Hampstead
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DG Snake
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gcr_russell
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I guess it's the snake's fault for being born venomous. :\
Nope, just unfortunate for the snake it was born or lives around something so much higher up the food chain, but can still cause so much harm to us at the same time.
grodney
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Maybe he was a really long racer, and just out for a walk. Whatever it was, we weren't messing with it.
SuperBurrito
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Too Beaucoup!
Looks like a King Snake. The white belly is a clue. I'm not positive but I see a ton on the courses in Charlotte. It doesn't look fat enough to be a racer. (and by fat I mean they tend to look flatter as they move) Pretty snake though.
You can't be serious with this post...
@OP: where is that? Looks like Flanacher, which wouldn't surprise me.
tbird888
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ian.
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tbird888
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Couldn't have added a better picture!
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Ft. Buhlow
I played the original, had a great time. Hope to make it back out this winter and play the 2-course version.
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HyzerUniBomber
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Friend of our family (she babysits our kids) got bit by a rattler a few weeks back.
11 or 12 doses of anti-venom and about 2 1/2 days in the hospital.
She got the hospital bill: $260,000
Moral of the story... I dunno, don't get bit by a poisonous snake? That bill would have put me in the grave.
She did have insurance - her part is only $6000 - but still my reaction was along these lines:
11 or 12 doses of anti-venom and about 2 1/2 days in the hospital.
She got the hospital bill: $260,000
Moral of the story... I dunno, don't get bit by a poisonous snake? That bill would have put me in the grave.
She did have insurance - her part is only $6000 - but still my reaction was along these lines:
kerplunk
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I hear the vast majority of snake bites are either from people messing with them or from people gardening, where they end up surprising the snake by reaching up into an upside-down pot or an old pile of leaves or something.
That said, it looks like the OP definitely falls under the category of messing with them. Picking up a snake that you can't identify? Doesn't seem like a great idea to me, but everything turned out alright and you made a pretty popular interwebs thread from the experience.
That said, it looks like the OP definitely falls under the category of messing with them. Picking up a snake that you can't identify? Doesn't seem like a great idea to me, but everything turned out alright and you made a pretty popular interwebs thread from the experience.
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Nope. I wasn't dumb enough to pick that one up.
I am guessing the person that picked it up (Pmantle?) knew exactly what he was dealing with.
dysmike
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I hope so.. I almost grabbed a western diamond back a few months back. They hide nicely in brown grass.
I live and let live with all snakes except cottonmouths. That said, I don't touch them with my hands. A long stick, limber branch, cane, hoe or something similar is what I'd recommend. If you're scared, just leave.
cheese dog
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this thread has been very interesting, at first I thought the op was a herpetologist just pulling our chains. If you cant ID a snake don't mess with it. my daughter and I were trying to catch a non-venomous snake last week eventhough I could not ID it. I thought of those kids that were playing with gaboon viper in ohio. I let the snake go its way down hole 7. I do recommended fellow disc golfers be familiar with snake bite procedures, as they have changed since we were kids.
