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Hello a lady from Texas wrote me asking about this snake. I am no snake guy, can anyone ID this snake for her and is it poisonious? She dont have a pond and lives in Texas. Thank You  
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My guess is a Black Rat Snake; any seconds?
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Good ID from the link Shorty;
It's either that or a "Rattle Headed Cotton Moccasin".
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"Rattle Headed Cotton Moccasin".
AKA "Real Bad Snake"
That reminds me, has anyone heard from Ed Richter? Haven't seen any posts from him for a long time now. As I recall, it was Ed who told the story of his swim with a real bad snake.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Thank you everyone, I have to think its the Black Rat Snake, following all the links its prob also called a chicken snake. I will let the womaon know its prob a safe snake but I am sure no matter what its still a scary thing to a woman. Thanks again.
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if that head is not smashed flat then i would say it is a pit viper of somekind there is a definant tryagle to the shape of it.
FROM RODEO TO STANDIN AROUND WATCHIN THE FISH EAT
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Don't worry its definitely a black rat snake, we have them around our place all the time, they are completely non-venemous. They can still cause a scare, watch out, they will eat your chicken eggs!
1/4 acre pond in the River Valley.
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My vote is a very dead rat snake.
- Smoke 'em if you got 'em ![[Linked Image from i4.photobucket.com]](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/darnold01/Sheriff-Gator-Large.jpg)
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I have 2 that are hanging around the coop, ones got to be 6' and the other is about 3' If they get to the eggs before I do they will eat a half dozen eggs all of them if I don't check them each day. I have 13 hens that lay almost everyday a little slow with the heat. I caught on and chucked him out to the dogs and you could clearly see the egg in his body, but when I threw him out to the dogs he regurgitated that egg out in about 10 seconds. The dogs didnt know what to think about it and let it go. I dont mind so much since I cant eat a dozen eggs a day and I havent seen a single field rat ot mouse since they started hanging around
A little snow, Please! 
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The largest specimen I ever saw of rat snake nearly killed me ( by shock) one time when I was stepping out of the shower about the same time a 5 footer, (it seemed) decided to unfurl itself from behind the toilet and crawl across the bathroom floor.
I nearly tore the shower curtain down trying to clear the room.
I still laugh every time I think about it.
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Chip - I got a chuckle out of that too.
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Do these snakes live in NC? I saw a few that could resemble it near my pond early is the season sunning. At first I thought a piece of garbage or a stick then WOW..... a freakin snake.
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Jeezus, Chip. If that'd happened to my wife, she'd be looking for a new house...probably a new husband, too.
In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now... 
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Matt,
That happened when I was with my first wife, and my first house.
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Joey,
I'm pretty sure Rat Snakes are in NC as well, they are beneficial as long as they don't sneak up and scare you.
Chip
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