# Beck is bitten! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764 "2020-08-11T03:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/21 "2020-08-11T19:25:50Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > We found chicken snakes on my uncle’s farm. My cousins caught several. I never could make myself touch one. Too icky. ☺ > > I know chicken snakes are harmless but I still avoid them. > > Garter snakes don’t bother me. I don’t mind seeing one. Pick it up? Nope, nope. Garter snakes have been discovered to be venomous. Fortunately, it is not toxic to humans. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/22 "2020-08-11T19:27:36Z")
We’ve decided it was a grass snake 🐍. As in: snake-in-the-grass! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/23 "2020-08-11T19:28:41Z")
It was a kiss-my-ass snake. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/24 "2020-08-11T19:32:37Z")
Glad it wasn’t a snow snake. Why? You ask?..they crawl up your ass and freeze you to death ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/25 "2020-08-11T19:33:19Z")
Wow, WTF??!! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/26 "2020-08-11T19:34:08Z")
You alarm me @Bullitt What!!? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/27 "2020-08-11T23:47:13Z")
@Beckdawrek, it was that snow snake description that had my eyes popping open. Sounds not too pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/28 "2020-08-12T00:29:39Z")
Old joke, my Daddy used to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/29 "2020-08-12T01:47:21Z")
Of course we had snake-pocolypse last year. Besides little Kermit(the green snakes name) I’ve seen very few snakes this year. So glad with the kids and extra snake-bait…erm… .I mean Chihuahuas around. When my children were young they actually swam in the pond. Almost daily throughout the warm months. I never worried about snakes. I worried more about water safety. Now-a-days I wouldn’t wade out ankle deep. I’ve seen loads of cotton-mouths swimming on the surface. I’ve also seen snakes under the dock. I check carefully everytime I walk out on it. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/30 "2020-08-12T02:10:44Z")
I owned a couple of caught in the wild gopher snakes and was nipped a time or two it usually involved in feeding time shenanigans One where I dropped dinner in and instead of the usual premeal chase the meal seen said snake squeaked and dropped dead of a heart attack (apparently its a somewhat common reaction by rodents ) all reptile knew was he smelled dinner and was coming over to eat well I was told ta the time that wasn’t a good thing and to remove the deceased rodent as soon as possible so when snake went to grab dinner he grabbed me instead and it only took a sec for him to realize that wasn’t what he wanted and he coiled up in a corner hissing rather perturbed … the second was where the other snake’s dinner decided to fight back and took a couple of nips of reptile before being eaten and I had to make sure it wasn’t bleeding …and touched the bite and he nipped me in an Ouch that hurted sort of way … and then dispatched rodent with more violence than usual … they didn’t feel any worse than when our cat bit me but it did itch for a bit … ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/31 "2020-08-12T03:16:18Z")
@Beckdawrek, your Daddy had a special sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/32 "2020-08-12T03:40:41Z")
Yep. He had a million of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/33 "2020-08-14T04:39:15Z")
I used to catch garter snakes up at the cottage to show my daughter (who liked them). Once I was able to catch a large blacksnake, about 3-4’ long. It promptly coiled itself around my arm and daughter decided she wasn’t going to hold this one, but we were both impressed by how absolutely glass-smooth its belly scales were. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/34 "2020-08-14T20:26:45Z")
I saw a huge black snake on the outside of the chicken coop. Since I only got 3 eggs this morning, I assume he ate his fill. Thieving bastard. I let the ‘hobo’ chickens out and they ran around the coop and started worrying the snake. Dumb birds. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/35 "2020-08-14T22:35:42Z")
Heed warning! Sneaky Snake drinks root beer! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/36 "2020-08-15T00:05:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > @ Cecil\_Adams…I’m so sorry. > You can bite me anytime! As the bold and fearless Dionysius of his era, I’m sure Cecil has heard “bite me” many times. This may be the first time it was a sincere invitation, however. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/37 "2020-08-15T04:19:42Z")
I turned over a feed pan tonight and saw this:[Black widow](https://imgur.com/gallery/jeKruP8) I wasn’t bitten. I flipped it back and let her be. StG ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/38 "2020-08-15T05:03:14Z")
Gahh!!?! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/39 "2020-08-15T12:00:37Z")
So, was you ever bit by a dead bee? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-bitten/917764/40 "2020-08-15T16:25:52Z")
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