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Is there an easier way to measure a large snake............

ginebig Jul 14, 2005 03:05 PM

besides havin' five guys try to straighten it out? . Mine isn't large yet, bout 6-7 feet, but there has to be an easier way. Just curious.

Quig

Replies (3)

goini04 Jul 14, 2005 03:39 PM

Yes,

take string and follow it around the snakes coils from the tip of it's nose to the end of it's tail. Once finished. Then cut the string and measure the string instead.

good luck

>>besides havin' five guys try to straighten it out? . Mine isn't large yet, bout 6-7 feet, but there has to be an easier way. Just curious.
>>
>>Quig

GuyinAZ Jul 14, 2005 11:18 PM

You can have him/her move along a wall and mark his head & tail. Another way is to take a photo looking straing down at the snake next to something of known length and import it into a program called "snakemeasurer"(you can find it on google) if you have a digicam/scanner.

ginebig Jul 15, 2005 12:29 AM

The string method I've used on occasion, when she's not to wiggley . The wall is what I use most often. Think I'll check into that snakemeasurer. Thanks for the tip.

Quig

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