My wife got a big surprise when adding water to the pool. Watch out
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All I can say is if that happened to my wife, the bulldozer would all ready be on the road.
Woodstock1234
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Wow, he is so hidden. At first, I was wondering what I was looking for in the pic.
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I tell my family to pop those lids very carefully if I'm not around. If it's not a rattler it's almost definitely scorpions. Glad she is okay.
Cold day this spring I noticed something on the living rm floor - it was a garter snake. Most likely came in where we had a piece of weather strip missing on the storm door. I slowly picked it up and took it to show my wife. My ears were ringing from the scream 
and the dogs came running to see what was up.
But I don't believe I would pick up that guy!
and the dogs came running to see what was up.But I don't believe I would pick up that guy!
Orion7319
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This guy greeted my wife just the other day. This has to be the longest black snake ever. 
Killer95Stang
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Looks like a black racer. I met one once and when threatened they vibrate their tail so fast that it mimics a rattle snake. I leaned that long after the fact, once I changed my pants. Evolution sure fooled me at the time.
That's a nope rope! Is it a spicy nope rope?
borjis
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I was mowing the backyard yesterday, ran over something, then saw what looked like a small dog bone, then it started wiggling. Ran over a BIG garter snake!
I felt bad but left it there and ended up being a blue Jay's dinner.
I felt bad but left it there and ended up being a blue Jay's dinner.
Orion7319
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It could be a racer, but they aren’t supposed to get this long. That’s why I though this was a black snake that hadn’t eaten in a while. The really big guys we get around here are king snakes. One time I was cutting my grass on a really hot day and decided to take a quick break from the heat. So I parked my riding lawnmower in the shade of a tree. No sooner had I done that when I heard something that sounded like a branch falling out of the tree. It turned out to be a 6 or 7 ft long king snake and it landed right on my head and bounced right into my lap. We both freaked out!
The one I met was 4 ft and I saw all but it’s head. The tail was flailing around and I thought it was a compressor hose (albeit a fat one) at first blowing out the other end. Then he pulled his head out to look at me and i instantly regretted my curiosity. It wasn’t a blowing hose it was a rattle. (Or so it seemed at the time).
The white underneath it’s face matches the Google pics but a lot of others could have it too.
Orion7319
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The racers are more aggressive. The black rat snakes are pretty calm. The king snake is completely black and also very calm. I do get a lot of snakes in my yard, but one of my neighbors is a biologist and she has no issues getting rid of and relocating copperheads for all the neighbors.The one I met was 4 ft and I saw all but it’s head. The tail was flailing around and I thought it was a compressor hose (albeit a fat one) at first blowing out the other end. Then he pulled his head out to look at me and i instantly regretted my curiosity. It wasn’t a blowing hose it was a rattle. (Or so it seemed at the time).
The white underneath it’s face matches the Google pics but a lot of others could have it too.
That would have caused a hard blink on me for sure! Not afraid of snakes but don't like to be surprised by them like that. Did you go out and remove it?
Wobblerlorri
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That's a melanistic king snake. Instead of red and yellow bands, it's got black and white bands. Totally harmless.
But I'd have jumped and hollered a bit too!
But I'd have jumped and hollered a bit too!
Just remember the age old adage. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous. If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous.
Wobblerlorri
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Like the difference between food intoxication and food infection -- there's really is no such thing as food poisoning. Food intoxication is when food toxins make you sick, and it happens in 12 to 48 hrs; food infection is when the bacteria themselves make you sick, and takes at least 72 hrs.
That's a fat little guy -- have you got a field nearby, or you might have a mousie problem getting started!
That's a fat little guy -- have you got a field nearby, or you might have a mousie problem getting started!
Thats not ok...thats not ok at all...
I know it was non-poisonous, but still not wanting that stinky fella to bite me.
Filled the hole with water. When he popped up I used the pool net and relocated him.
Wife will never fill the pool again.
Filled the hole with water. When he popped up I used the pool net and relocated him.
Wife will never fill the pool again.
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