Some Snake and Spidey Pics

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I found this girl stretched out on the ground in the front yard a couple of days ago, after being alerted by a mob of screaming Bluejays and Mocking Birds, which I could hear from inside the house with the AC and the TV on. She's a three-foot "Greenish" Ratsnake, which is a naturally-occuring cross between a Black Ratsnake and a Yellow Ratsnake. She's also gravid, meaning that she's "pregnant" with eggs. You can feel a whole line of little oval lumps inside her, ready to be laid soon. She has not attempted to strike or spray musk.





This is my old male Eastern Coachwhip, who is one of my main "PR" snakes that I take to educational presentations, because he's so calm and gentle. Even little kids can hold him. He's about eight feet long, and has fathered some really nice clutches of baby Coachwhips for me(yes, I have a couple of female Coachwhips). He has just shed his skin when I took these pics, though he always has to have help with shedding, for some reason. This time, his eye caps got stuck and I had to pull them off with tweezers, but he did not even struggle. He's used to the "drill", I guess.







Last but not least, one of my red color-phase Chilean Rosehaired tarantulas moulted yesterday morning, emerging prettier than ever, so I have to show her off, too. She's just too nicely-colored to ignore!



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