When I was a kid, I used to catch gopher snakes all the time, along with garter snakes, king snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, etc. I would put them in an ice cream bucket for transport home. I recall one day catching a gopher snake and upon getting it home I started to remove the lid from the bucket. As I was doing so, out of the bucket came an intense rattling. It wasn't the normal rattlesnake sound, though. It was more of a very rapid hollow-sounding tapping. Regardless, I probably threw that bucket 20 feet. The lid popped off, and out came the snake. I went over to look (keeping my distance, of course). Didn't look like a rattler. No rattles on the tail, and big enough that it wasn't a baby. If it had been a rattlesnake it would definitely have had rattles. And of course, the head was not that tell-tale triangle shape. I found out later that gopher snakes will pretend to be rattlesnakes. Since they don't have rattles, like Sam said, they'll rattle their tails against something. In this case, the side of the ice cream bucket. Scared me nearly to death that day.
Craig On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:42 AM Sam Lambie <samtaos...@gmail.com> wrote: > And now looking closer at the picture, the head of the guy in the tube is > actually protruding a little and it is clearly a Gopher Snake/ Bull Snake. > I would bet my ISP on it. > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:37 AM Sam Lambie <samtaos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can actually see one of the tails of the coiled up guy in the picture >> that ends in a point. His head is partially buried in his coil. They are >> definitely not Rattlesnakes. >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:35 AM Sam Lambie <samtaos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, they are really good at emulating rattlesnakes by buzzing their >>> tails against leaves or in your case, the box or tube. A survival tactic >>> that obviously works well. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:28 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Really? The intense rattling coming from their tail would suggest >>>> otherwise... >>>> >>>> *From:* Sam Lambie >>>> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2020 8:25 AM >>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Hand Hole Surprise >>>> >>>> Western Gopher Snakes. Harmless. Can bite though, but not poisonous. >>>> Don't kill them. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> *Sam Lambie* >>>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>>> 575-758-7598 Office >>>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> *Sam Lambie* >>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>> 575-758-7598 Office >>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> *Sam Lambie* >> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >> 575-758-7598 Office >> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >> > > > -- > -- > *Sam Lambie* > Taosnet Wireless Tech. > 575-758-7598 Office > www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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