Backyard visitor today

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 07/19/2020 at 21:44 • Filed to: None

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Hello, sna ke ! (Hello to Sluggo too)

The side yard probably isn’t the best place to hang out in my yard. I moved him to the back fence so he could make his way to the 20 acre lot behind us.

He really didn’t like being transported by shovel. We argued about it for a while, him trying to bite the shovel, my son and I doing our best to get him on the shovel without hurting him. I finally won the argument and got him where I wanted him.

Let’s hope he finds plenty of insects and small field mice in his new territory.

Spaceball-Two > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2020 at 21:56

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I don’t get a lot of snakes in my area, what type is it?

VincentMalamute-Kim > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2020 at 21:58

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What kinda snake is that? This one gave us quite a start on a recent ride.

No, I was not inclined to get closer for a better picture.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Spaceball-Two 07/19/2020 at 22:11

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I’m not well versed on herps, so I don’t know for sure. It looks like a juvenile corn snake to me. Whether it is or not, I wasn’t interested in trying to handle it. 

VincentMalamute-Kim > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 22:11

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I’ll help everyone out:

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 22:12

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King snake, maybe? What kind of snake is that?

TheRealBicycleBuck > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 22:13

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I’m not real interested in reptiles, so I’m not really sure what it was. It looks like a juvenile corn snake, but then again, what do I know?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 22:17

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Rattle snake.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/19/2020 at 22:19

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Just before this, w e rode by a rattlesnake in a bush. W e never saw it but the loud rattle was unmistakeable! So seeing this in front of us brought us to a startled stop. But it never rattled and had a narrow head so bull snake.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/19/2020 at 22:20

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Sure that one isn’t a Bull Snake? They grow up to 8-feet long, look kind of like a rattler, and have the banded tail that turns into spots further up.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 22:22

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Still looks absolutely massive. I’d nope out real fast.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/19/2020 at 22:24

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Rattle snake was earlier in the ride.  This one was bull snake.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/19/2020 at 22:25

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It was big. We were sure it was a bull snake but we still weren’t going to get any closer to confirm.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 23:05

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Aren't they still fairly mean, despite being non-venomous?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/19/2020 at 23:18

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I can only see the body, rattle snakes most def have rattles.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/20/2020 at 00:02

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Sometimes it can be hard to tell what the tip of the snake has. Especially from a distance. I assumed it didn’t have a rattle figuring it would’ve rattled if it had one as it grudgingly moved off the trail. I wasn’t willing to get close enough to confirm given the consequences of being wrong.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/20/2020 at 00:04

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oh. I don’t know much about snakes either. I know enough to stay away from rattlesnakes and that bull snakes look like rattlers but aren’t. I’m learning what to be careful of in CO since moving from WI. i.e. be afraid of moose.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/20/2020 at 00:45

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periculum funem is the Latin name for it

TheRealBicycleBuck > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/20/2020 at 08:31

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Are you messing with me? Pantherophis guttatus  is the name for the corn snake. Google said so. Google also has no idea what “periculum funem” means.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/20/2020 at 09:10

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Danger rope in Latin 

TheRealBicycleBuck > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/20/2020 at 09:15

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Hah! :D