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06-07-12, 01:51 PM
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Snake ID in SC
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What is this? It was in a guy's backyard in downtown Columbia South Carolina and has been causing some major concerns around here.
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06-07-12, 01:54 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
Looks like a black rat snake.
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06-07-12, 01:57 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
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Looks like a black rat snake.
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Thats what I said as well on a message board for University of South Carolina fans, but people said I was wrong. They said it had to have escaped from the local zoo. I just laughed at them
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06-07-12, 02:33 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
Yep, its a black ratsnake.
Not an anaconda from the zoo. Not a giant python that migrated from Florida. Just a run-o-the-mill ratsnake.
LOL...I've seen the news articles for this one, too!
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06-07-12, 02:42 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
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Yep, its a black ratsnake.
Not an anaconda from the zoo. Not a giant python that migrated from Florida. Just a run-o-the-mill ratsnake.
LOL...I've seen the news articles for this one, too!
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I knew when the guy said it was atleast 15-20 feet long he had no idea.
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06-07-12, 03:07 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
The head shape and size indicates it is a python of some sort. Also from what faint pattern I can see on the snake it is not a Black Rat Snake. Black Rat Snake do not get that large. I could be wrong, but until the capture the snake, I'll still say it some kind of Python. It mostly was some ones pet that escaped.
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06-07-12, 03:14 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
1,000% Black Rat Snake. And I would estimate it at 6 feet max.
Similar snake found here in Knoxville right down the road from my house. This one was about 5' 8":
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06-07-12, 03:21 PM
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That photo is very deceptive for depth. That is obviously a very small tree, yet gives the impression that it is large.
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06-07-12, 03:35 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
The tree is next to the garage and the snake has it's tail on the ground and is rapped around the tree once and is going over the edge of the roof. I keep Black Rat Snakes and it does not look like a rat snake with it's head shape. I guess we will see what it is after they capture it.
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06-07-12, 03:40 PM
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That tree is nowhere near the garage. It is at least 6 to 10 feet from the garage. The camera is close to the tree, everything beyond that is skewed. I takes LOTS of pictures with my SLR camera. Trust me, that tree is well away from the garage. You have a nice wide path between the garage and the fence, and the tree is several feet in front of the fence.
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06-07-12, 03:41 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
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That photo is very deceptive for depth. That is obviously a very small tree, yet gives the impression that it is large.
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Yes it is.
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06-07-12, 03:42 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
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The tree is next to the garage and the snake has it's tail on the ground and is rapped around the tree once and is going over the edge of the roof. I keep Black Rat Snakes and it does not look like a rat snake with it's head shape. I guess we will see what it is after they capture it.
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There are other pictures online I just can't find them now. Clear pictures of the head make it look like a black rat snake.
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06-07-12, 03:47 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
Like I said, until it is caught. we will not know for sure. Personally, I don't care either way, just contributing my 2cents to the thread.
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06-07-12, 03:55 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
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Like I said, until it is caught. we will not know for sure. Personally, I don't care either way, just contributing my 2cents to the thread.
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But we DO know ! How can anyone look at that snake and NOT see a Black Rat? I have seen thousands over the years here in TN. I have owned at least 5 in my 25 years of owning snakes. If that is not a Black Rat Snake, then I know absolutely NOTHING about Colubrids.
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06-07-12, 03:57 PM
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Re: Snake ID in SC
Occam's razor, folks. Occam's razor.
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