Posted by JerryS on April 28, 2012 at 21:41:23 from (98.80.119.145):
In Reply to: OT/what kind of snake posted by Nancy Howell on April 28, 2012 at 21:03:24:
Yes, Nancy,these guys are right---it's a king snake. They're quite common here in our east Texas-west Louisiana area. And put down your hoe---as Old said, they eat copperheads and other snakes. I have convinced all the women at my place to leave them be.
Several years ago I was bushhogging, and I saw one in the grass by my tractor, lying still. I assumed I had hit it with the 'hog, or rolled over it, so I picked it up and carried it to a safer place. At the time I noticed something odd sticking out of its mouth. I laid it down and it did not move.
About 15 minutes later I decided to check on the snake. As I approached it, it was in the final stages of disgorging a black snake that was about six inches longer than itself! Divested of the black snake, it quickly slithered away. I figured that the king snake was so full of snake that it couldn't couldn't move, and felt in danger. Wish I could have told him to be cool and enjoy his lunch.
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