Say Hello To my Leetle Fren........

Rat snake?

 

Cor! It's a Beautie!

 

Venomous?

 

"Snakes on a Thread" !

 

As opposed to crawling around your... neck...?

 

Snakes on strings?

 

I'd be as concerned about those stringy drill chips on the floor.

 

Based on the head shape, it's definitely not a viper - so definitely not a rattler.

 

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....

 

Snakes???? "Why does it have to be snakes?"

 

Hijack alert: Nice, what were you making in titanium?

 

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/fl-guide/Sistrurusmbarbouri.htm

Now check out the head on this racer: http://www.southalley.com/album_racers.html

 

...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:

 

If a snake crawls up in my garage, I will waste no time introducing him to Mr. Remington.

 

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