¡Snek!

[smwhorn 481]

On 6/2/2019 at 6:05 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Damn, that’s a pretty one.

my thought too when I saw it.  Yes, really.

[4th and 5 4914]

Pretty snake. They usually don't hang around posing for photos

 

[CleverNickname 1296]

Just outside Mullin, TX in Mills County. Part of my little ranch is the old oak savannah cross timbers. I
 

Sorry its kinda jumpy - I'm zoomed in quite a bit: 

 

 

 

 

[CleverNickname 1296]

There may be some heavy breathing in this audio and I am sure it is not at all because I lifted the expanded steel lid and jumped out of my skin. 

 

[El Diablo 4232]

Give him a nickname. Something clever. 

[Homesickhorn 2202]

Give him a nickname. Something clever. 

Roach-Clip the coach-whip.

[crash_davis 23088]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

Give him a nickname. Something clever. 

Fred

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

Give him a nickname. Something clever. 

Slim

[El Diablo 4232]

54 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:

Roach-Clip the coach-whip.

Channeling your inner John Goodman? 

[thunderlounge 7775]

15 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Where are you? That’s one photogenic coachwhip. Actually would be cool to get a macro shot of those scales. Very cool.

Would be very cool indeed. Gorgeous snek specimen. 

[spystud13 2371]

 

 

[Trey3216 15325]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Apparently a black tail rattlesnake was found near Austin yesterday or the day before. First one in like 60 years.

 

Lulz, just saw the video above. Obviously it wasn’t her first time handling a large black snake. Queue the Full Metal Jacket references.

[General Specific 3235]

Just finished off a beer and a dog at the turn? 

What did he shoot on that hole? Don’t matter, looks like he won because he has his skin!

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

54 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

 

 

That girl, I like that girl.

[Zwylde 810]

3 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Apparently a black tail rattlesnake was found near Austin yesterday or the day before. First one in like 60 years.

 

Lulz, just saw the video above. Obviously it wasn’t her first time handling a large black snake. Queue the Full Metal Jacket references.

[Zepol87 9172]

That thing looks cool as fuck

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Thanks for posting. Was too lazy earlier.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Thanks for posting. Was too lazy earlier.

[Trey3216 15325]

46 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

That thing looks cool as fuck

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On 6/6/2019 at 2:13 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

That girl, I like that girl.

Sum Ting Wong?

[RollLeft 5040]

On 6/6/2019 at 4:37 PM, Zwylde said:

There goes the neighborhood...

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

That girl, I like that girl.

She’s wife material.


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[freyguy 4245]

2 hours ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

 

She’s wife material.


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If the BBC didn't phase her, then y'all ain't got a chance...

[miguelito 11221]

I was out riding my bike Saturday, and I came across a nice big rat snek.  It was either a rat snek or black mamba.  I just got my bike tuned up, so the gears and brakes were working like a charm.  I was on a small dirt trail, about 18" wide, and I came around a corner to see a black snake crossing the trail.  I couldn't see the head or tail, just snake.

Here's the section of trail, no snake in the picture.  But you can see the vegetation on each side.  Imagine seeing a snake stretched across the dirt part here:

 

 

So I squeezed the shit out of both brakes, and almost went flying over the handlebars, onto the snake.  I managed to turn the front wheel, and almost broke my ankle trying to catch myself from falling into the grass, where snake lives.  I watched the snake's tail drag across the trail, and I heard it in the brush.  Within a few seconds, this thing had slithered about 15' away, and started climbing a fucking cedar tree.  Before I knew it, it was 10' up in the tree.

 

 

 

I'll spoiler the full version if you want to see it, but it's not much clearer. 

 

 

Based on the rattle-less tail, dark markings, and white belly, I think it's a rat snake.  But it could be a mamba.  I was impressed at how quickly it got up that tree.

 

My next bike:

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

48 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I was out riding my bike Saturday, and I came across a nice big rat snek.  It was either a rat snek or black mamba.  I just got my bike tuned up, so the gears and brakes were working like a charm.  I was on a small dirt trail, about 18" wide, and I came around a corner to see a black snake crossing the trail.  I couldn't see the head or tail, just snake.

Here's the section of trail, no snake in the picture.  But you can see the vegetation on each side.  Imagine seeing a snake stretched across the dirt part here:

 

 

So I squeezed the shit out of both brakes, and almost went flying over the handlebars, onto the snake.  I managed to turn the front wheel, and almost broke my ankle trying to catch myself from falling into the grass, where snake lives.  I watched the snake's tail drag across the trail, and I heard it in the brush.  Within a few seconds, this thing had slithered about 15' away, and started climbing a fucking cedar tree.  Before I knew it, it was 10' up in the tree.

 

 

 

I'll spoiler the full version if you want to see it, but it's not much clearer. 

 

 

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Based on the rattle-less tail, dark markings, and white belly, I think it's a rat snake.  But it could be a mamba.  I was impressed at how quickly it got up that tree.

 

My next bike:

Oh anything that big has to be a mamba...  l

[Loco 3752]

On 6/3/2019 at 6:55 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Where are you? That’s one photogenic coachwhip. Actually would be cool to get a macro shot of those scales. Very cool.

This close enough for you?

[Buzzrock 14881]

Buddy of mine is renovating a place in Atlanta on the river so I went to check it out today and saw this big boy.





Probably about a 6’ black rat snek. Didn’t get a chance to grab him before he cruised under the deck.

[miguelito 11221]

You like grabbing the big black ones, huh?

[Loco 3752]

About an hour ago I was looking out the window at some lizards.  They were acting funny and were sitting on the leaf tops of a Desert Rose I have in a pot.  As I was looking I noticed 5 different lizards each perch on a separate bunch of leaves at the top of the plant.    That's really strange and I hadn't seen them doing this before..like ever.   Then I see a Snek slide up to the pot and start up the base of the plant (from the bottom of the pot to the top of the Desert Rose where all the lizards are now is about 28"-36" or so)  The head of the snek gets about half way to the top and then launches, catching a big ol lizard.  The snek just hauls ass into a hedge and disappears in a flash.  Pretty cool to watch.

 

Looked him up to see if he needed a shovel massage...  nope Southern Black Racer (not my pic)

/csb

[Underdog 28468]

RIP

[NorthLoop 14133]

So the lizards just got together and played duck duck goose? Loser gets eaten

[GotThatFire 166]

On 6/6/2019 at 3:37 PM, Zwylde said:

Beautiful 

[Loco 3752]

10 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

So the lizards just got together and played duck duck goose? Loser gets eaten

The reason I payed attention was that the lizards looked like they were playing the floor(grass) is lava.  They were even sitting extended up in the air, I guess to get a better look.  That strike was so fast...it was impressive, Snek not fucking around.

[SquishMitten 10402]

That’s awesome. I’d keep a close watch the next few days and try to catch the next meal on film. That snek ain’t leaving until all the lizards are gone 

[The Gimp 345]

10 hours ago, GotThatFire said:

Beautiful 

Make a nice wallet or belt.

[GotThatFire 166]

1 hour ago, The Gimp said:

Make a nice wallet or belt.

Or a mask?

[Underdog 28468]

Film?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

7 hours ago, The Gimp said:

Make a nice wallet or belt.

Snakeskin condoms, baby wear 'em on yer dick... who do you love......

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

A couple of nights ago

Pulled him off of the post and put him in the pasture about 50 yards from the house.

Next morning

Took him down to the lake, you can see part of it at the top of this pic, about 400 yards away. He returned this morning so I put him in a bucket and took him to the golf course. I figured he could eat vermin around the cart sheds.

Let him go

And the SOB made a beeline for my golfcart and crawled behind the airbox.

I pulled him out and put him in one of our maintenance sheds.

Before you criticize my deck, and it does look sorry, we are rebuilding and painting it. You can see the top of my radial arm saw in the 2nd pic.

 

[gsoda3 3238]

you've imprinted on him.  too late.  

[thunderlounge 7775]

Congrats on your new pet snek. I think he likes you. 

[SquishMitten 10402]

I’m thinking there’s some vermin for him to eat around your house. Let him do his job, and he’ll eventually move on

[Jerry Callo 8671]

I wish I had that pet snek.

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

That's why I have barn cats. I also have 7 kittens (less than 3 weeks old) on the front porch. I don't want the snek to reduce the mouser numbers.

There is a bird nest under the eaves that the snake was after. The wife would be pissed if anything happened to her birds. Some type of swallow that eats bugs so it is allowed to build there.

Edited June 18, 2019 by Shoxthemonkey

[thunderlounge 7775]

So you allowed your wife to build the porch because she swallows. Check. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

Been married 47 years. I think she used to.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

That's why I have barn cats. I also have 7 kittens (less than 3 weeks old) on the front porch. I don't want the snek to reduce the mouser numbers.

There is a bird nest under the eaves that the snake was after. The wife would be pissed if anything happened to her birds. Some type of swallow that eats bugs so it is allowed to build there.

7 kittens you say ?  Yer gonna need a bigger snek.

[Player 4575]

2 hours ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

That's why I have barn cats. I also have 7 kittens (less than 3 weeks old) on the front porch.

Maybe snek was just trying to get a good seat for the show? 

[smwhorn 481]

5' snek found in engine compartment in OUSux territory.

https://www.chron.com/news/article/5-foot-long-black-rat-snake-found-in-car-engine-14015615.php?cmpid=hpctp