and still had a major mouse problem. Everytime I would mow the lawn I would take a few out with the mower. One nice spring day, we had lunch on the lawn with our first child. I looked over and about sn inche from my hand was a snake peeking out the grass looking at me. Scared the crap out o me, until I noticed it was just the head, and about two inches of body under the grassline. Obvious victim of my mower, hahaha. Another time I went to move a small woodpile, and discovered a nest of them. Big ones, little ones, there had to be 20-30 altegether. Infested! |
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Bull snake. Most of them are pissy, but great for killing rodents. ETA: A well fed Bull snake at that. You shouldn't have killed it. Your rodent population is going to skyrocket. I've caught lots of bullsnakes, and never been overly careful with them. Never been bitten by them, or fox snakes either for that matter. Now, northern water snakes ,OTOH, plan on getting bit if you catch one.Their musk is almost as bad as skunk scent too. Bull snakes are good to have around-then again, if they're around, and as fat as that one you probably also have a good population of rats keeping them there. |