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Saw my first ever python in the wild today while hiking. And saw two of them! (Cross post from c/Pics) (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53537425

This is a southwestern carpet python. I saw two individuals on my hike, kilometres apart. I've been to this area dozens of times and never seen one, so today was my lucky day!

Normally I only ever see venomous snakes which I don't ever get close to if I can help it. Although a couple weekends ago I deadass stepped on a highly venomous dugite snake, but it didn't bite me. I just about shat my own heart out and it disappeared into the grass.

Both pythons were about 2m long, and were sunning on rocks when I came across them. They're fairly placid and not aggressive so I was able to get reasonably close to take a photo.

The other one was in a more wooded area near a creek. About the same size.

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago

Beautiful man!

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I'm very happy for you. I'm going to stay over here though. Not my type of reptile πŸ˜‚

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    [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Woah, cool find! I always forget how cool snakes are until I see them up close again. And both 2m long? Not too shabby

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    [–] 15 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Share this with !herps@r1b.it

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    • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You in Florida or somewhere they're native? I'm in NW Florida but I'd shit live kittens if I found one all the way up here.

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    • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    growing up I ran across a 20' black rat snake.

    it was as thick as my ankle and chased me for a good 200 feet.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Had to look that up. 20' is better than double the all-time record for that snake. I think little you THOUGHT it was 20'! :)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    at 13 years old it was about two or three times my height.

    maybe it wasn't a black rat snake.

    I know it was long, black, and angry as fuck lol.

    could have been the stick I tossed at it...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    For some reason ya got me giggling. Fortunately none of the snakes around here are chasers. They generally run like hell but the cottonmouths will give a loud warning hiss, or three. Damned near stepped on them a few times in the swamp.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Hi there, I’m a honey badger and this picture makes me both incredibly hungry and ready to brawl

    Ref

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    [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    That's a lovely carpet. It was one of my favorite species to keep back in the day.

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Really cool! I only ever have the chance to see rattlesnakes but they’re rare and I’m happy to have never encountered one. Also a ton of garter snakes which I love.

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    [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    Super cool! This reminded me of a hike I took in North Dakota with my family when I was about 12. I stepped on a prairie rattle snake, pretty sure it was a juvenile. I told my family about it but it had slithered off before anyone saw it and no one believed me. On the trip back to the car my mom about stepped on one in almost the same spot. Everyone saw it that time and we all watched it slither off a nearby cliff.

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