Caught a Black Rat snake (pics)

[ABbuggin]

Caught this fella earlier today (while doing so, I felt a bit like Steve Irwin LOL), so I had to take pics. Snake was about 3 feet long. When it was really irritated, it would vibrate its tail like a rattler, and it would also "rear up" like a cobra....snake had an attitude lol. I've seen much larger snakes in the wild (4ft. copper head, 5ft. black rat) but this is the largest snake I've seen in my yard.

Trying to chomp me here lol.

I like this pic a lot.

 

[idolomantis]

Awesome catch Looks like a fun snake to handle

 

[Rick]

Cool. Reptiles are my favs.

 

[ABbuggin]

Awesome catch Looks like a fun snake to handle

It was quite interesting trying to get a hold of him. I lost count how many time I was almost bitten. :lol: This is a harmless snake, but if it was a venomous species, I would of only taken pictures at a distance. Once I had a hold of him, he was surprisingly calm.

 

[AmandaLynn]

Cool! Have you ever been bitten by one?

 

[ABbuggin]

Cool! Have you ever been bitten by one?

Not by a snake, but I've been bit by countless lizards, and stung by countless bees/wasps. I've been wounded pretty decently by one of my cats more than once that I would say is worse than any non-venomous snake bite. :lol:

 

[hibiscusmile]

Andrew! U give me the shivers, and good pics!

 

[Emile.Wilson]

Andrew! U give me the shivers, and good pics!

Speaking of snakes, how are your snakes?

 

[Rick]

Cool! Have you ever been bitten by one?

I was bitten by a copperhead when I was 12. Was too scared to tell anyone for fear of getting into trouble. Of course I had no idea it was a venomous snake at the time. Didn't take long to find out! Luckily they rarely kill people but do cause a lot of pain and I could have lost my finger.

 

[revmdn]

Neat-o!

 

[sbugir]

I love snakes, used to have quite a few...Now I'm left with a 12 year old corn snake and I'm only 16