I catch snakes and other creatures. Some are harmless. Others are poisonous. All the poisonous ones that I catch are released where they are most likely better off.
Kind of a dark picture, but a Diamondback maybe? I was going to ask if you milked them for antivenom or not. But you said releasing other places. In Sothern Ohio we have Timber Rattlers and Copperheads.
@WillaKissing only one got milked for anti Venum. And I had to met that person between county's. All the others in the comments below I had to transport them into remote locations away from populated areas.
My photo albums were setup long before they increased the photo limits. So all my images I had to put in the comments. Most are from years ago.
This is the southern Pacific rattlesnake. Both neurotoxic and venomous.
I'm glad you don't kill them, as so many people would want you to do with them. They're a valuable part of the ecosystem. People always want to kill what they're afraid of.
California kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae or Lampropeltis getula californiae)
This is a relatively small species of kingsnake, generally growing to between 2.5 and 4 feet (0.7 to 1.2 m), according to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. California kingsnakes have shiny black scales with bright white markings. Most California kingsnakes have white bands, [b][u]but some populations have longitudinal stripes going from their heads to their tails.[/u][/b] (see above images)
Those populations are usually in Southern California. Both color patterns can appear in the same clutch of eggs, said Savitzky.
California kingsnakes live everywhere in the Golden State except the rainy redwood forests. They're also found in dryer parts of Oregon, as far west as Colorado and south into Mexico, according to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
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Kingsnakes eat rodents, birds, bird eggs and lizards. Kingsnakes in wet climates also eat turtle eggs and frogs, according to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Their most famous meal, however, is other snakes.
Kingsnakes have a natural immunity to pit viper venom, meaning that they can eat venomous snakes like cottonmouths and rattlesnakes. They also eat nonvenomous snakes like rat snakes and garter snakes — and their fellow kingsnakes.
