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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2014 15:19:29 GMT -5
Found this in the bone yard. I saw 2 king snakes there last year, one about 6 feet and one close to seven feet long. This skin 6'6" and tail missing. Lots of junk laying around for mice, toads and less fortunate food snakes for the king. i got the kings, they like the abundant water snakes here.   |
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 8, 2014 15:30:10 GMT -5
Wow, that's a very large king snake skin, jamesp. Looks like you can see where it's head is at? Are you having it for supper? Just kiddin' with you. About a week after the 4th, I almost picked up a snake skin. Thought it was remnants of bottle rocket. Not sure who wore this skin, but we've seen ring-necked snakes and copperheads in our yard.  |
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Post by bhiatt on Sept 8, 2014 16:33:59 GMT -5
even though its the skin Id still cut the head off.lol
kidding.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 16:40:59 GMT -5
actually that is not that large for a kingsnake on Jim's property.
Jim has a wingspan of approximately 6 feet (give or take 6 inches). So that skin is 6ft. The snakes themselves get that big on his land. BUT, a shed skin is 20-25% longer than the snake itself is. This because the underside of every scale the entire length of the snake is unfolded when cast off. A 6' shed skin is ONLY a five foot snake (ish)!! lol
Jim I likey you got so many herps on your land!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 16:42:44 GMT -5
Wow, that's a very large king snake skin, jamesp. Looks like you can see where it's head is at? Are you having it for supper? Just kiddin' with you. About a week after the 4th, I almost picked up a snake skin. Thought it was remnants of bottle rocket. Not sure who wore this skin, but we've seen ring-necked snakes and copperheads in our yard. Too big for ringnecks. Could be copperhead. Could be almost anything. garter, water, king, corn, rat, rattle [snake]...... |
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2014 16:49:20 GMT -5
you did walk 47 miles of barb wire ! make a great necktie I know Bo  |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2014 17:17:31 GMT -5
actually that is not that large for a kingsnake on Jim's property. Jim has a wingspan of approximately 6 feet (give or take 6 inches). So that skin is 6ft. The snakes themselves get that big on his land. BUT, a shed skin is 20-25% longer than the snake itself is. This because the underside of every scale the entire length of the snake is unfolded when cast off. A 6' shed skin is ONLY a five foot snake (ish)!! lol Jim I likey you got so many herps on your land! No surprise Scott. I see water snake skins a lot and they look skinny and and long. I figured they stretch. I do have some big kings. 20 years ago It was Copperheads, now all I see is Kings. And the Copperheads were unusually long. We cherish the king snakes, we assume they eat mice. Mice a problem, getting into stuff. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2014 17:22:57 GMT -5
"I almost picked up a snake skin."
'Almost', as in over coming fear Jan ? I let the dogs smell it and they said it was time to go. They DO NOT like snakes.
Brad going to kill the skin. Like it is a ghost.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2014 17:29:29 GMT -5
you did walk 47 miles of barb wire ! make a great necktie I know Bo A thoroughly good one Ed. |
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2014 17:32:42 GMT -5
 and I didn't mean Bo Tie 
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 17:44:38 GMT -5
Thoroughly Good George
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Post by bsky4463 on Sept 8, 2014 21:38:10 GMT -5
So apparently mohs does know Diddley.... my fav line: The night was dark and the sky was blue, down the alley a ice-wagon flew Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should'a heard just what I seen Cheers |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 22:08:13 GMT -5
So apparently mohs does know Diddley.... my fav line: The night was dark and the sky was blue, down the alley a ice-wagon flew Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should'a heard just what I seen Cheers Agreed, that is a totally forgotten part of the song. Glad you 'brung' it!! haha! Thanks |
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Post by quartz on Sept 8, 2014 22:51:30 GMT -5
You got us beat, ours is only a little over 5 feet. We saw the snake that shed it several times during one summer. I put it on display inside a fluorescent tube protective cover. Great mouse eaters.
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2014 23:03:22 GMT -5
my fav line: The night was dark and the sky was blue, down the alley a ice-wagon flew Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should'a heard just what I seen Cheers
especially when they slo mohs down that beat
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do you love it babe!who now
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2014 23:17:50 GMT -5
You got us beat, ours is only a little over 5 feet. We saw the snake that shed it several times during one summer. I put it on display inside a fluorescent tube protective cover. Great mouse eaters. Snake skin display. Shine a light down that tube and make a cool night light. |
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Post by quartz on Sept 9, 2014 12:12:16 GMT -5
I didn't think of that, maybe look into it. Funny, some who see it say "wow, cool", and others get the willies just seeing that "ghost". It is about 3 times longer than most found here. I've always been fascinated by snake skins, like shedding organic clothing that has become outgrown.
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Post by snowmom on Sept 9, 2014 17:12:06 GMT -5
Dang, sometimes I wish I could "like" somebody's post several times... like this one! Thoroughgoods concerts were a blast! nobody still in their seats... everybody boogies! (like, like, like, like, like) so there!  |
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Post by mohs on Sept 9, 2014 18:12:49 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2014 19:18:56 GMT -5
I was at the junkyard yesterday Ed. I found a super pressure cooker in the aluminum pile. Weighed 22 pounds and paid $32 for it. It is a hoss. Must be for some industrial use. Has a manual ball valve release, pop off valve and 0-200 pressure gauge, all threaded in the top hatch. Looks nuclear. I think I could get 2 human heads in it, maybe three. I will show you a photo. Oh, and the seal is rubber free, it has a taper that seals metal to metal, hatch to pot. 8 hinged bolts, sublime indeed. |
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