Louisiana Snake ID

People often ask about the tools we used for relocations, in this video I show our awesome handmade hook made by my buddy Jordan and also the best snake SAFE grabbers out there from AE stoney.

Killing a native snake is NEVER the only option, it's time to shift the mindset from "kill!" to "leave it alone!"

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Can't go grocery shopping without relocating a cottonmouth or coming home with new rescues!

Meet Froggo the Pacman frog and a super skinny Beauty Ratsnake we are soaking to hydrate and help finish shedding (no name yet)

This is why your donations and Snake Life Merchandise purchases help us so much! Had to swing by Petco to buy some Calcium/Vitamin powder and crickets for Froggo.

If you'd like to contribute to their care please visit the website on the video.

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Coiling up is what a snake does when it's SCARED, it's not "standing its ground." The key is to be willing to re-learn that snakes are DEFENSIVE, not aggressive.

Unlike dogs, snakes will never seek a person out to attack them, bites are self defense only. Imagine a dog sitting down and never moving as you are able navigate anywhere you want to go as long as you don't step on top of the dog. Would you categorize that dog as behaving aggressively? Of course not! Why is it suddenly aggressive if a snake that's physically too slow to flee curls up and doesn't move?

If you think you were chased, it's because you misinterpreted behavior. Use basic logic, is it more likely the snake is coming to see if I had food or maybe I was in between the snake and its safe place OR was the snake on a su***de mission to die at the hands of its largest and deadliest predator? Obviously the snake wasn't trying to "catch" its largest predator.

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Copperheads DO NOT smell like cucumbers.

Baby snakes are NOT more dangerous than adults.

These copperheads were born in a sealed container during a relocation, not a hint of cucumbers. Snakes musk when scared, but even interacting with me didn't cause a single one to musk.

Copperheads are ambush predators that rely heavily on their camouflage, they absolutely do not musk just because someone is in the area. Snakes don't have a natural odor either or they would never be able to ambush prey.

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10,000 followers!! Guys we are blown away because we got hacked last year and dropped from 55k followers down to 114 total. We were devastated but decided not to quit and rather come back even better than before. We aren't there yet but with YOUR help we will keep growing which will allow us to teach more people about snakes in hope of them not killing snakes anymore.

THANK YOU!!

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Watch how to safely move a cottonmouth with a shovel.

This is the only right way to use a shovel on a cottonmouth!!

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