Huge Snake!

[The Rebel]

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

 

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[Gare]

Nice it startled you
pictures B

 

[pepperj]

I'd say a Black Rat snake if it was in my yard.
Water snakes will be defensive in nature.
Black Rat will just go on their way.

This one was in the laneway a month ago.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

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gorgeous and yikes at the same time

 

[AU Seeker]

Definitely a Rat Snake.

 

[Jeff H]

Agreed, a rat snake. Harmless, nonaggressive.

 

[TORRERO]

Was out with Frank yesterday and almost walked into this beautiful snake sunning itself due to it being so unusually warm temps yesterday, roughly 70*

Was easily 5' long. At this point I'm trying to ID it but it's either a Northern Black Racer or Eastern Ratsnake.

Looking for the snake experts to chime in.

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Hope you did not kill it, My wife wants me to kill all snakes regardless, but I refuse !!

 

[pepperj]

Hope you did not kill it, My wife wants me to kill all snakes regardless, but I refuse !!

That's just.....🤭🤬

Here I have a wife that pulls 4'&5' Black Rat snakes from the barn.

Poor little snakes get a little pet as they slither by the doorsteps.

You need to try to educate your Mrs on the benefits of a snakes.

 

[pepperj]

Now this a snake, and has lived many years.

My boot size 13.
This beautiful Black Rat was sunning along the road.

Took a little gentle nudging to get it moving.

We are on the northern part of where they can live.
So I have a few BR nesting boxes on the property.

More is better.

 

[TORRERO]

That's just.....🤭🤬

Here I have a wife that pulls 4'&5' Black Rat snakes from the barn.

Poor little snakes get a little pet as they slither by the doorsteps.

You need to try to educate your Mrs on the benefits of a snakes.

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I don't kill Snakes just to be clear, but some people just can't be reached 🤣

 

[pepperj]

I don't kill Snakes just to be clear, but some people just can't be reached 🤣

I realize that I heard a tune 50 yrs ago.

 

[ironhorse]

I see snakes regularly at work....I guess it's a perk of working outdoors.
We have a few different kinds of snakes around here but the big ones are rare. A few garter snakes grow up to be intimidating although they are harmless.
This guy was over a meter in length, not the biggest I've seen but still a contender!

 

[The Rebel]

Thanks guys. I wrote to our state wildlife office and they confirmed it's an Eastern Ratsnake.

Awesome snake and good for the environment but almost walking into it, not so much 😂

 

[Nathan W]

Yeah man they are still out in this warm weather . Be glad when the temps start dipping

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Yes - it's a big one !

 

[Tony in SC]

Down here it would just be a Black Snake.

 

[AU Seeker]

Down here it would just be a Black Snake.

I live in South Carolina and it's definitely a "Black" Rat Snake.
Yes many people down here just call them Black Snakes, but that's because they don't know the real name for them.

 

[pepperj]

Last summer this one enjoyed a extra large egg
I can see the brown egg through the snake skin.

 

[IHC656]

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Last summer this one enjoyed a extra large egg
I can see the brown egg through the snake skin.
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We have a Rat Snake in our back yard, hasn't tried eating our chicken eggs yet. The snake crawled into a hole in our house. Mr snake is allowed to stay here as long as it goes to the attic to eat mice.