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Update: Where’d the big snake go? (Video) Columbia, SC (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries May 2012 OP
Damn... that big a rat snake? hlthe2b May 2012 #1
I keep telling them to look in its office Are_grits_groceries May 2012 #2
I've seen huge 'Wharf rats.' (also known as brown rats or something) Are_grits_groceries May 2012 #3
It slithered off, as snakes do. MineralMan May 2012 #4

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
2. I keep telling them to look in its office
Fri May 25, 2012, 08:01 AM
May 2012

in the SC Statehouse or the Governor's Mansion. Nikki may have mastered shapeshifting.
None of the people who work there will think it's out of place.




Skaterchick absent when snake talk is present.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
3. I've seen huge 'Wharf rats.' (also known as brown rats or something)
Fri May 25, 2012, 08:07 AM
May 2012

Here is a pic:


That's real.
Most of the time I think rat snakes can survive on the quantity.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
4. It slithered off, as snakes do.
Fri May 25, 2012, 09:33 AM
May 2012

If someone wanted to catch it, the time was when it was on that tree. One hand holds it behind the head, and the other unwraps it from the tree. Then, you put it in a bag or a plastic garbage can and take it where you want to take it.

Rat snakes and black snakes will bite, but their bite is harmless, except for their small teeth, which might leave a mark or even draw a little blood. The trick with that type of snake is to hold it for a few minutes, keeping its body from drooping too much. Once it settles down and figures you aren't going to eat it, it won't try so hard to bite you. Then, you can carry it around and show the neighbors the snake, explain how much good they do for keeping vermin's numbers down, and finally take it to a place a ways away from the neighborhood and release it.

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