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07-16-2008, 06:17 AM
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For the past week, during the afternoon thunderstorms, this little guy was coming in my shop.......under the garage door  I didn't mind when he sat there until the storm was over and left. Yesterday he was being a pain in the ARSE, snapping at me, my dogs and crawling all over the shop. I had to step in and take control  Sorry for not cleaning my trash can for the pics. He's only about 10" long so the dogs didn't take him seriously 
I relocated him far, FAR away, out in the woods  I don't mind snakes but not this kind, crawling around near my ankles 
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07-16-2008, 06:28 AM
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07-16-2008, 06:30 AM
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07-16-2008, 06:34 AM
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07-16-2008, 06:44 AM
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07-16-2008, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker I don't mind snakes but not this kind, crawling around near my ankles | As opposed to crawling around your... neck...?
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07-16-2008, 06:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | I THOUGHT it was a baby Pygmy rattler as they are very common around here. The pest control people would SWEAR it's a Pygmy  I'm now pretty sure it's some kind of Racer. I thought I was being brave and daring  |
07-16-2008, 08:17 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:27 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker I THOUGHT it was a baby Pygmy rattler as they are very common around here. The pest control people would SWEAR it's a Pygmy I'm now pretty sure it's some kind of Racer. I thought I was being brave and daring | Based on the head shape, it's definitely not a viper - so definitely not a rattler.
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07-16-2008, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by vinny I'd be as concerned about those stringy drill chips on the floor. | Those are nice, expensive titanium drill chips!! |
07-16-2008, 08:45 AM
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Let me introduce you to your "little friend", also known as Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, or the dusky pygmy rattlesnake. 
I hope you are more careful in handling the next one of these you see....
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07-16-2008, 08:46 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker Those are nice, expensive titanium drill chips!! | Hijack alert: Nice, what were you making in titanium? |
07-16-2008, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Gard You were being "brave and daring". (Let me rephrase, as someone that has been bitten by a poisonous snake: crazy/stupid )
Let me introduce you to your "little friend", also known as Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, or the dusky pygmy rattlesnake.
I hope you are more careful in handling the next one of these you see.... | While the pattern is close, I still don't buy it. I also think Knifemaker's is a racer. Look at the face of the snake, it is not a viper. Check out the head diagram in this link: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology...smbarbouri.htm
Now check out the head on this racer: http://www.southalley.com/album_racers.html
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07-16-2008, 09:04 AM
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07-16-2008, 09:22 AM
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07-16-2008, 09:40 AM
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07-16-2008, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by baba ...and this pic of a juvenile black racer seals it. They lose the markings when the mature. The head and markings are identical to FLKnifemaker's although this guys a little younger: | Yes,
One of the snake experts on our knife and gun forum called it immediatley. They're close.
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I just did my best to get it into the trash can and off to the woods. I wasn't playing snake charmer with the darn thing The first two encounters he took off. Trust me, I was handling it as if it was a Pigmy!! I can't afford to be out of commision with a snakebite!! Snakes in my yard/shop are not something new. A few years ago, we had a coral snake in my Florida room. That one met it's doom  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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