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Location: Arkansas | what the hell is this!
I found a snake in the kitchen sink. It's no bigger than an earth worm, solid black with a yellow ring around it's neck. It does have a head and mouth, but like I said, it's no bigger than agood size earth worm. Thin pointy tail. About 4 inch long when stretched out. I could probaly stomp it. LOL But it kinda fun to watch it curl up when I touch it with a steak knife. It was looking for a way out, so I picked it up with a pair of tongs, threw it in a Wal Mart bag, took it out side. Dumped it out of the bag,, it curled up in a ball, then I stomped it!
The thing is, how did it get in the sink (come up the drain, we're on a septic tank) and what was it!! |
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Location: Oklahoma | streakysox - 2015-09-05 8:46 PM
Baby snake and probably has siblings.
Time to grab some gas cans and lighters!!!! I couldn't deal. I walked by a spare bedroom in our house a couple years ago and thought it was strange that a bootlace was out from under a room we never go in.... And then it was really strange since my husband doesn't have any boots that lace up! Thank goodness the small ones are kinda easier to catch! |
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Location: ARKANSAS | it was a RING SNAKE, non-poisonous, harmless unless your frighened of snakes, and then if you are, It could be dangerous to you !!!!! lol |
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| Oh my sweet Jesus! In your kitchen sink? Burn the house down! Hubby thinks it couldn't have come from the septic tank, please tell me this is so as we have a septic tank also. I am mortified of them all, big or small!  |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Griz - 2015-09-06 8:32 AM
Oh my sweet Jesus! In your kitchen sink? Burn the house down! Hubby thinks it couldn't have come from the septic tank, please tell me this is so as we have a septic tank also. I am mortified of them all, big or small!
Not unless you have some sort of vent or other access on your tank or your drainage field. If you do, sure, snakes can travel through water just fine and something that small could slither through almost any hole.  |
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Location: Arkansas | Lobo - 2015-09-05 8:34 PM
what the hell is this!
I found a snake in the kitchen sink. It's no bigger than an earth worm, solid black with a yellow ring around it's neck. It does have a head and mouth, but like I said, it's no bigger than agood size earth worm. Thin pointy tail. About 4 inch long when stretched out. I could probaly stomp it. LOL But it kinda fun to watch it curl up when I touch it with a steak knife. It was looking for a way out, so I picked it up with a pair of tongs, threw it in a Wal Mart bag, took it out side. Dumped it out of the bag,, it curled up in a ball, then I stomped it!
The thing is, how did it get in the sink (come up the drain, we're on a septic tank) and what was it!!
My house was apparently built on a ground rattler den---it used to be quite common to come home (usually at night) and have my cats in a circle in the living room floor. . . . surrounding a snake they had killed or were playing with. Very unsettling to say the least!! And I am the world's worst about walking around the house in the dark. They also seem to love a swim in the in-ground pool. I love living in the country!! |
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Location: Here | teehaha - 2015-09-06 9:42 AM I'd be wondering where all his brothers, sisters, mom, dad, aunts and uncles are at
ME TOO Find the drano! |
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Location: Arkansas | komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it! |
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Location: Arkansas | Lobo - 2015-09-06 5:50 PM komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!! Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it!
I did find half a can of Drano in my stash of house hold goodies this morning. Emptied it. Hope the Drano and bleach don't eat up the pipes! They're plastic looking. LOL |
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Location: North Carolina | Aww I love those little guys lol I grew up playing with them anytime I came across one. Baby venomous snakes have a yellow tipped tail, not a ring around the neck. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Lobo - 2015-09-06 5:50 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it!
I'm a big fan of snakes. I'm sorry so many people fear them. |
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Location: North Carolina | komet. - 2015-09-06 8:21 PM
Lobo - 2015-09-06 5:50 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it!
I'm a big fan of snakes. I'm sorry so many people fear them.
Same but it is scary if your either A: Swimming in a pond & get chased back in the boat by a cottonmouth or B: Are riding your 2 year old colt bareback through the woods when he almost steps on 4' long one! hahahaha |
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Location: North Dakota | komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
That is a cute little snake! But I would NOT want them in my drinking water. NO THANK YOU! Better check it out and make sure there's not a family getting in your H2O supply. |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | I doubt it came up your drain. It likely fell into your sink from your counter. If you have a window or something near by that it got in and slithered to close to the ledge. Kinda like when a mouse falls in a bucket and can't get out, the sides are too smooth for them to grip and get away. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Panther14 - 2015-09-06 9:15 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 8:21 PM
Lobo - 2015-09-06 5:50 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it!
I'm a big fan of snakes. I'm sorry so many people fear them.
Same but it is scary if your either A: Swimming in a pond & get chased back in the boat by a cottonmouth or B: Are riding your 2 year old colt bareback through the woods when he almost steps on 4' long one! hahahaha
I was canoeing with an old friend of mine one day and we brushed a tree limb, and a snake dropped off the limb into the middle of the canoe. Well. he is terrified of snakes and was getting ready to jump into the water. Knowing how he felt about snakes, I was expecting just that and I told him not to do that because that was where I was about to throw it. I reached down and grabbed it's tail, picked it up and dropped it over the side. He still thinks I'm crazy.. LOL!!! |
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Location: North Carolina | komet. - 2015-09-06 9:58 PM
Panther14 - 2015-09-06 9:15 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 8:21 PM
Lobo - 2015-09-06 5:50 PM
komet. - 2015-09-06 5:03 AM MEANIE!!!!
Komet, that is exactly what it looked like!
Yes, it was in the kitchen sink. Didn't have any Drano, but poured about a quart of bleach down the drain.
I really don't give a rap if they are harmless or don't get any bigger, I just don't want to find it slithering around in the sink!!
There better not be any relatives lurking around! I am not a fan of anything that slither! I didn't have any problem stomping
my size 7 shoe on it and doing the squishy back and forth dance on it!
I'm a big fan of snakes. I'm sorry so many people fear them.
Same but it is scary if your either A: Swimming in a pond & get chased back in the boat by a cottonmouth or B: Are riding your 2 year old colt bareback through the woods when he almost steps on 4' long one! hahahaha
I was canoeing with an old friend of mine one day and we brushed a tree limb, and a snake dropped off the limb into the middle of the canoe. Well. he is terrified of snakes and was getting ready to jump into the water. Knowing how he felt about snakes, I was expecting just that and I told him not to do that because that was where I was about to throw it. I reached down and grabbed it's tail, picked it up and dropped it over the side. He still thinks I'm crazy.. LOL!!!
Hahahaha you do what you gotta do! I would've done the same thing unless it ws a spider that fell into the boat instead. In that case I'm OUT! |
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Location: Arkansas | Many yearsago, my youngest son told me that the way you could tell if a snake was poisonous was by the shape of their scales. This was after his father killed a 5 ft Go copperhead behind the house. Good Golly Ms Molly! As if I was going to get close enough to a copperhead or any other snake to access the shape of their scales! My motto is a good snake is a dead snake. Then, after they're good and dead, I'll check out the size and shape of their scales. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Lobo - 2015-09-06 11:55 PM
Many yearsago, my youngest son told me that the way you could tell if a snake was poisonous was by the shape of their scales. This was after his father killed a 5 ft Go copperhead behind the house. Good Golly Ms Molly! As if I was going to get close enough to a copperhead or any other snake to access the shape of their scales! My motto is a good snake is a dead snake. Then, after they're good and dead, I'll check out the size and shape of their scales.
Sooooo... I guess you would not get close enough do this.
In North America, the pupils of a venomous snake are in the shape of a slit.... Non-venomous snakes have round pupils. Examples below...
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Location: North Carolina | komet. - 2015-09-07 12:07 AM
Lobo - 2015-09-06 11:55 PM
Many yearsago, my youngest son told me that the way you could tell if a snake was poisonous was by the shape of their scales. This was after his father killed a 5 ft Go copperhead behind the house. Good Golly Ms Molly! As if I was going to get close enough to a copperhead or any other snake to access the shape of their scales! My motto is a good snake is a dead snake. Then, after they're good and dead, I'll check out the size and shape of their scales.
Sooooo... I guess you would not get close enough do this.
In North America, the pupils of a venomous snake are in the shape of a slit.... Non-venomous snakes have round pupils. Examples below...
And most of the time you can tell by the shape of their head. Rounded head = Venomous. Long, pointed head = Non venomous. There may be some exceptions lol but most of the time it holds true. |
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