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AEthelred

I am in agreement. This fire had great timing and will not doubt be a good thing for the horridus population. Canopy coverage is detrimental to rookerys where gravid females stay to bask and birth near dens. Fire suppression in eastern habitats due to homes and communities is excessive. Ut goes bac...

AEthelred

Happy vibes to our brumating scaly friends

AEthelred

Someone posted pics here a few years ago of a fire near a railroad bed and said they saw timbers re-emerge shortly after the fire. I'm far from an expert on this, but that gave me the idea that they might survive fires quite well in crevices. The "Butternut fire" as they called was in ver...

AEthelred

I am intimately aware of population guesstimates in the area, and no doubt if this fire was happening during peak activity times rather than hibernation periods there might be serious casualties... In the end I doubt seriously if there will be much loss at all for slumbering serpents. That is good ...

AEthelred

Fires have been happening since before humans meandered into horridus habitat...humans are a far greater threat to horridus survival than fire. ST. Louis is right that hibernacula and den sites will benefit from some clearing, and forests as a whole bounce back fast. The difference here in Massachu...

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I think the fires could benefit them. The tree canopy being too thick is probably not good for them. I would imagine in the years following fire, the rodent populations would reach higher proportions. If they duck down into crevices, the fires may not directly harm them. Then again this is all my h...

AEthelred

There are massive wild fires in New England right now and especially in the Town of Great Barrington which has one of the very few yet robust Timber rattlesnake populations in the region. I fear snakes may die in the wild fires so please pray for these vulnerable snakes.

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World renowned South African herpetologist and Youtube influencer has died at age 44 from the bite of an eastern Green Mamba.The anti venom could not save him because of allergy and died of Anaphylactic shock not venom poisoning! https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/dingo-dinkelman-k...

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man4nature wrote: ↑October 29th, 2024, 10:31 am Fighting not mating btw

Oh ok

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I agree ,it's a dark desert King I think in my uneducated opinion

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Sad, I should clarify that I was not doubting the endangered status of the species, only the prioritization of threat. Who would have thought black rats would be that state. A future is hard without habitat and acreage which provides safe means of mobility to find food, mate and thrive. Suburbs, fa...

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Much appreciated Scott ,thanks

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DAMfs7DPC6X/

I did it through Instagram ,lets hope this try works ,Scott ,please delete the first one

This was at the Quabbin reservoir in Central Massachusetts

AEthelred

The eastern Rat snake which in New England is called the Black rat ,very endangered ,it may bounce back unlike Rattlesnake ,bnecause the Timber Rattlesnake only gives live birth every other year and people kill them.The Black Rat has a chance to make it some say

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https://www.recorder.com/Need-a-lift-Gr ... e-56983045

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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... p-in-coma/

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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... _secondary

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lancehakker wrote: ↑July 8th, 2024, 8:01 pm Thanks to you both! I have seen people posting Mexican Blacks with some faint marking similar to this one. My buddy and I felt it was an intergrade, but figured we’d throw it out to the forum.

I think the strips are to substantial to be anything other than Desert King snake.

AEthelred

JWO wrote: ↑July 7th, 2024, 2:36 pm I’d say Desert Kingsnake

I would agree ,although faint the rings are clear which indicates the Desert King.The Mexican King is black and no strips .

AEthelred

I'm in Orange Cnty, NY and have never found a Hognose (or a Copper head) in all my years of crawling through the brush. Guess I'm looking in the wrong places. Have found most other snakes, though. The black rats have been out a lot so far this Spring. A couple of Timber rattlers, too. Thanks for po...

AEthelred

From my reading they prefer warm temperatures. Perhaps in early spring they are more likely to be above ground taking advantage of the rays plus the vegetation is not dense yet. Unfortunately, I have no time to test the idea out. I've never found three in a single day though that would be a great d...

AEthelred

https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/emergency-responders-called-to-rattlesnake-bite-victim-near-tekoa-mountain-in-montgomery/ It's been a good decade since the last bite here ,Mt Tekoa though is known as one of the few spots around with a Timber population.Not far from that area a fe...

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/amer ... index.html

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/22/euro ... index.html

The article did not say which sub species of Green Mamba it is

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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... -cod-home/

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Here is an as they call it "Indian Summer" fall copperhead in New England

AEthelred

I have not found a very effecient way of finding the hognose snakes. It seems to be rather hit or miss. If you find a way to consistently locate them, let me know. My efforts have been limited to just looking around habitat I know they are in and hoping for the best. It is hit or miss ,they were ex...

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We may have been at the same place lol I found a young hog and an eastern milk at a well known scrub Oak forest in central MA Friday. I found those within about 15 minutes then spent the next two hours wandering around aimlessly and finding nothing. It was not very warm and so the racers seemed to ...

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A baby central Massachusetts hoggie ,very cute

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"Black" Timber's are getting scarce in the Granite State NHherp ,Massachusetts is doing a bit better and Connecticut is really making a comeback. I talked with some people and they in the Berkshires where I live and they say that down in Great Barrington or Sheffield they have diamondback...

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https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/06/m ... slist.html

A type of Bush Viper without a known accepted anti-venom

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hcarlton wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2023, 12:37 pm Photo is of a northern water snake, so that record is out.

I had thought too a Nerodia Sipedon (common watersnake) too or maybe a large milk snake

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https://articles.atholdailynews.com/Cop ... l-51176095

The Millers River in Athol Massachusetts is in central Massachusetts only ten miles from the New Hampshire border

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https://lowvelder.co.za/819929/lowveld- ... -on-plane/

AEthelred

Great video
Love the rattlesnake section,I have still never seen a venomous snake in the wild(very rare where I live) I envy you greatly.

One looked like a Mojave am I right and another looked like a North Pacific,and what was the really dark colored RS that was coiled up???

Thank you for sharing!

AEthelred

I went to the Franconian Notch in the fall of 2007 and saw a mother bear and three cubs.And then hit lake Willoughby in Vermont on the way home.

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Makes me wonder why Maine says it has no more Timber's which makes no sense because Maine has so much wilderness. Massachusetts is fairly built up but still has a Timber population and a couple hundred copperheads and Connecticut has a small timber pop as well but so many copperheads they are not e...

AEthelred

They thrive well in all environment's from mountain's to scrubland steppe to deserts

I would say just stay below the tree line because you want trees because trees have nuts and nuts attract rodents but this appears a very diverse snake.

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www.necn.com/two-dogs-recovering-after- ... n/2810030/

Two dogs bitten by Timber Rattlesnake in Glastonbury Connecticut

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www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/west-virginia-rattlesnake-expert-dies-bitten-timber-rattlesnake William Marty Martin the king of the Appalachian timber rattlesnake dies at 80 Sorry link is dead and could not get it right but it will come up if you google it. He studied the Appalachian timber from Georgia ...

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Makes me wonder why Maine says it has no more Timber's which makes no sense because Maine has so much wilderness. Massachusetts is fairly built up but still has a Timber population and a couple hundred copperheads and Connecticut has a small timber pop as well but so many copperheads they are not ev...

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That is a very different-looking Timber! Here in Louisiana they're always yellow or beige. I was impressed by the strange black one's from New Hampshire that are shown in Al Braswell's "Timber Rattlesnake Conservation Action Plan." Yours is close. Jeff They are so dark here it is true,the...

AEthelred

No one has died from a rattlesnake here since 1793 so they don't cause many problems,the last snake death was in the 1970's when a very small child died from a copperhead. There are an estimated 500 or so rattlesnakes in the state mostly in the southern Berkshires but a few other isolated places.An ...

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Ever seen a real Massachusetts native Timber Rattlesnake?

Here it is,I think this is from the Mt Everett area in the southern Berkshires

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Due to federal law stating that an animal that has learned to associate food with humans may not be returned to the wild.The alligator will live out it's years educating children on wildlife in some type of wildlife program the news has reported

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In western Massachusetts the Westfield river runs from the east Berkshires down to the Connecticut river in Springfield. Over the past few months an alligator has been spotted many times in the Westfield by boaters and fishermen. Yesterday it was captured by a brave man in Agawam MA and he turned th...

AEthelred

Does anyone know anything about the fungus killing snakes in the eastern US?

I live in a region with a very fragile Timber rattlesnake,copperhead and Black Rat population and am concerned it could wipe them out.

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Were seeing more and more snakes eating snakes that weren't previously known for eating snakes

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Wikipedia has always worked for me.

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