AuburnJen 771 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I know there is a phobia about snakes and all...but this is why we love black racers in Florida...Here is a black racer eating a rattlesnake... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 That is cool, but it still gives me the willies, Brrrrrrrrr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PrincessNana 15 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I know there is a phobia about snakes and all...but this is why we love black racers in Florida...Here is a black racer eating a rattlesnake...We have a similar snake in Texas (could be the same kind) called a Blue Indigo. They were imported to kill rattlesnakes. The first one we saw was about 8 feet long and looked like black patent leather. Luckily we didn't kill it,(it got away before we came back with a gun) because we found out later that it was on the endangered list and a good snake to have around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LORNADUCK 261 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 where is THAT???? why did I look now I am going to have NIGHMARES :argh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SCTigerCock 171 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 where is THAT???? why did I look now I am going to have NIGHMARES :argh:X2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otter Spotter aka Debbie 58 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 We have a similar snake in Texas (could be the same kind) called a Blue Indigo. They were imported to kill rattlesnakes. The first one we saw was about 8 feet long and looked like black patent leather. Luckily we didn't kill it,(it got away before we came back with a gun) because we found out later that it was on the endangered list and a good snake to have around.We have Blue Indigo's here in Florida, as well. They're the good guys.I've learned yet another factoid: I didn't know black racers kill rattlesnakes. Thanks for the edumacation, Jen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicki aka Rebelstand 272 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 So you are telling this poor snake phobic woman: whose first nightmare was a snake inside the statue of liberty,whose been, more than once, 6 inches from a snake bitewho has barely been able to look at a cartoon snake much less a picturewhose kids have only seen the reptile house if Dad was along on the tripthat there are in fact good snakes?my unfortunate snake count -cotton mouth about 3 inches from may anklecoiled rattler about 6 inches from the other ankleriding a four wheeler through 3 puddles .... ALL OF WHICH HAD SNAKES IN THEM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Whoa!Ain't nature amazing? Pretty? No. But amazing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okgirlie...Brandy 6 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 That's really cool but I feel all woozy from just looking at those pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rdancemom... Pam 113 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 That pole looks suspiciously like a hookup at a CG. Please tell me you weren't at the fort. If you were, I definitely need to fax a site request for far, far away from wherever that was... like in the next state maybe... :rofl2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otter Spotter aka Debbie 58 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 That pole looks suspiciously like a hookup at a CG. Please tell me you weren't at the fort. It may have been a campground, but it's definitely NOT the Fort. The Fort doesn't have 4x4 stakes, river gravel scattered around, and crappy looking concrete pads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Whipperwhirl 24 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Holy cow - I had no idea snakes eat other snakes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HillBillyWhisperer 20 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 AWESOME! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MLM5.. aka Judy 97 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 :panic: snakes! snakes!good or bad, they freak me out.. what kind of creature eats it's own kind?? I just had to get up from my computer and do the heeby jeeby dance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
campingpixi 11 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 okay I am happy that it eats the rattlesnake but omg that thing is huge.. nope I just can't love that critter! If I had seen that and we were camping I would have our site packed up it 15 mins flat and hooked up to the truck all by myself!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roller ... aka Ed 351 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Holy cow - I had no idea snakes eat other snakes!There are a fair number that do so. Push come to shove, ALL snakes will eat another snake if they are hungry enough and the opportunity presents itself.The best known one here in the US is the King Snake:Scarlet King Snake - which is commonly mistaken for the Coral Snake (and vice versa):and the Banded King Snake:There are some more variants in the wild (and a tremendous number of color patterns in the pet field).Another famous snake eater is the King (notice a pattern here) Cobra, whose Latin name is Ophiophagus hannah. Ophiophagus means Snake Eater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MLM5.. aka Judy 97 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 my eyes!!! I just can't stop looking.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SCTigerCock 171 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 ? How do they do that?Why in the world would it lets itself be eaten? I may have to keep an eye out on people larger than me now....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roller ... aka Ed 351 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 ? How do they do that?Why in the world would it lets itself be eaten? I may have to keep an eye out on people larger than me now....... I assure you, they don't LET themselves be eaten. Survival of the fittest; eat or be eaten ... King Snakes also have some degree of immunity to Rattlesnake venom, which helps them clean those out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 where is THAT???? why did I look now I am going to have NIGHMARES :argh:It was taken in Stuart, Florida, down the street from my father's warehouse. I wish I could have been there to see it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 We have Blue Indigo's here in Florida, as well. They're the good guys.I've learned yet another factoid: I didn't know black racers kill rattlesnakes. Thanks for the edumacation, Jen.It is actually quite rare to see this in action, much less get pictures of it, as I have been told by the locals here. My father and his crowd of local "old geezers" (as they call themselves) have given me the "low down." This snake was quite the specimen, as was the one he ate. I have never seen a black indigo nor a black racer that large before in the wild. It sure must have been a spectacle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 That pole looks suspiciously like a hookup at a CG. Please tell me you weren't at the fort. If you were, I definitely need to fax a site request for far, far away from wherever that was... like in the next state maybe... :rofl2:No, that was next to his pool pump. But it was in Florida and it was near my house, about 9 miles away.It was the overflow pipe so you can backflow the water out when the pool is too high. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftwildernessguy 778 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 My guess is that snake is probably not going to need to eat for a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BRDof3...Rob 40 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 If I ate a meal that was roughly the same size as my current body, I'm pretty sure that I would not have been able to crawl away on all fours, much less walk in my normal manner. Which is not to say that would be against trying, just to see if I could do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BouncingTiggers 98 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 If I ate a meal that was roughly the same size as my current body, I'm pretty sure that I would not have been able to crawl away on all fours, much less walk in my normal manner. Which is not to say that would be against trying, just to see if I could do it.Ahh you'd just be a little bloated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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