I was sitting outside reading with the boys, when Fritz got up from snoozing and pointed to the ground. I looked up and found this guy slithering past us!
Many people would go inside, but I rushed the dogs inside, then I fled back to Mr. Snake to see if he wanted to play. He did not. It was fun to watch him though and it takes everything I have not to touch him. Even with that large mouth lunging towards me.
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That’s awesome we love snakes and such at our house to. Anything most dont like we flock to
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Hey @beachbrian
My snake wanted to play. 
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One of you must have been heavily sedated.
Bearcat
Turn that snapper around and see how that works!
My snake wanted to play.
Only you could say something like that, BK, and not sound creepy! 
I forgot you held that snake recently! Way to go!
Bearcat
Turn that snapper around and see how that works!
Oh man he was a powerful turtle. Couldnt imagine if that happened 
This thread I will never see again!!
Love turtle soup ! Snakes around here get the sharp end of the shovel.
Love turtle soup ! Snakes around here get the sharp end of the shovel.
It’s sad that fear can compel a grown man to kill a very beneficial creature that doesn’t weigh but a few pounds at most.
Teach your children well.
Saw a snake wading yesterday. Luckily I was on shore and he was in the water at the time. I initially thought moccasin, but I now think it was just a water snake. I’ll have to review the GoPro and see if I got a good shot to ID it.
I was mowing the lawn one day and stopped to admire a anole hanging out in the open. Out from the bushes a Black Racer tagged him. That was pretty cool to witness.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Thomas Nichols wrote:</div>
Love turtle soup ! Snakes around here get the sharp end of the shovel.It’s sad that fear can compel a grown man to kill a very beneficial creature that doesn’t weigh but a few pounds at most.
Teach your children well.
I was thinking the same thing. The snakes you run in to are not dangerous in any which way and dont want to bother you. Shoe them away, why kill them ?
Snakes play an important role in maintaining balance in the ecosystem. There’s no need to kill them. As predators, snakes keep prey populations in balance. They eat tons of mice and studies have reflected that when snakes help reduce the rodent population, the prevalence of Lyme disease in the environment is also reduced.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-reptiles-snakes-saving-snakes/2911/
As much as snakes give me the willies they play their part, I’m just much happier when they don’t play in my general area.
Hi Sharon
I just saw a garter snake too. It slipped through the daylilies when I stepped outside. It hid most of its body but I could see its back and tail. Biggest one I’ve probably ever seen. Hope it has a mouse for lunch!
Snakes play an important role in maintaining balance in the ecosystem. There’s no need to kill them. As predators, snakes keep prey populations in balance. They eat tons of mice and studies have reflected that when snakes help reduce the rodent population, the prevalence of Lyme disease in the environment is also reduced.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-reptiles-snakes-saving-snakes/2911/
Absolutely,the constrictors we have here in Minnesota and Wisconsin,bullsnakes,(aka:gophersnakes) fox snakes,milk snakes,racers and rat snakes,all eat a ton of rodents.It’s almost all they will eat.That being said,I have seen bullsnakes and fox snakes snack on a nest full of baby robins but,that’s a once a year treat for them.Can’t blame ’em,I’d want to eat some chicken too if all I’d been eating is beef.I work with bullsnakes and yes,I have been bitten a time or two.Many,many,very short,very sharp teeth
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I was shocked when I visited a nature center at feeding time and saw that you do indeed have “constrictors” in MN. I don’t know why, but up to that point only thought pythons and boas did that.
If you pick up a garter snake be prepared for the stink that follows.
I was shocked when I visited a nature center at feeding time and saw that you do indeed have “constrictors” in MN. I don’t know why, but up to that point only thought pythons and boas did that.
If you pick up a garter snake be prepared for the stink that follows.
Yeah,I hear you with the garter snakes stink.Fox snakes will sometimes do that too.
Love snakes, they are awesome animals! I hit one with the mower by accident last year and felt terrible for weeks. My doberman hates them and I got to make sure she does not go after one if we see em. Snakes won’t hurt you round here, just give them space. Those garter snakes think they are Cobras when threatened!
As with big snappers, only handle them far away from the business end!
says the snowflake
Huh?
Snakes are fun.
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Snakes are fun.
Wonderful,simply wonderful.Very happy to see pics like this. 
S is for shovel….
I met a few snake wranglers in college, friendly folks…
The FW and I were on vacation in TN this summer. Stopped at a waterfall and decided we wanted to take a picture at the edge of the rocks. Saw a relatively small copperhead coiled under one of the rocks by the ledge. “Let’s take a picture over there (points 10′ in the other direction), it’s a better angle”. Never told her what I had found…
It’s not that I don’t like snakes, but we had 100s living around the house. Like 7 or 8 in the little shrub outside the front door. They lived under the step, on any given day you couldn’t go outside without running into 5-10 or more snakes. So while they have their place, it wasn’t under our step so we cleaned them up and plugged their holes.
I’ve taught my boys to embrace the neat critters in the woods too. They love snakes, turtles, birds etc.
I don’t think too many four year olds can ID a painted turtle, a chickadee or burning nettles, but it makes me a proud outdoorsman that my critters can 
Too many people have unwarranted fears of nature, or are just generally unaware.
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Anybody see or hear bout this one? Released to be caught again!
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Anybody see or hear bout this one? Released to be caught again!
Yeah,I saw that this morning.That’s a BIG bullsnake. Biggest one I’ve ever captured and tagged was 62″,that ones much longer.They don’t get much bigger than that.
I know a guy that lived on the outskirts of town and his female cat had kittens. He started out with 3 or 4. Then he was down one then another to a point they were all gone. About that time he also found a snake skin on a fence line. It measure about 8 foot. So now we now what happen to the kittens.
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