look what I found in my woodpile, ain't he cute?

Uh.......cute?

Well, maybe...

You have considerable presence of mind, taking his picture so calmly...

What kind of snake is he?

:scared:

I think that is the only poisonous north American animal that is absent from Arizona!

and that's OK!:rofl:


typo

and a fairly big one at that.

I was living in greater Houston. In a subdivision build on an abandoned rice field.

The copperhead had five mice in its belly.

but I don't like unexpectedly encountering venomous ones.

BTW,I wish that this were your own photo because I'd like to know what that surface is under the snake.

where they use a large aggregate. I've seen it used for walkways and sometimes driveways/parking lots. I'm guessing it doesn't take the kind of wear you'd have on roadways and why it's not used there :)

I thought it looked like an aggregate but I've never seen one with such big chunks.

I've seen people do a lot of weird things with asphalt, including using shells (like in a shell road) as aggregate, or using different colors of crushed glass to make permanent patterns/art :)

they used the materials they had at hand. :)

dg

:P

I do know that asphalt made with shell-aggregate is the worst to try and walk on when you're barefoot :o

not much, but it's still out there. beware bare feet! :scared:

dg

but I think the asphalt for our parking lot here was originally the same. Then it was repaved some years ago, so I forgot that tidbit. And yeah, it's real tough on bare feet. Can't imagine what it's like for animals... :(

So long as he is a healthy distance from me. :D Wonderful color and pattern.

Of course I could never get close enough to admire it in person!

we have them from time to time,,,he looks good

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And that background surface.
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Sure looks like a big ol' steaming slab of snakeschist to me.
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Went out to call kitty in and he stopped. Dead stopped. Looked and he was face to face with copperhead.
Ran through house out back door and came around behind kitty who turned and let me grab him. Threw kitty in house. Ran for shovel and then just stood and watched. Damn snake was right next to the house
and I was afraid if I tried to kill him I'd miss. Eventually, snake turned away from house and was heading under the deck to the front door--and there was no way I was letting him get under there!

Took aim and severed the head from the body with one blow.

My heart was pounding like I'd run a marathon!

I havent missed yet

that looks like a copperhead.

best not to mess with the devil when he calls, amigo.