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    Can anyone tell me how (by just looking at it) can u tell a venemous snake from a non-vecemous snake ( im asking this because i have snakes in my back yard and i want to safely remove them)?

    Question #18215. Asked by snake problem. (Apr 12 02 7:01 PM)


    Brainy Blonde

    Most venomous snakes can be identified by their colouring as well as size. The
    very large snakes such as anacondas and pythons are not venomous. The following
    site has a variety of links all about snakes. Some should be of help to you.
    http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/living_things/animals/reptiles_and_amphibians/Snakes/



    Apr 12 02, 8:48 PM
    Socrates

    If it has a rattle shaking on its tail--its venemous!!!

    Apr 12 02, 9:09 PM
    Andy

    In North America at least, most venomous snakes have a triangular shaped head.

    May 08 02, 11:45 AM
    Fosse4

    I think I've answered this before but - treat all unknown animals as dangerous, get your local pest controller in to get rid of them.
    (in the UK we have only one native venomous snake (The Adder - identified by it's zig zag stipes but whose to say the snake hasn't escaped from a zoo!)

    May 08 02, 1:07 PM
    vonnie

    I had a problem several years ago. I called a forestry agent to ask if snakes could be poisoned. He told me that the only way to get rid of a snake was to physically kill it. He also told me that if a snake has a rounded head and round eyes, it is not venemous. If a snake has a diamond shaped head and slit eyes, like a cat, it IS venemous.
    I also found out from my mother that burning sulphur will make them leave an area they inhabit. It was close to July, so I bought several 'smoke bombs' and set them off. After that I had no more snakes. I just didn't want to get close enought to see their eyes, or to kill them. I only have one more suggestion. Do NOT set them off in the basement. I set mine off all around the house, AND in the basement. My house smelt like sulphur for about three months.

    May 17 03, 10:58 PM
    7alexia3

    Where are you? Leave them alone. They say you can tell by their eyes. Who wants to get that close? Not funny.
    If they are brown, orange, blue, get away especially if they have diamond like or moziac patterns on them. I recognize the ones which ae rattlesnakes, copperheads and water moccasins. That's the one's where I lived.
    I would call in someone. In the meantime, keep the kids in the house. Don't turn over any logs, stay out of the high grass, don't bring in the wood from the wood pile.
    Or, just wear high boots, don't pick up stuff off the ground.

    Jan 16 10, 11:36 PM
    7alexia3

    Oh, they get up into the trees too, so that could be a problem. Snakes alive.

    Jan 16 10, 11:37 PM


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