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Mint5jf
10-04-11, 07:37 PM
i was wanting to know what kind of snake this is and if its venomous?
thanks in advancehttp://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/mint5jf/image.jpg
infernalis
10-04-11, 08:08 PM
Location would be helpful.
The uniformity of the blotches suggest it's a common water snake.
They are harmless.
youngster
10-04-11, 08:26 PM
I can't identify it but it doesn't look venomous. There's a lot of snakes with that pattern.
redsided
10-05-11, 07:24 AM
Not poisonous.
Looks like baby rat snake....
http://chiotsrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Baby_Black_RAt_Snake.jpg
http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/pics/elaobs3.jpg
redsided
10-05-11, 07:43 AM
Right. Venemous.
DUUH.
infernalis
10-05-11, 09:23 AM
Hey good call on the baby rat snake... those spots are a match.
redsided
10-05-11, 12:51 PM
Yeah I still think that's what it is.
And or your information, they are not only harmless, but are great to have, cause they're awesome. Kidding. Cause they eat mice and stuff, never bother anyone. We had a mouse problem a year ago, then two rat snakes showed up. When I convinced my mom they were good to have (she hated them being under the house) and my dad not to kill them... Mice went away. We still have the obviously, cause those are some fat snakes. BIG fat snakes. 7 footer one of them.
My mom now says "if those rat snakes ever move out from this house, you're catching more". Never thought I'd hear her say that...
Lankyrob
10-05-11, 12:53 PM
No snakes are poisonous…
Oh yes they are!!! Garters are the only POISONOUS snake in the world!!
For those that need clarity, venomous means they can kill by injecting venom during biting, poisonous means they cause digestive distress/death when you eat the thing in question.
Snakefood
10-05-11, 12:56 PM
I always remember that one by:
If IT bites YOU and makes you sick it's VENOMOUS, if YOU bite IT and it makes you sick, it's POISONOUS!
alessia55
10-05-11, 01:28 PM
Man...I *wish* I could run into snakes on a daily basis... my college has a "nature trail" and in the 3+ years I've been here, I rarely see any.
Snakefood
10-05-11, 01:32 PM
yup, here too. The only snake you see here *sometimes* (they keep well hidden with the abundant predator population we have) is the common westcoast garter.
redsided
10-05-11, 03:31 PM
I don't either!!! Theyre under there but I never see them. Ive bad a terrible year for snakes. Found hardly ANY.:mad:
youngster
10-05-11, 03:56 PM
I know venom from poison by thinking venom is injected, poison in ingested. You can drink venom and be totally fine as long as you have no open cuts in your mouth or throat. Not a chance I'd take but whatever :P
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