Rattlesnakes

[Monkey Soup]

Nope but very nasty if you try to catch one.

They’ll try to bite the shit out of you, but the worst part is that smell they emit from that gland near the tail. Garter snakes do the same thing.

 

[capedoc]

Poisonous?

Nope, but really really aggressive if you try to handle or fuck with.

 

[capedoc]

They’ll try to bite the shit out of you, but the worst part is that smell they emit from that gland near the tail. Garter snakes do the same thing.

The musk is disgusting

 

[JerseyPete]

Ringneck is by far my favorite snake to come across in NJ. Had one as a pet many years ago too. Great snake.

 

[capedoc]

Ringneck is by far my favorite snake to come across in NJ. Had one as a pet many years ago too. Great snake.

They are cool. Not aggressive and small as heck.

 

[Monkey Soup]

The musk is disgusting

I remember watching this story on the news years ago, the people unwittingly bought a house that was built over a garter snake den. Even the water smelled like that musk, beyond gross:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/snake-house-family-home-idaho-turns-satans-lair/story?id=13851600

 

[huffster]

This is from a hike in Harriman last week.


Also, rolled right over a small copperhead on my MTB a few days ago in another area of Harriman. There were some rocks so I really didn’t lay much pressure on him and he slithered into the brush. I didn’t get a picture of him. Pretty brightly colored. Looked like this:
http://www.247wildlife.com/photos/snake077.html

 

[rick81721]

Related - copperheads. The sourland conservancy is sponsoring research on northern copperheads in the sourlands via a radio-tracking study. If interested, there is a presentation Oct 4 - if I was still around I'd go:

https://www.jotform.com/82275653584163

 

[rottin']

This is a timber rattler that came.through camp at dinner up at Harriman a few.weeks ago...mild, rolled thru