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Anonymous
Can anybody help me identify this snake ? I found him in a small burrow in the ground and had to move him somewhere else because kids play near it. If it helps I'm in texas btw.
>> Anonymous
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Here is another pic.
>> Anonymous
You didn't need to move it. It's not venomous, see how its head is narrow rather than pointed. I'm betting it had round pupils too. I can only identify species of northeast America, though.
>> Anonymous
rat snake
>> Anonymous
just to be sure though

pin its head down and then cut it off
>> Anonymous
Yea I didn't think it was venomous since no pointed head and all. I did have to move it tho, kids play all around the area it was at and I can't take the chance of it biting one of them. I've only seen black rat snakes so I wasn't sure if it was one of them.
>> Anonymous
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How does it taste?
>> Anonymous
>>235795
and you dont want your kids hurting it on accident. I'd be more concerned about that. Its a move thats best for both sides.
>> Moonbarker Osbourne
>>235795

Coral Snakes and Taipans don't have a pointed head and they're two of the most venemous snakes in the world
>> Anonymous
>>235897
He's in Texas. There are no taipans in Texas and that sure as fuck isn't a coral snake.
>> Anonymous
I can't think of a single deadly snake in all of the Americas that isn't obvious as HELL. You people>>235788are fucking moronic. Read a motherfucking field guide. They're cheap, useful, and have pretty pictures.
>> Anonymous
>>235897
King cobras don't have a pointed head either. But don't let that stop you from being a retard.

The snake the OP has is non venomous anyway, there's maybe 4 or 5 venomous snakes in the southeast and even less if he's in west Texas. All of them are pit vipers except for coral snakes. If you can't tell a pit viper from a nonvenomous snake you need to stay inside where you belong. Doubly so if you can't recognize a coral snake.
>> The snake Mr O
keep that in mind that snakes are able to return to the same place you found it.
>> Anonymous
some people just dont appreciate all of natures creatures
>> Anonymous
Thread should have stopped with 235792. It's just a common black rat snake. They are harmless but do get rather large and -can- still bite if harassed, but there's probably a billion other snakes in your yard you haven't seen. Heed the other anons' advice, don't bother messing with the snake next time - when you move him, he's able to just slither right back anyway.