Weirdest field finds !

[Aaran]

Ok guys , i wanna hear about your weirdest feild finds! Mine would be a Rosy boa.

[stephanbakir]

Was trying to get an eyelash viper out of a tree and found a coral snake about 6 inches from my foot.

[youngster]

A few weeks ago I found 4 northern black racers in a pile :P it isn't mating time either. I guess they were just hanging out

[Aaran]

Was trying to get an eyelash viper out of a tree and found a coral snake about 6 inches from my foot. You should have totally caught the eyelash !

[stephanbakir]

I caught both of them, and a few sea snakes that day.

[Aaran]

Please tell me , you have a pic!!!!!!

[stephanbakir]

Got a few pics of the sea snakes, and the eyelash but not the coral. I'll try and find them later.

[Aaran]

Thanks.... I have been dieing to see a pic of an eyelash in the wild.

[infernalis]

Thanks.... I have been dieing to see a pic of an eyelash in the wild.

The correct spelling is "dying" Not singling you out, it seems about half our members spell that wrong.

There is no such word as dieing. ;)


On to the question, I find Garter snakes and milk snakes in the same hide spot and milks will eat a garter without hesitation. Yes I have pics....

[stephanbakir]

Ohh, and friday I was walking with a friend and saw a 15-20 pound snapping turtle sunning itself on a log... the odd thing was it walked allong the log till it got to the end and it was almost 3 feet off the water.

[Wolfus_305]

Ohh, and friday I was walking with a friend and saw a 15-20 pound snapping turtle sunning itself on a log... the odd thing was it walked allong the log till it got to the end and it was almost 3 feet off the water.

Why is that? I thought that most, if not all, snakes like warm foods..

[stephanbakir]

IT was a turtle, and it was odd to see it that high up.

[infernalis]

I saw a garter snake sunning itself up on a tree once, but had no camera at the time.

[TeaNinja]

are you kidding me......i've ALWAYS said dieing....... lol

[whoaxmary]

are you kidding me......i've ALWAYS said dieing....... lol

Sameeeee. Thanks for correcting our poor grammar ways Wayne. :)

As for weird herp finds, I've never really seen anything to out of the ordinary, as i'm not in the area for that sort of herping... What's weird this year is I haven't seen ANYTHING. o.o Normally I save a garter almost every time I cut the grass at work, none yet. ;/ Went looking for salamanders and things along the trails on some good days we had, same places I've always looked, and nothing. ;/

[infernalis]

Normally I save a garter almost every time I cut the grass

I found a very unlucky little yearling yesterday that I accidentally ran over with the mower.

Bummer:confused:

[stephanbakir]

Sucks:( more snake food i spose

[Aaran]

I saw a hobo herping once:yes:

[infernalis]

I saw a hobo herping once:yes:

I heard about those hobo herpers before, they look for Thamnophis vagrans.
(actual species, I have 2, and one of them is named "Hobo")

[Aaran]

For realz:confused:

[infernalis]

For realz:confused:

Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake (http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/t.e.vagrans.html)



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[Aaran]

Wow...........

[infernalis]

Stick around, we will fill your head with all sorts of knowledge. ;)

[Aaran]

I plan to do that :)

[stephanbakir]

why this specific snake?

[infernalis]

why this specific snake?

He said he saw a hobo herping, opened the door for me to toss this out there...

[stephanbakir]

Because of the wandering vagran? I'm just trying to understand
(interesting name btw)

[infernalis]

A vagran is homeless, hence hobo..

[stephanbakir]

Wow, didn't make the connection between vagran and vagrant lol :P I'm off my game this month:(

[Lankyrob]

Stick around, we will fill your head with all sorts of knowledge. ;)


Lots of it will be totally useless tho!! :rolleyes::yes::)

[Aaran]

Well , if i ever see that hobo again , i will ask him if he is looking for garter snakes.

[stephanbakir]

Lots of it will be totally useless tho!! :rolleyes::yes::)
Some of it may be useless but its damn amusing:P

[Aaran]

I also learned that some of the stuff can be weird .... but true:eek:

[RegenerationRep]

My dad said he found a 2 headed black rat snake when he was my age but it was fresh out of the egg and died a few hours later.

For me, condoms, panties, beds in the middle of the woods, graves, shooting stars, a rocket taking off from NC, and satellites. Technically the last 3 are from my night fishing adventures haha

[spots]

I used to find Massasauga Rattlers but the 10's sitting on the warm road at night in the summer in northern Ontario when i was a kid. we use to pick them up by the tails and chase each other with them. Luckily none of us ever got bit!!

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[UwabamiReptiles]

I found a pygmy rattlesnake sunning itself one day, it was odd because it was late December and cold.

[RegenerationRep]

I've found northern watersnakes in the middle of winter several times lol

[millertime89]

found a rattler on my grandfather's airstrip/4x4 playground/horse training area. That's about it.

[shaunyboy]

The correct spelling is "dying" Not singling you out, it seems about half our members spell that wrong.

There is no such word as dieing. ;)


On to the question, I find Garter snakes and milk snakes in the same hide spot and milks will eat a garter without hesitation. Yes I have pics....

i would be one of said members wayne

the corrections much appreciated mate

re this thread
theres not much wildlife or wierd things to find around my way,unless we're talking wierd people...!! :yes:

cheers shaun

[lady_bug87]

I was walking with my husband and in laws and while I was walking next to my mother in law a little brown Garter snake was sunning itself on the path... my mother-in-law screamed so loud and grabbed me so hard you would have thought it was a cobra she made me promise to warn her if I saw another one...