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Sizzle Chest

Sizzle Chest

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Nice sized southern black racer! Opened the door up and...slither...slither...in he came! I sat on my detailing seat and waited for him to come out and decide to leave!
 
I see them in my flower beds from time to time and once one got in my garage too. I had to use a broom to get it out.
 
Nice sized critter there! Here in PA the old wives tale has always been never kill a black snake because they keep the venomous ones away

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John U said:
My friend found this in Fountain Hills, AZ .... King snake putting the "squeeze" to a rattle snake.

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Uh, no...

We get our fair share around here; harmless but still scream like a little girl when I see `em
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Being a herpetoculturist (someone who cares for reptiles), it is refreshing to see a post where the general population is not screaming for it to be killed with fire. Beautiful racer!
Here is a friend of mine holding one of my darlings!
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I`m late to this party but enjoying it greatly! Those Black Racers look cool and I wish we had some to get those moles. Wwe only get Garter snakes here, and I`ve only had to relocate one so far this year, they do like to get in the garages so my wife and I are pretty used to grabbing `em.
 
ive never really understood the appeal of pet snakes but woah! That thing is huge!

mumps said:
Being a herpetoculturist (someone who cares for reptiles), it is refreshing to see a post where the general population is not screaming for it to be killed with fire. Beautiful racer!
Here is a friend of mine holding one of my darlings!
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Coatings=crack said:
People who like snakes say ..["I don`t get it"].. about Dogs....
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My wife and I only like dogs that exhibit higher-level anthropomorphic personality/intellectual traits, those that don`t are...boring and of no interest to us.

Q for anybody who knows: Do snakes exhibit those personality traits? IIRC, and I have little confidence that I do hence the Q, they simply don`t have the brain parts that do that. I`ve never had snakes, but I did have plenty of lizards/amphibians, and while some were surprisingly smart, none of those ever displayed the higher brain functions that determine human-like personalities.
 
Having kept a number of species over the last 40+ years, I can say that there are different levels of personality/intelligence in reptiles, even among the same Genera (eg. pythons). While intelligence is, in my book, a difficult thing to measure, we can certainly agree on some things: all animals, in some way, have a degree of intelligence. A baby Garter snake, for instance, just born and in the field without any guidance from a parental figure, has way more chance of survival than a newborn human put in the same situation. But I can go on for hours.
I can tell you this - from my experience, the most intelligent reptiles are:
1. Crocodilians - I have raised an American alligator from 6" to almost 6 feet. She now resides in a protected area.
2. Monitor lizards (Varanids) - These include the Komodo dragon. I have raised numerous species and they are indeed quite intelligent (for example learning and remembering how to open a door).
3. Tegu lizards - Also quite intelligent, trusting and I would say fond of their keepers.
4. Large pythons - I say large because you can actually read their expressions; the smaller ones are nowhere near as readable (or interesting) IMO.

After this they kind of dwindle, though Garter snakes are amazingly intelligent as well. Too many species to keep them all!

Chris
 
mumps- Thanks *so much* for the informed response to my Q!

I`d *completely* forgotten about how Crocs/Monitors can be..(OK, now the nature show info is slowing coming back to me..), and I sure never knew about the Pythons let alone the Garters, which I`ll now appreciate even more.

And that was really interesting about the Tegus, enough so that I now plan to read a bit about `em.

Thanks again, helped me understand what folks see in having them as pets, well..beyond the "I`m special because I like something different" aspect of it.
 
Accumulator said:
mumps- Thanks *so much* for the informed response to my Q!

I`d *completely* forgotten about how Crocs/Monitors can be..(OK, now the nature show info is slowing coming back to me..), and I sure never knew about the Pythons let alone the Garters, which I`ll now appreciate even more.

And that was really interesting about the Tegus, enough so that I now plan to read a bit about `em.

Thanks again, helped me understand what folks see in having them as pets, well..beyond the "I`m special because I like something different" aspect of it.
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Awesome! I`m also somewhat picky with dog breeds. We had a Bullmastiff growing up and I`ve always liked the larger breeds because of it.

The tegus are indeed awesome! We had a large male, oddly named "Mumps" because of his large muscular jowls. I took him around the backyard on two or three occasions while he was tethered to a harness. He would approach the fence, and I would gently tug him away saying "Nooo". Same when he approached the pond or under the deck. I then gave him free roam (no harness) and a gentle "Nooo" would make him move away from the fence, pond or deck. In fact, with the whole yard at his disposal, he would regularly approach me in my chair, tug at my legs, wanting up. Awesome I tell you!

Chris
 
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