I would have to fold on that hand - my snakes might possibly kill me (small chance) but they can't eat me! Snakes are more apt to make somebody hurt their self than anything. Those cougars might make a snack out of me! LOL But cougars sure are pretty... in a picture... or on tv... or in a cage. hehe
@ "animals1981" Beautiful Eastern King you posted! He's putting the whammy on that rattlesnake. lol I wish I had a dozen just like it... but they will sometimes eat each other too.
Those rat snakes ("chicken snakes") are great climbers. They have what is called " keeled" scales on their belly that helps them climb. Kingsnakes do not have keeled scales so they can't climb like a rat snake but they might get up in a bush or something with low branches. I had one big rat...
@ "animals1981"
Great post on KINGSNAKES! I have a bunch of pictures somewhere of kingsnakes killing other snakes. Kingsnakes are great! A whole lot of people have them as pets. I've had three myself. They can be really tame and many of the different kinds are beautiful creatures. My favorite is...