Found a deadly snake in my yard

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston

Originally posted by: Specop 007
Was out mowing the yard and moved one of my drain spouts. Lo and behold, there was a baby Rattlemouth Cottonback.
Damned deadly, I got lucky he didnt tag me when I reached under the drain!

Behold pics of the deadly beast.

Safely caged
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Here he is smelling me out. He knows his incredibly toxic venom would put me down in a minute, so he isnt very worried
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I'm lucky to be here, I can tell ya that much. You dont wanna mess around with a Rattlemouth Cottonback.

That is a common garter snake and is not venomous... :roll:

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But . . . that variety of trouser snake is known to spit venom . . .

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: LostWanderer
Dude, I speak on behalf of those of us who actually recognized the thing as harmless when I say that was and excellent story! Rattlemouth Cottonback, that's a classic..



:thumbsup:

Agreed.

 

[ballmode]

Whatever snake it is, kill it.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: ballmode
Whatever snake it is, kill it.

:brokenheart:

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

Originally posted by: LostWanderer
Dude, I speak on behalf of those of us who actually recognized the thing as harmless when I say that was and excellent story! Rattlemouth Cottonback, that's a classic..



:thumbsup:

LOL...

Well, I say put it back in the grass somewhere and let it go free man... poor little snake...

 

[LiquidImpulse]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I'm lucky to be here, I can tell ya that much. You dont wanna mess around with a Rattlemouth Cottonback.

Isn't that exactly what you were doing with this snake? Messing around with it? Trying to capture it in a glass jar? Taking pictures of it, from only meters away? If it really is that deadly, why on earth wouldn't you call the relevant authorities?

LOL, what i was thinking. Doesn't add up if you dont want to be "messing around with it" but you are taking :camera: of it.

 

[puffff]

I came across a King Cobra before. Good thing it was only a baby. No, I didn't try to mess with it, I backed off as soon as I got my pictures.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston

Originally posted by: LostWanderer
Dude, I speak on behalf of those of us who actually recognized the thing as harmless when I say that was and excellent story! Rattlemouth Cottonback, that's a classic..



:thumbsup:

LOL...

Well, I say put it back in the grass somewhere and let it go free man... poor little snake...

I let him go shortly after the pictures.

 

[Aimster]

That's a king cobra

you people dont know your snakes

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: puffff
I came across a King Cobra before. Good thing it was only a baby. No, I didn't try to mess with it, I backed off as soon as I got my pictures.

Thats actually a harmless subset of the cobra.
Thats a Cobraliti Non-Venomosa. Remember the old saying
"Black touch yellow kill a fellow, pink touch black the fangs have no smack"

You could have played with him all day.

 

[wiredspider]

it looks so much smaller in the jar...

 

[WHAMPOM]

Good, you let it go. Now it can go back to eating its' share of bugs and slugs.

 

[ghost recon88]

Can't stand snakes, I always get goosebumps, and freak, they're so sneaky and gross:thumbsdown:

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: puffff
I came across a King Cobra before. Good thing it was only a baby. No, I didn't try to mess with it, I backed off as soon as I got my pictures.

Thats actually a harmless subset of the cobra.
Thats a Cobraliti Non-Venomosa. Remember the old saying
"Black touch yellow kill a fellow, pink touch black the fangs have no smack"

You could have played with him all day.

enough with the silliness!

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: puffff
I came across a King Cobra before. Good thing it was only a baby. No, I didn't try to mess with it, I backed off as soon as I got my pictures.

Thats actually a harmless subset of the cobra.
Thats a Cobraliti Non-Venomosa. Remember the old saying
"Black touch yellow kill a fellow, pink touch black the fangs have no smack"

You could have played with him all day.

lol, I have never heard that before. I actually do get rattle snakes in my backyard. The babies ones are hard to tell because they don't have a rattle and look close to other snakes. We have gotten a couple of full grown rattle snakes in our yard and those can be very scary. It takes forever to kill them with a shovel too.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I want these motherfcuking snakes off this motherfcuking yard!

at least he wasn't on a plane with snakes...

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I'm lucky to be here, I can tell ya that much. You dont wanna mess around with a Rattlemouth Cottonback.

Isn't that exactly what you were doing with this snake? Messing around with it? Trying to capture it in a glass jar? Taking pictures of it, from only meters away? If it really is that deadly, why on earth wouldn't you call the relevant authorities?

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puts mine to shame

 

[her209]

The first clue should be that there is no rattle. The second clue is that shape of the head is not consistent with that of a rattlesnake.

 

[AlienCraft]

It's either a COTTON MOUTH (Water Moccasin) or A Diamond Backed Rattlesnake.
You're an idiot.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: puffff
I came across a King Cobra before. Good thing it was only a baby. No, I didn't try to mess with it, I backed off as soon as I got my pictures.

Thats actually a harmless subset of the cobra.
Thats a Cobraliti Non-Venomosa. Remember the old saying
"Black touch yellow kill a fellow, pink touch black the fangs have no smack"

You could have played with him all day.

enough with the silliness!

 

[Nebor]

There's no such thing as a Rattlemouth Cottonback. Maybe a cottonmouth rattlesnake or a diamondback rattlesnake.

Neither one is extremely lethal anyway. I'm pretty sure there aren't any super lethal snakes in North American at all.

The snake pictured isn't poisonous at all.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Nebor
There's no such thing as a Rattlemouth Cottonback. Maybe a cottonmouth rattlesnake or a diamondback rattlesnake.

What about a Cottonbellied Rattlemouth?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Nebor
There's no such thing as a Rattlemouth Cottonback. Maybe a cottonmouth rattlesnake or a diamondback rattlesnake.

What about a Cottonbellied Rattlemouth?

How about I bite you?

 

[GrammatonJP]

Hey if thats a baby snake.. would u think the mother is also somewhere around ? maybe you got a bigger one to catch ..

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Nebor
There's no such thing as a Rattlemouth Cottonback. Maybe a cottonmouth rattlesnake or a diamondback rattlesnake.

What about a Cottonbellied Rattlemouth?

How about I bite you?

must... resist