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Old 11-21-2011 | 08:30 PM
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Old 11-21-2011 | 08:44 PM
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Copper headed rattle moccasin. Positive.
Old 11-21-2011 | 08:48 PM
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not sure but unless it **** out money it would be a dead one if i saw it in my yard.
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Originally Posted by tex1978
Copper headed rattle moccasin. Positive.
You sure?? I have been grabbing this thing by the tail!!! I found it at our shop and thought about keeping it! But **** that!!!!
Old 11-21-2011 | 09:02 PM
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That's a new breed of watermexican snake! Poisonous to vatos only! Be careful!
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That is a Juvenile Texas Rat Snake...Non venomous but can be aggressive! lol
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Originally Posted by Pwebbz28
That's a new breed of watermexican snake! Poisonous to vatos only! Be careful!
LMAO!!!
My girl came to the shop after work and went to the toilet to find this thing sitting there!!
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Originally Posted by Texhotrod593
That is a Juvenile Texas Rat Snake...Non venomous but can be aggressive! lol
I hope so!! This ****** was moving it's tail as if it were
A rattle snake.
Old 11-21-2011 | 09:08 PM
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Yeah figured some kind of rat snake.

http://www.texassnakes.net/JuvRat.htm
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Originally Posted by dgcustomz
LMAO!!!
My girl came to the shop after work and went to the toilet to find this thing sitting there!!

You need to sweep your bathroom floor for DAMN sure then.....LMAO!
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Rat snake
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+ 1 on the Rat Snake...
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You might hear it called a chicken snake by some farmers. I used to clean those and bull snakes out of the chicken coupes and barns where they would eat our eggs...ask me how i know they are aggressive! lol. They tend to curl up and will also lunge at you when threatened. They will bite and WILL draw blood but are harmless besides their bad table manners. In the end its still a damn snake, I hate them! The biggest I have personally caught was well over 6ft or so. It was as thick as my wrist and VERY strong.
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thats a cool *** snake. sounds like a new shop pet!
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Looks like dinner! Carne asada at the shop?!
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30
Looks like dinner! Carne asada at the shop?!
Lol... Y un cinto
Old 11-22-2011 | 08:36 PM
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ratsnake...
moccassin or copperhead wont get that long...
Old 11-22-2011 | 08:52 PM
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Not sure where ur from but copperheads can get in the 3' range an moccasins longer. Just usually the moccasin is more stumpy tailed.
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Definitely not a venomous snake, head shape and coloring give it away. Keep it around the shop, I guarantee you won't have a rat problem, that's better than having a cat!!
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+1 for keeping it.

What should we name it guys? I like the watermexican lol.



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