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My dad thinks it is a copperhead but we arent sure.

It WAS a harmless Texas rat snake, if you will notice the head is grey and not copper? Ugh, more needless killing due to ignorance....
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Dustin Smith

Well it was coming after my brother. And I'm not so sure it was a harmless snake

It was "coming after your brother"? I don't buy that for a second. Another harmless snake killed for absolutely no reason. *sighs*

Yeah, more like his brother was going after it, and the snake was only trying to protect itself from the all-too-common buisiness end of the shovel there!.......JEEEEEZ!!!!

BTW, great "victory" pose there with the shovel. You should have kneeled down next to it like they do with large carnivores when they are needlessly shot for no reason.

Now on a serious note here to the original poster, would you please do all the wildlife near you a favor, and learn what the only four groups of venomous snakes really look like?. And even those shouldn't be killed, just left alone or moved by someone who knows a little about what they are doing.

I don't really want to be the nasty guy about this, but it sickens me to see such a harmless animal like that Ratsnake you needlessly killed lying there like that at the end of a shovel when it could have been merrily crawling on it's way before you guys went after it.

How about googling some Copperhead pics, Cottonmouth pics, Rattlesnake pics for future reference. It's real easy. Of course your next kill could very well be a Scarlet kingsnake thinking it's a Coral snake though..LOL!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

>>It was "coming after your brother"? I don't buy that for a second. Another harmless snake killed for absolutely no reason. *sighs*

yes....snakes don't "go after" anyone. they will bite if cornered, but WILL NOT chase anyone.
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Don
www.donsgartersnakes.net

Your dad needs to be reminded what color copper is.
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1.0 speckled kingsnake
1.0 leucistic texas ratsnake
0.1 tricolor hognose
0.1 water python
0.1 spider ball python
1.0 green tree python

What do all of those snake names and numbers mean?

The snakes I own. 1.0 = one male, 0.1 = one female.

I also don't buy for a second that a texas rat was 'chasing' after anyone. Own the one below and I've wrangled many a wild adult, and they aren't gonna come after you.

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1.0 speckled kingsnake
1.0 leucistic texas ratsnake
0.1 tricolor hognose
0.1 water python
0.1 spider ball python
1.0 green tree python

Google copperhead, and rattle snake while you are at it, you will see that they are nothing like rat snakes and are pretty recognizable. The fact is that there are very few snakes that will actually come after people with the intention of doing them harm, and as far as I know there aren't any mambas in texas, Florida maybe. This may seem a little crazy to you,but even venomous snakes do not wish to hurt you, they don't eat people and do not actively hunt us. If you do see a copperhead or a rattle snake, just give them some space. Pick up a long stick and nudge them away if you feel uncomfortable, but there is no need to kill them.

The crazy thing is, if he googles copperhead, at least one image of a texas rat snake will probably pop up! I don't know what it is about a texas rat snakes but ignorant people think that they are copperheads all the time. I guess the name "copperhead" doesnt click, I mean, they dont call them copper heads because their head is gray, come on people!
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Dustin Smith

>>My dad thinks it is a copperhead but we arent sure.
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Here are pics of a couple copperheads I removed from people's yards and then relocated. Copperheads are absolutely not dangerous, except if you try to pick one up or accidentally put your hand near one that you don't see. (You're probably more likely to get hit by lightning than the latter.)

Snakes do not "go after" humans. Just look at it this way, if you saw a 90 foot long snake, would you try to go after it??

Tell your dad snakes are good to have around. They eat destructive pest animals like rats and mice. Please don't kill them.

Thanks,
Ed

"Snakes do not "go after" humans. Just look at it this way, if you saw a 90 foot long snake, would you try to go after it??"

Welllll, I would, definitely, hopefully I'd have some rope, or something because I'd have little chance of over powering such a big snake.