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Originally Posted by bugguy
The King Snake was in a wood pile. While I was digging him out, I spotted the Copperhead. So did the King Snake! The King Snake coiled around the Copperhead (that is bigger than the King Snake)! Then started eating him! King Snakes are mild-mannered, not aggressive and will kill other snakes! You should value them if they're around your property!
King snakes are definitely aces, but also keep in mind that black snakes do the same thing. Never kill a king or black snake. If you see either on your property, just let it pass by.
Black snakes don't do "the same thing"! I've had black snakes and copperheads together for weeks at a time! But they're beneficial, nevertheless!
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Originally Posted by bgood_man
King snakes are definitely aces, but also keep in mind that black snakes do the same thing. Never kill a king or black snake. If you see either on your property, just let it pass by.
I just found a King Snake in my swimming pool two days ago. I knew nothing about them until I did some research and found out like you have, that they kill and eat Copperheads/Cottonmouths. Well that was good enough for me. Mr. King Snake went right back over the fence so he could go back to protecting the yard! Actually we tossed him back over before I found any of this out. I took a chance. He didn't seem very aggressive.
What a cool picture...good to know too...I know last year, when I was walking along the woods around my condo w/ my dog, we both were nearly attacked by a copperhead...thankfully we got away from it in time...it was w/in a foot of my leg and a few feet from my dog when I spotted it and ran the opposite way....I've seen several King Snakes around sense then, so maybe one of them ate that fella from last year b/c I haven't seen one since then.
I had posted this photo on another thread, had him in the yard about a month ago. Walked out of the house and because the sidewalk curves I didn't see the tailend of the snake and thought I had left the hose out! Anyways, if you look at him he's all wrinkly. I dedcided to Wikipedia black snakes and read a little more about them and found out why he was wrinkly.
When startled, they may freeze and wrinkle themselves into a series of kinks. If they feel further threatened, they may flee quickly or vibrate their tails in dead leaves (a form of mimicry, to make it sound like a rattlesnake). They are also capable or producing a foul smelling musk which they will release onto a predator if picked up. They spread the musk with their tail in hope of deterring the threat.
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