Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted
2 hours ago, Cody2422 said:

That's why I kill all snakes, never know when that diamond back water snake is an rattler pretending to be a water snake


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is the only correct response.  

  • Like 1
Posted
That's why I kill all snakes, never know when that diamond back water snake is an rattler pretending to be a water snake


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk


Ya and what if a pit viper stumbles across the skin of a garter snake, puts it on, and masquerades as a sweet little friend of mankind.
  • Like 1
Posted

Found this on my fron t porch a few minutes ago. Scared the fuck out of me. I stepped right over him going to the mailbox and didnt see him until I was coming back.

What is it? Besides dead. 312b232d1c62767882fa2ffd98f24e80.jpgf4cf7072598e6fa89847aa292fe327a0.jpg

Posted

Hahaha, how far away were you when you took that pic? I’m inclined to say some kind of water snake, but not a cotton mouth. But hard to say from that photo. I’m looking mostly at the scale color and pattern around the mouth.

Posted

Swayze is correct -

Vertical lines on mouth mean not a cottonmouth and are an easy ID even if you can't see pupils or recognize a pattern.

Lots of them will even flatten their heads to make them look more diamond shaped and fool you into thinking they're a moccasin, but the stripes are a dead giveaway.

Posted

This thread is nightmare fuel.

My worst snek tale ain't too bad.  We have timber rattlers in the hills of northeast Iowa/southeast Minnesota, and they tend to like rocky outcroppings often found along streams and rivers in the area.  One of my favorite bike trails sits in the Root River Valley, which is pretty prime snek country.

Anyhow, I'm riding along, full tilt, and see a stick up ahead on the trail.  At the last second, I swerve to not run it over.  It was not a stick.  It was a snek.  A pissed off rattler, and it went right for my exposed calf.  He missed, thankfully, and scurried off.  I'm still not sure how I didn't have a heart attack on the spot and crash.

Fuck sneks.

Posted
On 10/11/2018 at 8:44 AM, miguelito said:

tall-bike.jpg

i like how he's not even trying to survive a crash.    who needs  a fucking helmet when the fall from 18 feet high will just turn your skull into jelly without one.

  • Like 3
Posted
On 10/12/2018 at 12:29 PM, AUS-97HORN said:

i like how he's not even trying to survive a crash.    who needs  a fucking helmet when the fall from 18 feet high will just turn your skull into jelly without one.

giphy.gif?cid=4bf119fc5bc54d9d4c41473977

Posted
On 10/12/2018 at 1:29 PM, AUS-97HORN said:

i like how he's not even trying to survive a crash.    who needs  a fucking helmet when the fall from 18 feet high will just turn your skull into jelly without one.

There’s a few kids that’ll soften the landing. 

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 4 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...