And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Have to go with Rat Snake, admittedly the head seems triangular, but I've seen them do that when threatened, and a Rat Snake is more likely to climb like that, but the picture is probably staged. Whatever, I wouldn't grab it without care.
Next question: How and why is this snake curled around the door handle while 3' off the ground??? What enticed said snake to climb up that far - OR: is this photo-shopped?
Water moccasins are known to climb, too. If you've ever toured receding flood waters, you really have to be careful, because they can be hanging off anything. If it's a cottonmouth, then it might be a juvenile - they tend to be a bit lighter in color and skinnier. I don't think it's a rat snake.
Cound be a cottonmouth, can't really tell but rat snakes are always climbing doors and door frames around here. what is up with that? I try to leave rat snakes be but it would help if they wouldn't act crazy.
Rat Snake?
ReplyDeleteCotton-mouth water moccasin - note the triangular head of a pit viper
ReplyDeleteat my house it would be a dead snake.
ReplyDeleteI would have to move.
ReplyDeleteBlam!Blam!Blam!…”Got it Honey.”
ReplyDeleteBe right back…heading to Home Depot, they’re having a sale on front doors.
Have to go with Rat Snake, admittedly the head seems triangular, but I've seen them do that when threatened, and a Rat Snake is more likely to climb like that, but the picture is probably staged. Whatever, I wouldn't grab it without care.
ReplyDeleteNext question: How and why is this snake curled around the door handle while 3' off the ground??? What enticed said snake to climb up that far - OR: is this photo-shopped?
ReplyDeleteWater moccasins are known to climb, too. If you've ever toured receding flood waters, you really have to be careful, because they can be hanging off anything. If it's a cottonmouth, then it might be a juvenile - they tend to be a bit lighter in color and skinnier. I don't think it's a rat snake.
ReplyDeletePretty sure that is a western rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus. They really do climb like that.
ReplyDeleteCound be a cottonmouth, can't really tell but rat snakes are always climbing doors and door frames around here. what is up with that? I try to leave rat snakes be but it would help if they wouldn't act crazy.
ReplyDeletePut me down in the rat snake column. A little too long and lean to be a cotton mouth but like some said here the markings are very similar.
ReplyDeleteTexas Rat Snake. It doesn't have the horizontal stripe at the eye that cottonmouths have.
ReplyDeleteCopperheaded Rattle Moccasin
ReplyDeleterat snake. couple years ago a 7' one decided it really liked the peg-board tool pegs in my son's garage. we've got a pretty impressive pic. of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for contributing next year's Halloween door decoration idea!
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