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  • #1052920
    Supermau
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    I’ve nearly run over quite a few black snakes but I didn’t realize we had rattlers to contend with!

    Here’s one from last spring.
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    #1052921
    huskerdont
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    @Supermau 140536 wrote:

    I’ve nearly run over quite a few black snakes but I didn’t realize we had rattlers to contend with!

    Here’s one from last spring.
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    Too bad you can’t use that for bicycle tag. It would be a hard act to follow.

    #1052923
    Tania
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    @Supermau 140536 wrote:

    I’ve nearly run over quite a few black snakes but I didn’t realize we had rattlers to contend with!

    Here’s one from last spring.
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    You sure that’s not just a harmless kingsnake? Hard to tell from pic but I’m fairly sure the only rattlesnakes in Virginia are timber rattlers and they’re pretty distinctive.

    (I love snakes.)

    #1052924
    rcannon100
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    Most snakes in Virginia you really should not worry about and should leave alone.

    Virginia Rattler

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    Virginia Kingsnake

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    This one – I would commit to memorization and stay away – the Copperhead: They like to hang out in rocks and cliffs.

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    #1052925
    huskerdont
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    @rcannon100 140540 wrote:

    Most snakes in Virginia you really should not worry about and should leave alone.

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    The copperheads are often confused with brown water snakes, which are harmless. So don’t be mean to them if you think you see one.

    #1052873
    AFHokie
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    @Tania 140539 wrote:

    You sure that’s not just a harmless kingsnake? Hard to tell from pic but I’m fairly sure the only rattlesnakes in Virginia are timber rattlers and they’re pretty distinctive.

    (I love snakes.)

    Here’s a link to snakes in VA: http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/snakes/snakes_of_virginia.htm

    The white under the head makes me think maybe an eastern ratsnake? I’ve seen a few of them on the MVT

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    #1052926
    KWL
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    @huskerdont 140528 wrote:

    … We had a black rat snake in our basement a few years back that was a challenge to get out. I did not enjoy seeing it going up the stairs.

    If he liked to hang around in your basement, I’d say you had some other critter problems, like his food source. With a nod to Kliban – “Love to eat them mousies, mousies what I love to eat…”

    #1052927
    Tania
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    @AFHokie 140542 wrote:

    Here’s a link to snakes in VA: http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/snakes/snakes_of_virginia.htm

    The white under the head makes me think maybe an eastern ratsnake? I’ve seen a few of them on the MVT

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    I just spent way too much time looking at all the snake pics on that page.

    (I really do love snakes)

    #1052930
    baiskeli
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    I’m sick of these m*******ing snakes on this m*******king trail.

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    #1052933
    Vicegrip
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    @KWL 140543 wrote:

    If he liked to hang around in your basement, I’d say you had some other critter problems, like his food source. With a nod to Kliban – “Love to eat them mousies, mousies what I love to eat...”

    …bite they little heads off and chew they tiny feet.

    Dog Dammit….. That was a Deep pull from the wayback machine and now I have it stuck in my head…… :D

    #1052944
    jrenaut
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    It took almost three years before this thread had a Samuel L Jackson reference? What is wrong with you people?

    #1052946
    ursus
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    I saw a snake today on the W&OD. I don’t recall where, but I think it was between Herndon and Leesburg.

    #1052947
    Steve O
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    @huskerdont 140537 wrote:

    Too bad you can’t use that for bicycle tag. It would be a hard act to follow.

    Speaking of which, here’s the current tag. Anyone can play:
    @Steve O 140402 wrote:

    TAG! My bike at a highest jurisdictional point (Minor Hill, highest point in Arlington)
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    #1052985
    baiskeli
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    @jrenaut 140564 wrote:

    It took almost three years before this thread had a Samuel L Jackson reference? What is wrong with you people?

    I was stunned to be the first one.

    #1053036
    huskerdont
    Participant

    Not a snake, but a reptile, and sad. After a couple of Haines Point loops last night I crossed over into Virginia and ran over a skink. It dashed out across the trail and I veered to avoid it but it ran right under my tire. I went back and it was alive and could move some but was not doing so well. I moved it off the trail into the brush.

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