Name that snake!

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RobertBrown

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What kind of snake is this?

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   / Name that snake! #2  
A dead one ... send the winners prize thru TBN
 
   / Name that snake! #6  
A hognose will roll over and play dead like that. They are non-poisonous.
 
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A dead one ... send the winners prize thru TBN

Not dead, this one faints like a Virginia opossum. Right after you grab it, it craps on you then passes out.
 
   / Name that snake! #8  
Yep, it's a hognose snake or puff adder. We would sometimes catch them when we were kids. They are a pretty neat snake. We always thought they didn't have any teeth as we played with them and none of us were ever bitten. A neighbor that lived a couple of blocks away told us to never hurt them as they were a very beneficial snake. Wikipedia Hognose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia states that they do have teeth in the back of their mouth.
 
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Not dead, this one faints like a Virginia opossum. Right after you grab it, it craps on you then passes out.

Didn't know that ... I never stick around long enough to find out. So ... no need to wait on the prize ... okay then.
 
   / Name that snake! #10  
I love the way they will hood up like a cobra and hiss at you. They put on a ferocious show and then roll over and play dead. If you roll them upright, they'll roll belly up again. The last one I caught had me laughing so hard I was in tears. I took it out in the woods and let it go because I knew my wife (ex-wife) would make me kill it. That was back in the late '70s in Virginia. I don't think I've seen a live one since.
 

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