so i was running on a greenway in Cary, and i encounter something that looked like this crossing from near the creek towards someone's backyard:




still not sure if it was venomous, but seeing as it was headed towards a backyard of a house that looked like it would have kids, i battled that motherfucker with some rocks. at one instance it sort of coiled up and went into striking mode, at which point i nailed it with a sizeable rock. i definitely injured it, and it went back into the woods towards the little creek.

4/25/2010 10:35:23 PM

good work, soldier

4/25/2010 10:36:50 PM

ibyougetscolded for messing with a harmless snake

4/25/2010 10:36:53 PM

that's a baby copperhead. . markings look like hershey kisses
they use the tail like a little lure

4/25/2010 10:38:01 PM

nice job guy

4/25/2010 10:39:17 PM

i don't recall if it had a yellow tail. tail looked sort of dark. the head was definitely diamond shaped, and the tongue was definitely reddish

4/25/2010 10:40:58 PM

ssjamind: doing America's work, so we don't have to

4/25/2010 10:41:48 PM

kind of looks like a copperhead if you found it around Cary. They're usually not agressive, but throwing rocks at them doesn't help matters.

4/25/2010 11:20:34 PM

obligatory "I bet you have a battle with a little snake every night"

4/25/2010 11:35:10 PM

^ that sir would be a python

^^ i would've left it alone were it not headed towards that yard.


i think i'm going to hold a press conference tomorrow..

4/25/2010 11:36:32 PM

I was so sure this was a masturbation joke.

4/25/2010 11:37:56 PM

4/25/2010 11:38:03 PM

I'm sure the family of that house will thank you for the mice that will have free range without a snake to hunt them

4/25/2010 11:38:28 PM

to me it look like a leprechaun to me

4/25/2010 11:43:07 PM

i never really understood snake killers

4/25/2010 11:51:14 PM

Yeah, I don't really get that either, that snake wasn't hurting anybody

4/25/2010 11:55:17 PM

Quote :

"i would've left it alone were it not headed towards that yard."

4/26/2010 12:06:15 AM

Quote :

"that snake wasn't hurting anybody"

4/26/2010 12:10:04 AM

^^ you're an idiot. i did graduate work on copperheads in cary and raleigh on the greenways, there are very large urban populations of these snakes. just because they are around are homes doesn't mean they are a threat. copperheads are very cryptic and non aggressive, you don't usually see them and they aren't going to bother you unless you fuck with them. the vast majority of venomous snake bites are caused by people doing shit like you, fucking with a snake that would otherwise leave you alone.

[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 12:10 AM. Reason : .]

4/26/2010 12:10:07 AM

it was always my understanding that, although copperheads are venomous, copperhead bites are rarely, if ever, fatal

4/26/2010 12:14:12 AM

well, i'm no herpetologist.

i just encountered that motherfucker and reacted - better me than some little kid.

4/26/2010 12:15:37 AM

More kids get hurt from getting bitten by domesticated dogs than by snakes...lets go kill all the dogs that are around children!!

4/26/2010 12:18:39 AM

why you felt the need to confess to being a MURDERER is beyond me

4/26/2010 12:20:28 AM

battle with my snake

4/26/2010 12:20:43 AM

This is the exact sort of thing I'm including in my dissertation, so I can scientifically prove what an idiot you are.



[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 12:28 AM. Reason : n]

4/26/2010 12:28:25 AM

Thats like throwing boulders at a black guy because he was walking towards a group of young females.

4/26/2010 12:33:05 AM

fwiw,

last year i was playing golf at the Preserve, and what looked like one of these:




was chillin under the golf cart. it obviously was not venomous, so i scooted away with a club without hurting it and we went out our way.

i dont just flip out and kill any snake i see.

4/26/2010 12:44:19 AM

...only the ones with pattern that resemble a copperhead, even if you aren't quite sure of the ID.

4/26/2010 12:49:43 AM

yeah, something like that

4/26/2010 12:51:06 AM

interesting, tell us less

4/26/2010 12:51:52 AM