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I'd take it as a compliment (that they are stealing my articles) - but it costs me money, so it's just theft. Copyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners. Mostly because folks are scared of them, I think - But the King Snakes are really GOOD snakes to have around! On top of a large and old mound that had been a burn pile in the past, I was gathering aluminium cans when I got that peculiar feeling that one sometimes gets when he realizes that he's not alone. He saw a huge snake, and killed it. The good thing about the rattlers is that you can hear them. I am very much interested in snakes, thanks for your info.keep posting. haha Great information and interesting to read. They remind us just how wild the brush country of South Texas remains despite highways, high fences and cities. Soon, beneath me, the largest snake I'd ever seen emerged from the mound. My Favourite Fallen Valkyrie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. I thought she'd been bit and pulled the vines apart afraid of what I might see. A threatened species, this is the largest serpent in the United States, attaining verified lengths of up to 8.5 feet. If you haven't, then I think you should definitely write a hub about that!!!! Another line of defense is their powerful smelling musk, which they can release from their vent when threatened. I don't think my Dad much agreed to that suggestion, as his thoughts were that if it's eyes were DEAD, then it was a good snake, and thus my brother's attitude and murder of a perfectly good King Snake that had been purchased for $35.00 to keep the rats out of the wood pile behind the BBQ restaurant. .laid itself out with the color variations. Kingsnakes use constriction to kill their prey and tend to be opportunistic in their diet; they eat other snakes (ophiophagy), including venomous snakes. I wanna learn 'bout that BULL SNAKE yous been a' tellin' me 'bout. Rated up! The common name is derived from the pattern, which is black, with small yellow - white specks, one speck in the center of almost every dorsal scale. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products, This is a data management platform studying reader behavior. Google e mailed me yesterday to tell me that it was removed. Kingsnakes also eat lizards, rodents, birds, and eggs. Texas Fish & Game is the largest and most popular outdoor publication in the Lone Star State. I thought he was lovely. Because of its aggressive attacks on rattlesnakes, many farmers in southern Texas consider it a useful ally. (Photo: USFWS). Victoria Lynn - it's extremely unfortunate for the King Snakes of the world that they nearly always tend to resemble one of the same areas local venomous snakes. That's when Texas snakes are most active and will travel longer distances to find food. Actually there are 2 species here in southern Georgia, WTS. This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. Maybe some awesome Texas dude will write a hub about them and fill in some more info...? Voted up all the way. Texas Night Snake. be careful...!! Their underside is often a salmon pink color. My sister in law was all squatted down picking with both hand bunches of pole beans. I'll not forget the rustling of the leaves as it slithered on by, disturbed as it was by my intrusion - a King Snake. They den in burrows left by other animals. SUPER APPRECIATED!!! {"cart_token":"","hash":"","cart_data":""}. Remember - if you kill a king snake, and then later on you are bitten by a rattlesnake and killed. This item is out of stock and cannot be purchased at this time. Those photos are just marvelous, to me only fangless snakes are fun. Lots of Rattlers here too. This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. The zone of intergradation between the two subspecies, in Texas, is from the Panhandle, along the Red River valley, south through the cross timbers and blackland prairies to the gulf coast marshes, and exclusive of the piney woods found to the east. . Hence the adage, “If it’s an indigo, let it go.” It is not a typically aggressive snake, but may bite or release a foul smelling musk from its cloaca if handled or harassed. Thanks for the heads up, friend! Years ago my brother ran a BBQ restaurant outside of Tyler, Texas; and he was a new hire at the time for the restaurant owner, and was at the woodpile behind the restaurant loading some logs for the fire. My aunt found it wrapped around the springs under the front seat while cleaning. You should know he took a drink now and again as well. . No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. If I can't tell a story, the I ain't talking about it! Besides the occasional opossum, skunk, and raccoon that must meet a nasty shotgun fate for killing Dad's chickens - so too does the foolish and lazy King Snakes that get into the coops. There are only two subspecies found in Texas, L. g. holbrooki and L. g. splendida. . Turns out it was a harmless King snake that had slivered between her legs and frightened her. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so. As for snakes we have an understanding and I hope that continues to work for me :-P Again, repeating myself, you can take what could be a boring story and put that WTS touch on it to make it more interesting!!! I don't think that snakes are so beautiful, but when you consider that King Snakes eat coral snakes, rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasin snakes - you can really SEE the beauty of the King Snakes in all of their trans coastal U.S. and Mexican varieties. The California King Snake isn't just for Californians - These snakes live in the South Western to Western United States, from Baja California to Oregon and Southern Utah to Western Arizona. And this imagery is widely used in Hindu Scriptures. This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. I don't think he ever forgot again. If they are round, then it's a good snake! dust. Characterized by its overall black or black-brown background. He'd paid $35.00 for that King snake - to keep the rats and mice out of his wood pile. . King Snakes are always evolved in such a manner that they are IMMUNE to the venom of the venomous snakes in their regions. Stay sovereign, my friends. King Snakes ARE our friends!! If King's are as chill and mellow as you're saying, then I wonder if they also react to encounters based on feeling your intentions? These are generally accepted by ranchers and farmers because they eat other snakes including venomous ones. The seven subspecies of Lampropeltis getula cover the majority of the southern half of the U.S., found from California to Florida. The owner of the BBQ restaurant, however, was very unhappy. Curiad - it's those rattlesnakes that I never want to see! The man named John said. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. :-D, Not only was this hub interesting and very informative, it was damn funny. THANK YOU SUE SWAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .I'm also forever forgetting that there is a species of rattlesnake over there. Good writing Todd, and great stories! The Eastern King Snake and the Speckled King Snake are both found in my area of North East Texas. Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. Common kingsnakes have also been known to feed on reptile eggs, relying on their sense of smell to find most of its prey, including prey buried underground. Plenty of canebrakes-a subspecies of the timber rattler- around here though! ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. If you need me to explain that to you further - then I can't do that - because you can't be helped. (Photo: USFWS). But this is still informative and well written. Basically, King Snakes do a lot of interbreeding, and are found from coast to coast in the United States and Mexico. No other publication matches our coverage of hunting, fishing, guns, gear, tackle, conservation, outdoor news, and wildlife subjects. Copyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners.HubPages Inc, a part of Maven Inc. As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. .are comparable, but I think most live if they get to a hospital in time after a rattler bite. Hey, snakes have feelings too!!! Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. Great hub Todd, like I said on FB I never heard the red touches yellow saying. that thingo that looks n' like n' THAR RATTLER! Serpent, or snake to be precise, is called Naga in Sanskrit language. The King snake is the KING of snakes in most every domain or region in which they live, and what that means is that they EAT other snakes, and other things that we humans tend to find undesirable, especially high on the "undesirable" list of King Snake snack foods are rodents such as rats and mice. This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. 2. I know I never find live ones. out here in the mountains of California we have several kinds of snakes. . The Scarlet King Snake is, besides being so colourful, rather smaller than the other King Snakes. Stories of even larger ones are out there but because of habitat changes in South Texas the snake is difficult to find in many areas. I'm always forgetting where you live, Georgia, right? I kinda sorta have a hard time finding the venomous ones purty - but the King's look, to me, like barney the purple dino compared to the pit vipers! 2 The harmless Mexican milk snake or the scarlet king snake are easy to spot in your yard with their brilliant bands of red, yellow, and black. A 6 or 7 pound rattler cleaned and skinned and de-boned breaded and baked or I like KC Masterpiece honey teriyaki with sesame seeds marinade and grilled is pretty tasty stuff cooked low and slow with the skeletal bones left in place and as it gets tender you can pull 'em out and a tortilla wrap with some cheese right off the grill is my favorite.
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