Photo 7303814, (c) Zachary "Galactic Bug Man" Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Zachary "Galactic Bug Man" Chapman

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What

Western Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Observer

galactic_bug_man

Date

April 15, 2017 01:47 PM CDT

Description

This was found by Rachel during the day at SW nature Preserve. This was a female and was not happy she got caught. She was squirmy and stuck a few times. This was an absolute beauty and I even got a turn to hold her. She was a long snake and a very pretty one although she was kind of a challenge for me to hold. It was my first time ever holding a fully grown snake. It was a day I will never soon forget. It was quite smooth and very nice. I loved thing. This was my third snake of the day. I would however see two more one was a fast moving racer and another one was unfortunately dead on one of the trails being eaten by ants. But it was quite a snake filled day for all of us who attended these events.

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