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Well my cousin Jim-Bob Rednek sent me the usual christmas card this year along with a picture of his newest snake and the story behind its capture. I hope you all enjoy it:

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Dear Cousin MAC,

I hope you have a happy holiday season. I'm sorry we can't come visit this year but I'm working overtime at the jiffy lube to get the missus a barb-wire wreath bent in the shape of Texas like they have at the tradesdays.

Anyway, I decided I'd give snake raising a try since you seem to enjoy it so much. I enclosed a pic of my newest snake. She's a beauty. I was just walking the creek banks earlier this summer looking for one of them copper-mouth-rattle-moccasin when I noticed something dragging a cow leg up the bank. At first I figured it was one of them lions or tigers that people have released around here but then I realised it was a snake. Man, it was the biggest copperhead I ever saw!! Well except that one grandpa killed in the back yard with a shotgun when I was 6...that thing was easily 10'...he said they only get that big when they've been sucking blood from horses. Grandpa new alot about snakes. So I ran back to the truck and got some duct tape, a large empty trash can (I left the trash in the truck, Don't mess with Texas! right?), and another natural light. When I got back to the snake that joker almost had the whole leg swallered so I scooped him into the trash can and taped the lid shut. Now he lives in my bathroom. I feed him stray cats and gophers (I chase em out of their holes with gasoline.) The kids have to be careful when they use the commode now but the wife thinks it's cool cause when it has babies we're all gonna get hatbands.

Your Cousin,
Jim-Bob
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yup...the picture says it all

happy new year everyone

Well, that is a pretty large Copperhead. Either that or a really small bath tub.

Is that picture real?
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Martin Whalin

"It is foolish to let singleness of purpose deprive one of the joy and delectation of the many wonderful sights and sounds incidental to the quest."
-Carl Kauffeld
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Hmm, I dunno the pic looks like it might be photo-shopped to me, but one thing is for sure, reguardless of its size that is a BEAUTIFUL snake!!
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0.0.1 Argentine Black and White Tegu
0.0.1 Baby Aru Green Tree Python
2.1 Bearded Dragon
0.0.4 Hatchling Bearded Dragons
1.1 Honduran Milksnake
1.0 Florida Brooksi Kingsnake
1.0 Blood Red Cornsnake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.0 Western Hognose Snake
1.0 Bull Mastiff

That picture is indeed fake.
It took me about 15 minutes thursday morning and it made me chuckle to no end. Do you have any idea how many times some one has told me there dad killed a 5' copperhead? AND THEY'VE ALL GOT PROOF!!! hehehe

I suppose I should have put this in the humor forum but I'm sorta sick of those AP pictures of that python. I've seen several very large pythons and that snake doesn't look anywhere near 50'. I've pulled scale from all the ppl in the pictures with that snake and I simply do not believe it.

The copperhead in this pic is about 24" or so and she is indeed beautiful which is why I've kept her. I pass up dozens of southern copperheads every summer just driving home from work but she stood out for some reason.
The rest of my pictures of her are here

So keep in mind that this is the internet and caveat emptor
(I've actually had one guy email me wanting to buy that snake....)

I hope someone got a giggle out of that....

-MAC-

That is funny. Do you really live in TX? I am from the foothills of northern CA & during the summers we'd always see rattlesnakes out along the roads & we'd also hear stories about which neighbor shot one on their porch or killed one with a shovel. I remember one day (at dusk) I went jogging with my dog & passed 3 along the bike trail, trying to cath the last half hour of sunlight & warmth!
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Danielle
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1.0 green water dragon, 0.4 leos, 1.0 iguana, 0.1 beardie, 2.0 green anoles, 1.0 blue anole, 1.0 rosy boa & 2.2 bettas ~My Pets~