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I have a pic that i just took but its really sucks. The snake is black and white black bands running down its body. I live in michigan and caught it by a creek. heres the pic

heres the link the pic isnt working http://www.geocities.com/ordinary_gentleman/pic666.jpg

>>heres the link the pic isnt working http://www.geocities.com/ordinary_gentleman/pic666.jpg

Hmmmmmm... well seems rather bizarre, but that looks a heck of a lot like a california king to me. Must be an escapee. Where'd you find him?
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"Sweetheart don't make me laugh you's gettin' too big for your pants and I's think maybe you should cut out while you can" - Complicity (Slash/Rose)

I found him under a board near a creek by my house. What else could it be?

I was thinking the same thing, Dexter....an escaped Cal King. But I wasn't too sure.
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I was burning a hole in brain trying to remember exactly how he said it. I've been begging my hubby to buy me the trilogy, as much as I watch/rent them, I could've bought 'em by now! LOL Thanks for helping me out w/that...I knew I didn't have it right!
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"Nature will find a way." Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) Jurrasic Park

thanks again!!!!
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Herps:
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Others:
1.0 Blue Betta fish "'Beta' test"
0.1 White/Lemon/beige splotched and spotted hound mix "Angel"

Human pets:
2.0 Children "Matthew" 7 yrs, "Duncan" > 1 yr
1.0 Hubby "Roger"

"Life will find a way." Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) Jurrasic Park

all the other movies were centered around the dinos. The third move though mainly revolved around the people. I found it pretty weak personally. The first two were great though. Andy
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Andy Maddox
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Matthew loves the third one and I must admit that I like the whole Spinosaurus or what ever and the terradons or whatever (I'm not up on dino names, 10 years ago I was, but I'm more into modern reps, rather than the long gone ones).

I missed Malcolm in the third movie...he was the best character IMO. I love the whole chaos thing...it's fact.
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~redmom~
My Email
Herps:
1.0 Normal corn snake "Ed"

Others:
1.0 Blue Betta fish "'Beta' test"
0.1 White/Lemon/beige splotched and spotted hound mix "Angel"

Human pets:
2.0 Children "Matthew" 7 yrs, "Duncan" > 1 yr
1.0 Hubby "Roger"

"Life will find a way." Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) Jurrasic Park

all the other movies were centered around the dinos. The third move though mainly revolved around the people. I found it pretty weak personally. The first two were great though. Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

all the other movies were centered around the dinos. The third move though mainly revolved around the people. I found it pretty weak personally. The first two were great though. Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

I desire to become a paleontologist, and watching the JP movies lets you actually see what they could have been like. Very fascinating to me.

If you don't already have it, you should just buy 'Walking with Dinosaurs'. They have less of a tendency to... er... make stuff up. AND they have cynodonts.

everything that we think we know about dinosaurs by relating them to present day creatures, which could be totally flawed.

The thing is that they're related to present day creatures (they WERE archosaurs), so we really can make some educated guesses. And you can tell a lot from bones. But come on... the Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus was like 6-7 feet long. Dilophosaurus fossils are up to 20 feet long. A 20 foot long dinosaur doesn't need to spit anything at anyone, especially in the early Jurassic period. I think it had everything it needed to take down Anchisaurs and the like.

With all that frog DNA being spliced in (Jurrasic Park 1). I kept waiting for one of the "Dino's to croak (LOL)
Frank

Yeah, that was a tad far fetched too.

LOL...funny image of TRex hopping and going "ribbet" while chasing allan grant and malcolm....in the meantime the kids vehicle lands in a pond and a brachiasaur flicks it's tongue, grabbing one of the kids...oops!
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~redmom~
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Herps:
1.0 Normal corn snake "Ed"

Others:
1.0 Blue Betta fish "'Beta' test"
0.1 White/Lemon/beige splotched and spotted hound mix "Angel"

Human pets:
2.0 Children "Matthew" 7 yrs, "Duncan" > 1 yr
1.0 Hubby "Roger"

"Life will find a way." Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) Jurrasic Park

Can you picture a french chef going wild on the island???????
Frank

we splice a jelly fish's dna with a monkey, produced glowing blood in the ape. weird stuff

>>I have a pic that i just took but its really sucks. The snake is black and white black bands running down its body. I live in michigan and caught it by a creek. heres the pic
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I am certain it is a representative of the Lampropeltis (kingsnake/milksnake) genus. In Michigan, the only snake belonging to Lampropeltis happens to be the Eastern Milk snake, L. t. triangulum, in which the snake in the pic definately is not (unless it is an extremely off colored individual who traded his saddles and spots for bands!)
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"Sweetheart don't make me laugh you's gettin' too big for your pants and I's think maybe you should cut out while you can" - Complicity (Slash/Rose)

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"Sweetheart don't make me laugh you's gettin' too big for your pants and I's think maybe you should cut out while you can" - Complicity (Slash/Rose)

That is a Cal King. There isn't any native snake in Michigan with that pattern.

Must be an escapee. Thanks for removing it from the wild.
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Chris Harrison

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