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03-28-03, 06:36 PM
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Florida 2003
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Jordan David M.
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04-10-03, 12:15 PM
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Great pics. Ther are a few things i wish to point out.
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This is a Canebrake Rattle Snake (Crotalus Horridus). It is a venomous snake with lots of venom. It is not a very common species of snake to find in the wild. It is actually an endangered species.
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Actually, it is Crotalus horridus atricaudatus (for those of us who subscribe to the Canebrake ssp). I am unaware of it being endangered and is a very common hot that we run across in the field. I know the the true Timber Rattlesnake (C h horridus) is endangered throughout much of it's range. Perhaps in other reaches of the Canebrake's range it is endangered. But int he South, it is thriving.
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04-10-03, 04:15 PM
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Very cool trip. I'm lucky, I get to find stuff like that everyday, I live in Florida . I plan on looking for Southern Ring NEcks tonight. They are very cool, just really small which makes them hard to find.
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04-10-03, 04:42 PM
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Just flip rocks and logs for ringnecks. Try the rocks or paving stones in your yard. They live well in yards, lots of bugs. I can usually find 3 in 5 minutes my yard. Just make sure you look close at the "worms", they may have the ring on the neck
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I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
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04-10-03, 05:30 PM
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We are talking about snakes right? I cannot seem to find many here. I wish I could find as many as you! I would start a little breeding colony for fun
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04-10-03, 05:42 PM
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I generally don't keep worm eaters. But I may have to for educational programs sice ringnecks and dekayi are the most common snakes here.
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I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
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04-10-03, 06:15 PM
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I really want to keep one because it will be quite easy to take care of and even easier to hide from my parents who HATE snakes
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04-11-03, 05:43 PM
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Cool man, I liked the pics.
Burmies
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04-14-03, 11:06 AM
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thank you burmese. i hope you all liked the pics
Jordan
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04-14-03, 11:52 AM
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That looks like a fun trip Jordan! The pictures are great. Seems like you're getting into the groove of herping for years to come, for sure!
Bj
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04-21-03, 12:23 PM
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How did you pick up that racer like that? When I was in Florida a few weeks ago, I tried to pick up a 4 foot racer and it struck at me so many times, I decided as much as I wanted to hold it, I was going to let this one go. He seemed mad as heck.
one other thing. Are the insides of the racers mouth white?
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04-21-03, 12:35 PM
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i have my way with snakes. how ever he was the only one that didn't bite me LOL. he was kinda slow.. i found him beside some condo's at 7:00 AM. so he was just getting up
Jordan
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04-21-03, 01:49 PM
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If I was carrying some sort of tongs or something I might have gone ahead and caught him, but all I had was this 4 foot stick and I didnt want to hurt him.
I should buy a pinning hook, but I dont want pay 30 bucks for it, so I might buy a cheap golf club from Goodwill, break off the end and add some sort of "Y" and wrap a rubberband around it.
Oh! I'm so clever....
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04-21-03, 02:01 PM
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Oh! I'm so clever....
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and incredibly cheap!
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04-21-03, 02:09 PM
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you should not pin the head of a racer. it is not right. they have small teeth and if you restrain it you can injure it. head pinning non venomous colubrids should not be done.
thats what i think
Jordan
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