Snake my daughter caught today.

[KahrMan]

It looks like a common water snake. Any other suggestions?

[Guest DeadEye]

Looks like a Water Snake, but remember any Snake can make one sick if bitten!

[Guest Jamie]

Looks like a really dark bull snake, to me... one with some damage to it's tail. ( It shouldn't be that blunt, so is probably scarred over after something bit the tip off. )

J.

Edited July 12, 2010 by Jamie
Edited to add pictures of Bull Snakes

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

Before I would've taken pictures of it... Personally, it would've been a dead snake. I hate snakes. I know they're good and blah blah blah, but I really don't like them. And they don't like the tip of my shovel too much either.

[Guest bkelm18]

Yeah I'm leaning toward a Bull Snake of some kind. The patterning and facial structure are very bull snake-ish.

[dunndw]

looks like a nice hat band

[petro]

Looks like a rattlin-copper-mocassin to me!

The only good snake is a dead snake!

[hipower]

Big sucker. He's over my let live limit. I don't like snakes either. We have a spring beside the house and if they stay off the walk and away from the back steps, They can stay. But when bold enough to come into my space...or that big...somebody or something has to go.

[KahrMan]

looks like a nice hat band

The only good snake is a dead snake!

Big sucker. He's over my let live limit. I don't like snakes either. We have a spring beside the house and if they stay off the walk and away from the back steps, They can stay. But when bold enough to come into my space...or that big...somebody or something has to go.

My daughter let it live. That way she can catch it again. She loves chasing and catching snakes.

[Oh Shoot]

My daughter let it live. That way she can catch it again. She loves chasing and catching snakes.

Good for her.

Unlike some of the big bad full grown fraidy cats herein. :-)

- OS

ps: it's most likely a pine snake, since we don't even HAVE bull snakes or gopher snakes in TN, according to TN Herpetological Society

All three are in the same genus, though, and look similar.

I kept a large pine snake for about a year as a kid, it was more vibrantly colored, but pretty sure that's what you have there as pattern is same.

- OS

Edited July 12, 2010 by OhShoot

[Il Duce]

wow we have a bunch of big babies here LOL. good for her to let it live.

[Guest jackdm3]

Good for her.

Unlike some of the big bad full grown fraidy cats herein. :-)

- OS

Can we pick up a bigger version of this? ----->

[Guest bkelm18]

I will never understand how someone can be afraid of a snake. Sure, some are venomous, but all it takes is a little effort to learn which is which. Some even have cute little monikers to help you remember.

[Guest Jamie]

ps: it's most likely a pine snake, since we don't even HAVE bull snakes or gopher snakes in TN, according to TN Herpetological Society

All three are in the same genus, though, and look similar.

Pine snake, bull snake, rat snake, chicken snake, water snake... that poor critter gets a lot of names stuck on it. And no matter which species it is, exactly, it's probably one of the most common snakes around my area... second only to the garter and black racer.

No matter what a person wants to call it, it's harmless and needs to be left alone.

J.

[Guest Bonedaddy]

Be willin' to bet that it's an old chicken snake (black rat snake). I caught hunnerds of'm in my life time as a reptile catchin' kid and still will at times just to scare my G-ma and son-in-law. W. TN is crawlin' with'm. Looks like he's in need a skin sheddin'.

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

Good for her.

Unlike some of the big bad full grown fraidy cats herein. :-)

- OS

ps: it's most likely a pine snake, since we don't even HAVE bull snakes or gopher snakes in TN, according to TN Herpetological Society

All three are in the same genus, though, and look similar.

I kept a large pine snake for about a year as a kid, it was more vibrantly colored, but pretty sure that's what you have there as pattern is same.

- OS

Nice reason for it to be named, "Dead Snake" in my house/yard.

[Guest Jamie]

Nice reason for it to be named, "Dead Snake" in my house/yard.

You afraid of quadriplegics too?

J.

[Guest BEARMAN]

No matter what a person wants to call it, it's harmless and needs to be left alone.

+1000....Here's the man's daughter catching that snake, then letting the little feller live...and all you big men a hollering...kill'em...kill'em...he's too big to let live...ya'll are unbelievable sometimes.

You guy's would be amazed at how many filthy rodents that one snake would dispose of in a year's time...if only you'd let him live to accomplish the task....rather sad, in my estimation.

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

You afraid of quadriplegics too?

J.

Sometimes.

[Daniel]

I will never understand how someone can be afraid of a snake. Sure, some are venomous, but all it takes is a little effort to learn which is which. Some even have cute little monikers to help you remember.

I am physically repulsed by them. It has nothing to do with venom. I cringe thinking about them.

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

I am physically repulsed by them. It has nothing to do with venom. I cringe thinking about them.

Quoting someone famous, "If it can walk, and it ain't got no legs... That's the devil right there."

[Il Duce]

[Guest Jamie]

I am physically repulsed by them. It has nothing to do with venom. I cringe thinking about them.

I used to know someone who couldn't even look at a picture of one without fainting. When a new magazine ( paper kind, not a "bullet holder" ) arrived in their office break room, her co-workers would go through and mark the ones that had a picture of a snake in them.

J.

[Guest Jamie]

Quoting someone famous, "If it can walk, and it ain't got no legs... That's the devil right there."

Snails scare you too then?

No wonder you carry a gun...

J.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Quoting someone famous, "If it can walk, and it ain't got no legs... That's the devil right there."

Lieutenant Dan ain't got no legs...and he wasn't the devil...he was Forrest's friend.

Run Forrest, run!