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It didn't waste anytime displaying its natural behaviour for me~

Skin & Scales

Makes you wonder if that faking dead really fools potential predators in the wild.

reako45

If the looks don't, the smell sure will! Yuck!
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Jenea

2:3:1 Tricolor Hognose (plus babies)
4:2 Eastern Hognose
1:2 Western Hognose
0:2 Southern Hognose
0:0:3 Florida Redbelly Snakes
0:1 Gulf Coast Box Turtle
1:1 Red-eared Slider
1:2 Eastern Fence Lizards
2:0 Cats
1:1 Kids
1:0 Spouse

What great pictures! I don't know about the smell- I don't think anything can beat plain old Garter Snake...

Nanci
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0.0.1 Normal Corn, 0.0.1 Cali King
0.0.1 Eastern Hognose, 1.0 Eastern Box Turtle
0.0.2 Desert Torts, 2.0 Feral Pigeons

Now ya see, i've actually come to like the Garter Snake stink ~ Its weird, but it brings me back to the innocense of my childhood, I guess. Kind of like the Skunk smell too. Leo
Skin & Scales

I once took care of a WC cornsnake whose musk smelled of rotten Frito corn chips. Appropriate I thought, but the smell was nauseating. I helped a grad student with his cottonmouth research. Their musk was actually quite pleasant, unless it was able to flick its tail and fling a drop into your mouth!
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Virginia Herping
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"The irrational fear of snakes is the only excuse a grown man has... to act like a complete sissy" - Colchicine

Hmm, I just got king musk in my mouth the other day. It wasn't bad. I don't want to do it again, though.

Nanci
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0.0.1 Normal Corn, 0.0.1 Cali King 0.1 Nelson's Milk
0.0.1 Eastern Hognose, 1.0 Eastern Box Turtle
0.0.2 Desert Torts, 2.0 Feral Pigeons

I always found redbelly musk to be the worst...stinky snakes, especially for their size.
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Erik Williams

fattailed geckos, western hognoses, and a bunch of postage stamps.
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