#gophersnake — Public Fediverse posts

It did not appear to have an ingested mice in it but it also made me wonder where the secret hole is that the mice and snakes are using to get in there. I haven't been able to find their latest hole. Maybe they tunneled further away from the prison walls this time...

#snake #BullSnake #GopherSnake #PituophisCateniferDeserticola #GreatBasinGopherSnake #snakes

It did not appear to have an ingested mice in it but it also made me wonder where the secret hole is that the mice and snakes are using to get in there. I haven't been able to find their latest hole. Maybe they tunneled further away from the prison walls this time...

#snake #BullSnake #GopherSnake #PituophisCateniferDeserticola #GreatBasinGopherSnake #snakes

It did not appear to have an ingested mice in it but it also made me wonder where the secret hole is that the mice and snakes are using to get in there. I haven't been able to find their latest hole. Maybe they tunneled further away from the prison walls this time...

#snake #BullSnake #GopherSnake #PituophisCateniferDeserticola #GreatBasinGopherSnake #snakes

It did not appear to have an ingested mice in it but it also made me wonder where the secret hole is that the mice and snakes are using to get in there. I haven't been able to find their latest hole. Maybe they tunneled further away from the prison walls this time...

#snake #BullSnake #GopherSnake #PituophisCateniferDeserticola #GreatBasinGopherSnake #snakes

It did not appear to have an ingested mice in it but it also made me wonder where the secret hole is that the mice and snakes are using to get in there. I haven't been able to find their latest hole. Maybe they tunneled further away from the prison walls this time...

#snake #BullSnake #GopherSnake #PituophisCateniferDeserticola #GreatBasinGopherSnake #snakes

Big news today was seeing a 4 foot long gopher snake patrolling the yard! This one was quite docile when I picked it up. I should've taken more close-up photos. They can be bitey and sometimes will coil up in "strike" position, shake their tail, puff out their cheeks and try to convince you that they are in fact rattlesnakes.

This is a form of Batesian mimicry where, in this case, rattlesnakes went through the long evolutionary expense of developing both venom and signaling, then the gopher snake shows up in a Spirit Halloween "Dangerous Rattlesnake" costume and hopes you won't be able to tell the difference.

But this one was chill and after handling it for a few minutes I set it next to the house and it zipped through a hole into the crawlspace, the same place I had removed a rattlesnake from recently.

#Snake #LizardReport #GopherSnake #herps

Big news today was seeing a 4 foot long gopher snake patrolling the yard! This one was quite docile when I picked it up. I should've taken more close-up photos. They can be bitey and sometimes will coil up in "strike" position, shake their tail, puff out their cheeks and try to convince you that they are in fact rattlesnakes.

This is a form of Batesian mimicry where, in this case, rattlesnakes went through the long evolutionary expense of developing both venom and signaling, then the gopher snake shows up in a Spirit Halloween "Dangerous Rattlesnake" costume and hopes you won't be able to tell the difference.

But this one was chill and after handling it for a few minutes I set it next to the house and it zipped through a hole into the crawlspace, the same place I had removed a rattlesnake from recently.

#Snake #LizardReport #GopherSnake #herps

Big news today was seeing a 4 foot long gopher snake patrolling the yard! This one was quite docile when I picked it up. I should've taken more close-up photos. They can be bitey and sometimes will coil up in "strike" position, shake their tail, puff out their cheeks and try to convince you that they are in fact rattlesnakes.

This is a form of Batesian mimicry where, in this case, rattlesnakes went through the long evolutionary expense of developing both venom and signaling, then the gopher snake shows up in a Spirit Halloween "Dangerous Rattlesnake" costume and hopes you won't be able to tell the difference.

But this one was chill and after handling it for a few minutes I set it next to the house and it zipped through a hole into the crawlspace, the same place I had removed a rattlesnake from recently.

#Snake #LizardReport #GopherSnake #herps

Big news today was seeing a 4 foot long gopher snake patrolling the yard! This one was quite docile when I picked it up. I should've taken more close-up photos. They can be bitey and sometimes will coil up in "strike" position, shake their tail, puff out their cheeks and try to convince you that they are in fact rattlesnakes.

This is a form of Batesian mimicry where, in this case, rattlesnakes went through the long evolutionary expense of developing both venom and signaling, then the gopher snake shows up in a Spirit Halloween "Dangerous Rattlesnake" costume and hopes you won't be able to tell the difference.

But this one was chill and after handling it for a few minutes I set it next to the house and it zipped through a hole into the crawlspace, the same place I had removed a rattlesnake from recently.

#Snake #LizardReport #GopherSnake #herps

Big news today was seeing a 4 foot long gopher snake patrolling the yard! This one was quite docile when I picked it up. I should've taken more close-up photos. They can be bitey and sometimes will coil up in "strike" position, shake their tail, puff out their cheeks and try to convince you that they are in fact rattlesnakes.

This is a form of Batesian mimicry where, in this case, rattlesnakes went through the long evolutionary expense of developing both venom and signaling, then the gopher snake shows up in a Spirit Halloween "Dangerous Rattlesnake" costume and hopes you won't be able to tell the difference.

But this one was chill and after handling it for a few minutes I set it next to the house and it zipped through a hole into the crawlspace, the same place I had removed a rattlesnake from recently.

#Snake #LizardReport #GopherSnake #herps

#snakes nice Mother's Day surprise. Haven't seen a gopher snake in awhile. They are weclome visitors. Don't kill them. They eat rodents. #gardening #gophersnake. Before I noticed him he was laying flat but coiled and mimiced a rattlesnake to get me to bsck off. This one was about 3+ feet.

#snakes nice Mother's Day surprise. Haven't seen a gopher snake in awhile. They are weclome visitors. Don't kill them. They eat rodents. #gardening #gophersnake. Before I noticed him he was laying flat but coiled and mimiced a rattlesnake to get me to bsck off. This one was about 3+ feet.

#snakes nice Mother's Day surprise. Haven't seen a gopher snake in awhile. They are weclome visitors. Don't kill them. They eat rodents. #gardening #gophersnake. Before I noticed him he was laying flat but coiled and mimiced a rattlesnake to get me to bsck off. This one was about 3+ feet.

#snakes nice Mother's Day surprise. Haven't seen a gopher snake in awhile. They are weclome visitors. Don't kill them. They eat rodents. #gardening #gophersnake. Before I noticed him he was laying flat but coiled and mimiced a rattlesnake to get me to bsck off. This one was about 3+ feet.

#snakes nice Mother's Day surprise. Haven't seen a gopher snake in awhile. They are weclome visitors. Don't kill them. They eat rodents. #gardening #gophersnake. Before I noticed him he was laying flat but coiled and mimiced a rattlesnake to get me to bsck off. This one was about 3+ feet.

There were two baby flycatchers (Say's Phoebe) near where this snake was. One of the parent birds had been calling and I thought it was a cat around or just the chickens causing it. There's a stack of junk below the nest to prevent the cats (in the night mostly), but I didn't expect a snake could be an issue. Maybe this has always been a thing because they've seem to have lost the babies quite often it seems like.

It was escorted to the tall grass.

#snakes #bullsnake #GopherSnake

There were two baby flycatchers (Say's Phoebe) near where this snake was. One of the parent birds had been calling and I thought it was a cat around or just the chickens causing it. There's a stack of junk below the nest to prevent the cats (in the night mostly), but I didn't expect a snake could be an issue. Maybe this has always been a thing because they've seem to have lost the babies quite often it seems like.

It was escorted to the tall grass.

#snakes #bullsnake #GopherSnake

There were two baby flycatchers (Say's Phoebe) near where this snake was. One of the parent birds had been calling and I thought it was a cat around or just the chickens causing it. There's a stack of junk below the nest to prevent the cats (in the night mostly), but I didn't expect a snake could be an issue. Maybe this has always been a thing because they've seem to have lost the babies quite often it seems like.

It was escorted to the tall grass.

#snakes #bullsnake #GopherSnake

There were two baby flycatchers (Say's Phoebe) near where this snake was. One of the parent birds had been calling and I thought it was a cat around or just the chickens causing it. There's a stack of junk below the nest to prevent the cats (in the night mostly), but I didn't expect a snake could be an issue. Maybe this has always been a thing because they've seem to have lost the babies quite often it seems like.

It was escorted to the tall grass.

#snakes #bullsnake #GopherSnake

There were two baby flycatchers (Say's Phoebe) near where this snake was. One of the parent birds had been calling and I thought it was a cat around or just the chickens causing it. There's a stack of junk below the nest to prevent the cats (in the night mostly), but I didn't expect a snake could be an issue. Maybe this has always been a thing because they've seem to have lost the babies quite often it seems like.

It was escorted to the tall grass.

#snakes #bullsnake #GopherSnake

Mr. Snakeyy is back! #snake #GopherSnake

Mr. Snakeyy is back! #snake #GopherSnake

Mr. Snakeyy is back! #snake #GopherSnake