There's a huge snake that lives in the shed behind my friend's house. They've named it Kitty, for just that reason.
They say you usually smell her before you see her. Ever since I heard that I sniff a LOT more than I used to when getting a piece of wood off of the pile outside. 0_o
Rat snake! Just like this video, they can get really big, but they're almost completely harmless and will just ignore you. I've relocated plenty just by gently scooping them up and moving them to a new spot, with no issues 90% of the time.
The other 10% they might kick up the musk a bit, or get a lil hissy, but I've never had one actually try to bite.
I actually really like snakes, when they're just chilling out and I can watch them from a few yards away. It's stumbling upon them when I'm not prepared that turns me into a cartoon character for a few seconds.
Because when they said all black I was thinking ALL black, like the belly and everything. I've seen snakes like the one in that photo plenty of times. :)
That's a rat snake from what I see on my end! You can tell "friendly" snakes by their eyes and overall shape, they don't have that "viper look" we've learned to fear and avoid over countless millennia. Vipers are more angular with that slit eye sort of look. Obviously this doesn't apply across the board, and it's always best to treat any animal you don't know about as not "friendly," and give them their berth.
And I'm the same exact way about spiders, lol. I'm quite ok if they're over or up yonder doing their thing, I'll even get up close and such (respectfully, no antagonizing) and whatever.
But MAN! If they're suddenly on me or within my imaginary sphere of "naw bro" it's a WHOLE other thing lol
As you said, cartoon character levels of nonsense, hahaha!
I appreciate you saying that the 'friendly' look isn't always good to go by. With pit viper species, it tends to work well, but when you see a mamba or boomslang they have the friendly shapes!
I feel hognoses end up in a betweenie kinda category but they are venomous so it at least makes sense 😅
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u/relwark 3d ago
Nice of him to not harm the snake