Comments on: Snake Under Glass http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-2842 Rick Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:39:13 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-2842 Meant to add this much earlier, but our little houseguest doesn't appear to be a copperhead. Here's a copperhead: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/copperhead-1.htm Looks more like a baby rat snake: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/pages/rat.htm Meant to add this much earlier, but our little houseguest doesn’t appear to be a copperhead. Here’s a copperhead:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/copperhead-1.htm

Looks more like a baby rat snake:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/pages/rat.htm

]]> By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1374 Rick Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:34:11 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1374 Copperheads may as well be South Carolina's state animal. By the way, we actually have a shrimp and grits recipe on the site - here's the one Patty makes on occasion: http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/05/03/shrimp-and-grits-recipe/ Doesn't contain any snakes, though. Just some ham. And shrimp. :) Copperheads may as well be South Carolina’s state animal. By the way, we actually have a shrimp and grits recipe on the site - here’s the one Patty makes on occasion:

http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/05/03/shrimp-and-grits-recipe/

Doesn’t contain any snakes, though. Just some ham. And shrimp. :)

]]> By: JRR http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1373 JRR Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:07:19 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1373 That little guy is a copperhead and baby copperheads can be just a venomous as an adult. Having lost a large dog to a copperhead bite, these are not to be messed with. PS found this while looking for a shrimp and grits recipe. That little guy is a copperhead and baby copperheads can be just a venomous as an adult. Having lost a large dog to a copperhead bite, these are not to be messed with. PS found this while looking for a shrimp and grits recipe.

]]> By: romunov http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1038 romunov Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:24:15 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/06/02/snake-under-glass/#comment-1038 <i>I am still not sure how the little guy goy into the house, but we haven’t seen another one.</i> Got doors? Well.. :) You could probably tell apart by the lenght of the post anal section of the tail. It would require two snakes of different sexes, or a trained eye. Males have longer tails. I am still not sure how the little guy goy into the house, but we haven’t seen another one.

Got doors? Well.. :)
You could probably tell apart by the lenght of the post anal section of the tail. It would require two snakes of different sexes, or a trained eye. Males have longer tails.

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