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I was up in the Apalachicola area a month or so ago looking for anything that slithers and of course my target would've been a nice patternless Apalachicola king snake..
Didn't happen..

O.K.... so after getting a call the other night with a report of this find and a description over the phone, I was compelled to meet up with B.Assetto and J.Edwards today to take a look for myself...
Bob says they straddled the live snake only to have the truck behind them hit it...
It's just too bad, but proof I guess that they do exist.

and an almost solid belly color..

:Mark
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>>I was up in the Apalachicola area a month or so ago looking for anything that slithers and of course my target would've been a nice patternless Apalachicola king snake..
>>Didn't happen..
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>>O.K.... so after getting a call the other night with a report of this find and a description over the phone, I was compelled to meet up with B.Assetto and J.Edwards today to take a look for myself...
>>Bob says they straddled the live snake only to have the truck behind them hit it...
>>It's just too bad, but proof I guess that they do exist.
>>
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>>and an almost solid belly color..
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>>:Mark
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>>Surrender Dorothy!
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>>crimsonking.piczo.com/
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

wow....

great find but unfortunate ending. that's really too bad.

daveb
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in the light, you will find the road...

That just sucks man!......REALLY sucks!

what an awesome specimen it "would" have been too.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Ouch. Road death is such a waste.

was it on a road where the driver could have easily avoided hitting the snake or was it one of those unavoidable things?

"Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable.:"-Python Bruce Skit

Not real sure Howie. I mean, Bob said they straddled it first, did a U-turn and then watched as the trucker mashed it.
Not easy (or smart) to quickly turn the wheel of a big rig..One of the 18 tires is likely to hit the animal anyway I guess..
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

That's a drag! It seems like its always the really cool stuff that gets steamrolled,not that any snake getting steamrolled is alright. Someone posted a smoking greyband that got squished on the greyband forum last week. Kevin

Dang sorry for those guys, hate it when that happens.
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Todd Hughes

Man... what a waste... i would love to incorporate that black-belly trait in my projects

but it is a nice find

~Z
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