Photo 2803773, (c) Nathan Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nathan Taylor

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Source iNaturalist
Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. sayi)

Observer

nathantaylor

Date

November 2015

Place

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I was walking down a dirt road and hear a squeel. As I get closer to the place where I heard the noise, I see a ball of snake and rat tumble out of the shin oaks. Finding that I don't have my camera, I rush inside to get it. When I return, the rat is dead but still in the snakes coils. I get off one shot before the snake gets scared and "runs" off. I tried to back away to encourage it to finish its meal but it doesn't look back. Since I don't think it is coming back, I go take pictures of the rat (next observation). After taking the pictures, I left it there in hopes that the bullsnake would return. Unfortunately, I don't think it ever did.

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