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Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:07 pm to hometownhero89
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I had a 6 footer in my yard a while back.
Same here. My neighbor had just sent me a picture of it a few days before, I was mowing the grass and he was only a few feet away from me I think we scared eachother
saw his shed skin this past week. They do a good job looking scary because they can get so big, share some characteristics of a few venomous snakes and they flatten their heads. The few moccasins I’ve actually seen are much more menacing
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:28 pm to profdillweed
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What would you do if I bit you?
A human bite hurts about 50x more than a snake bite. My yorkie’s bite hurts about 20x more than a 6 ft. rat snake.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:35 pm to idlewatcher
Venomous, not poisonous
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:40 pm to LSUScores
Could be poisonous too. I probably wouldn't eat it unless you were in a survival situation, and definitely make sure it reaches AT LEAST 165 degrees internal temperature first.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 7:59 pm to LSUScores
All venom is poison but all poison isn’t venom. So saying it’s poisonous would still be correct.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:14 pm to jimbo88
Diamondback Water Rattler
Posted on 8/10/25 at 9:09 pm to jimbo88
There is a great facebook group. I’m sure they have Louisiana like the page for Georgia.
I believe the page for Georgia is Georgia Snake Identification. I’ve learned so much on there.
I believe the page for Georgia is Georgia Snake Identification. I’ve learned so much on there.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 9:13 pm to DesScorp
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If the head has a pronounced triangular shape, they’re usually poisonous.
That’s not true
Posted on 8/10/25 at 11:39 pm to yellowfin
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That’s not true
Well, apologies then, but thats what I was taught back in grade school.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 11:46 pm to jimbo88
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Another Snake ID
Impossible to tell with the head still attached….
Posted on 8/11/25 at 3:17 am to mattz1122
Close....
Cobra KANG is the correct nomenclature.
Cobra KANG is the correct nomenclature.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 7:56 am to DesScorp
You were taught wrong. A lot of snakes like to flatten their head into threatening triangles. Take this wannabe tough water snake for example:
That being said, you'll never go wrong avoiding a snake because it's got a triangle head. Just don't kill them for having triangle heads.
That being said, you'll never go wrong avoiding a snake because it's got a triangle head. Just don't kill them for having triangle heads.
This post was edited on 8/11/25 at 7:57 am
Posted on 8/11/25 at 7:59 am to profdillweed
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Although not venomous, they still bite little kids just like dogs do
You're comparing a non-venomous snake bite to a dog bite?
Posted on 8/11/25 at 8:06 am to Huey Lewis
Fun fact: Garter Snakes are both poisonous AND venomous; or more accurately, you can say is poisonous and be correct.
They have a mild venom usually not harmful to humans, but the food they eat (some frogs and slugs) are poisonous and harmful to humans and can stay in their system.
The more you know.
They have a mild venom usually not harmful to humans, but the food they eat (some frogs and slugs) are poisonous and harmful to humans and can stay in their system.
The more you know.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 9:33 am to jimbo88
There are only two kinds of snakes, I am told...
There's a harmless chicken snakes, and then there's deadly King Cobras.
I don't see no chicken in that one's mouth, so I'll let you figger it out from there.
There's a harmless chicken snakes, and then there's deadly King Cobras.
I don't see no chicken in that one's mouth, so I'll let you figger it out from there.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 10:11 am to jimbo88
rombifer?
Posted on 8/11/25 at 10:12 am to jimbo88
It's the same as every snake that I come across - a dead snake
Posted on 8/11/25 at 10:46 am to yellowfin
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What does “look poisonous” mean?
I would assume they mean distinct marking and a wide head (to house the venom glands)
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