City - DEEP SOUTH State - MISSISSIPPI Country - United States
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Met this fella' crossing the road and followed him into the woods and up a tree...Yes, snakes can climb quiet well and blend into their environment rather nicely...This Southern Black Rat Snake was perusing for bird eggs up in a pine tree and looked like a natural...These Non-venomous Rat Snakes grow to four or five feet,are most agile and will strike at you when provoked...
Nothing like paddling/fishing your way down a lazy river and have the snakes start to drop out of the trees when you pass under. I remember as a kid asking my dad what we would do if a big copperhead or cottonmouth dropped in the boat. "He can have the boat!" he said. Dave