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Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:57 pm
by C-dub
Cool!

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:56 pm
by puma guy
:thumbs2: Very Cool!

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:46 pm
by J.R.@A&M
Sorta like what the DNC did to Bernie. Or Stalin v. Hitler. The analogies are endless.

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:11 pm
by carlson1
That is something I have never seen in person either. I am not a snake fan, but any thing that kills coopeheads can’t be all bad.

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:31 pm
by Boxerrider
Excellent! I had heard of it but never seen it happen.
I'm trying to get some sort of scale. Assuming those are not giant leaves, then neither of those is a very big snake. Correct? The copperhead doesn't look much smaller than the king snake though.

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:39 pm
by Lynyrd
Awesome! I've seen a few speckled king snakes on my place, but never saw one eat a copperhead. What an experience!

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:06 am
by Boxerrider
The shape of the head would have been a quick identifier, but Mr. King Snake didn't allow you that view!
Still plenty of justification for letting the non-venomous snakes be.

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:34 pm
by gamboolman
Dayum !
Thanks OP

Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:44 pm
by Grundy1133
J.R.@A&M wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:46 pm Sorta like what the DNC did to Bernie. Or Stalin v. Hitler. The analogies are endless.
reminds me of a double ouroboros
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Re: Interesting Night Last Night

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:44 am
by der Teufel
It looks like a rat snake to me. Normally I feel that most snakes are beneficial to the environment, particularly anything called a Rat Snake. However, our local biologist recommends eliminating rat snakes whenever we find them because they're very detrimental to ground nesting birds (like turkeys).