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May 31, 2016 at 3:02 pm #1052920
Supermau
ParticipantI’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.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]11855[/ATTACH]May 31, 2016 at 3:12 pm #1052921huskerdont
Participant@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.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]11855[/ATTACH]Too bad you can’t use that for bicycle tag. It would be a hard act to follow.
May 31, 2016 at 3:54 pm #1052923Tania
Participant@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.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]11855[/ATTACH]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.)
May 31, 2016 at 4:05 pm #1052924rcannon100
ParticipantMost snakes in Virginia you really should not worry about and should leave alone.
Virginia Rattler
Virginia Kingsnake
This one – I would commit to memorization and stay away – the Copperhead: They like to hang out in rocks and cliffs.
May 31, 2016 at 4:07 pm #1052925huskerdont
Participant@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.
May 31, 2016 at 4:18 pm #1052873AFHokie
Participant@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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May 31, 2016 at 4:31 pm #1052926KWL
Participant@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…”
May 31, 2016 at 4:46 pm #1052927Tania
Participant@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)
May 31, 2016 at 6:00 pm #1052930baiskeli
ParticipantI’m sick of these m*******ing snakes on this m*******king trail.
May 31, 2016 at 6:48 pm #1052933Vicegrip
Participant@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……
May 31, 2016 at 8:46 pm #1052944jrenaut
ParticipantIt took almost three years before this thread had a Samuel L Jackson reference? What is wrong with you people?
May 31, 2016 at 9:02 pm #1052946ursus
ParticipantI saw a snake today on the W&OD. I don’t recall where, but I think it was between Herndon and Leesburg.
May 31, 2016 at 9:02 pm #1052947Steve O
Participant@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)
June 1, 2016 at 2:21 pm #1052985baiskeli
Participant@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.
June 2, 2016 at 12:27 pm #1053036huskerdont
ParticipantNot 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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