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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Ophiophagus hannah?

Where was the picture taken?
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-Bradley

>>Ophiophagus hannah?
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>>Where was the picture taken?
Norco, Louisiana
Look at the pattern by its tail....
I guessed Texas Ratsnake and a big one at that...
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Wow John, I thought you'd know a T-rat when you saw one, lol, look at the fellow waaaay down there, describing the anaconda on the boat! Looks like a T-rat from the belly and head, no dorsal visible but the edges are consistent with T-rat, and a pretty big one at that, might be almost a 7 footer, well it looks pretty big.
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Todd Hughes

yeeeeaaaahh, I wouldn't handle that T rat either, that face looks packed full of venom.
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Todd Hughes

My guess was Texas Rat too....
That was caught on the Mississippi Oil Docks in Norco, LA....
My buddies sent me the picture and asked what it was....I told them it looked like a BIG Texas Rat to me....
The only pattern I could see was by the tail and it looked like a Texas Ratsnake.....But its head shape is strange looking almost boidish.....I guess the freakin noose they used was a little tight......

And that guy on the phone probably won't get any closer than that......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Yepper!,...definitely a "deadly" Texas Rat!

That dude at the end on the phone would probably dive off the platform if the snake was any closer..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

>>Yepper!,...definitely a "deadly" Texas Rat!
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>>That dude at the end on the phone would probably dive off the platform if the snake was any closer..LOL!

LOL...Good thing he has his "runnin shoes" on.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

That is just sad
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Archie Bottoms

If you mean where they are strangling the poor snake with the tight noose, I certainly agree.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

I'll take everyone's word on the ID, since I don't recognize it (my first thought was O. hannah too until I looked closer).

However... While I can't say that this was done intentionally (I bet it was though), notice that the snake is on a rod somewhere between the camera and the guy in the middle of the frame. The snake could be 2 feet long (and 2 feet from the camera) for all we can tell.
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What goes up must come down...unless it exceeds escape velocity.

Nope, T-rats have a juvy pattern, like all in the obsoleta group, that thing is at the very least, 4-4 1/2 ', my bet is on 6' or better. Look at the wheel of the dolly closest to the snake and while not perfect, gives a better indication of probable size than the not so scared runnin' man!
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Todd Hughes

Yeah, I agree Todd, it is an adult T rat that is very likely in that size range you mentioned.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

>>Nope, T-rats have a juvy pattern, like all in the obsoleta group, that thing is at the very least, 4-4 1/2 '

Reasonable.

>>Look at the wheel of the dolly closest to the snake and while not perfect, gives a better indication of probable size than the not so scared runnin' man!

I don't see anything in the photo that would allow one to conclude anything more precise than that the snake is closer to the camera than the cart (other than indirectly by the pattern as you stated).
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What goes up must come down...unless it exceeds escape velocity.

It's funny you mentioned that too Larry,...because a while back, a friend sent me a pic of an Eastern Diamondback that was in the neigborhood of 5 plus feet that was needlessly killed in a shopping center, and the article "claimed" it was a fifteen footer..LOL! It was captured by a very looong set of pole tongs too, so it could have just as easily have been put into a bucket and relocated, but instead, the article made the "keystone cops" that did this look like "hero's" that saved everyone within a huge city block from certain death. This sort of ridiculous sensationalism always pisses me off big-time.

So Joe "hero" cop holds the snake way out close to the camera, and another officer was standing WAAY back in the background taking pics, giving the false illusion the snake was a huge mutant behemoth.

Apparently they think everyone is a complete idiot to believe it could even be possible,...but then again, most of the snake illiterate general public would more than likey buy right into it.

It was an absolute FARSE!..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"