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I just HATE snakes and the thing is I am not scared of them,  just hate them and want them all dead.

Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not really - the king snake is different and there are a ot of varities 
> and they are all very pretty.
>
> http://www.kingsnake.com/king/ssp.html
>
> The common Kingsnake is probably the most common in the SE but several 
> other species live in the SE, e.g., the "Milksnake". The common 
> Kingsnake or Eastern Kingsnake gets big up to 7 feet long. The black 
> snake normally refers to the black racer sometimes to the black rat 
> snake. There is also a black species of Kingsnake but I don't think we 
> have many of those in the deep SE - we had them up Western KY and TN. 
> The rat sankes are also good to have around. There is the red and 
> yellow ratsnake in the SE. The yellow
>  ratsnake is commonly known as the 
> "chickensnake" because they like to eat eggs. But the rat sankes will 
> also keep away vipers.
>
> All I know I want to be a long way away when Jody "Calamity Jane" 
> Rogers-Buttram sees a snake and gets her gun.
>
> Truman
>
> rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > 
> >
> >> I sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. But I thought it 
> >>was King snakes that killed poisonous ones,
> >> 
> >>
> >
> >Yeah, King Snake, Black Snake, I think they're the same. We just call'em
> >black snakes around here. You got me on the egg thing though. I *do* know
> >a poisonous snake when I see it though. I used to ride horses with 2
> >redneck boys who *lived* to catch snakes. They'd knock a copperhead off a
> >tree limb over the creek and chase it down the creek with a forked stick
> >while I held their horses. One swam right through my horse's front legs
> >before they
>  pinned it down, & caught it (I could see the venom shooting
> >out underwater) and then stuffed it in a Maxwell House coffee jar they
> >found laying out in a trashheap. My horse didn't mind till he sniffed the
> >jar. My 2 "King" snakes are actually a King & a Queen. :-)) I have
> >photos to prove it, so we have little prince & princess snakes around the
> >place. It's so obvious what kind they are they really don't bother me in
> >the least. The other day the cat had one about 18" long playing with it.
> >It looked 100% dead but I brought it in and put it in a jar and boy did
> >it wake up! Kaboot's the only horse I've had that hated snakes. He
> >REALLY hated it when he'd see on on the trail and would shy from sticks.
> >I don't know if it was from seeing the "sticks" around the barn crawl off
> >or if he'd ever had a bad experience.
> >
> >>From Wikepedia:
> >
> >Kingsnakes are constrictors and
>  tend to be opportunistic when it comes to
> >their diet; they will eat other snakes (ophiophagy), lizards, rodents,
> >birds, and eggs. They are highly resistant to the venom of other snakes
> >and are known to eat rattlesnakes. The "king" in their name (as with the
> >king cobra) is a reference to their taste for other snakes and their
> >ability to overpower other snakes. 
> >
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