#eastern hog-nosed snake

[snototter]

An Eastern hog-nosed snake, spreading adder, or bastard rattlesnake (Heterodon platirhinos) in the North Carolina sandhills, USA

by Bill Barham

[bastionofbibliophiles]

I love these guys! They even let their tongues hang limply out like a cartoon. All they're missing is little 'X's over their eyes.

Dead wunk

Take him at his word, he's dead

[daisydoox0-blog]

[fear-the-hippo]

*bleeds on you to discourage predation*

[skauni]

Lil bit of Naga!Ghoap art with my idea of their daughter they adopted named Holly. Simon is a Speckled King Snake, Johnny is an Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake, and Holly is a mix between an Albino Ball Python and a Regular Ball Python Mix.

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

This animal was requested!

[allmichigan]

The Puff Adder aka Eastern Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Of the approximately 2400 species of snakes in the world, Michigan has just 17. The State of Michigan’s page on the Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) says (in part): Description: A thick-bodied, slow-moving snake with a flattened, upturned “nose.” Color is variable some have dark spots and blotches on a yellow,…

[bluemoonperegrine]

Today in random things I research for writing: snakes!

It's taking me forever to write this chapter, but at least I'm learning new things.

Snake stuff is under the cut. I'm hiding it because I know snakes freak a lot of people out.

I thought there'd be a preview image for this web page, but apparently not. Lots of pics and info about snake body language and behavior!

FWIW, I'm cool with not-harmful-to-humans-or-pets snakes being around. To date I've happily coexisted with* eastern rat snakes, eastern hog-nosed snakes, eastern corn snakes, garter snakes, and a small, brown snake that likes water that I don't remember the name of.

*meaning "snake lives in the yard, not my house" A zookeeper films two rattlesnakes in the video below. I cannot imagine being this close to them even though they're being "friendly." The snakes' behavior is calm and curious where the video starts.

Be forewarned that at 6:00 the zookeeper feeds the snakes a dead rat. There's some blood. I stopped watching there. That was enough for me!

[proxylynn]

[I've been planning on getting a new pet (my dog passed away a few years ago)

And we're planning on getting another one.]

Ann: Seeing Rat, a snake sounds interesting too, but I have absolutely no idea how to take care of one. (Besides, my parents don't exactly like reptiles too much)

Ann: Is it true you have to give Rat food that's still alive?! (⁠ʘ⁠ᗩ⁠ʘ)

Lynn: Let me look this up because with reptiles as pets, you can do live mice or dead ones. *googling*

Although Hognoses eat mainly amphibians in the wild, they eat a rodent-based diet in captivity. Your snake should be transitioned to a rodent diet before you bring them home. Frozen thawed mice are the safest option for feeding. Young hognose snakes will eat pink mice every 3-4 days and size up as they grow. Juveniles: food every 4-5 days and Adults: food 1x/week.

While young mice can be used to feed your hognose snakes, these calorie-dense feeders aren’t the best for your pet’s health, and should be used as part of rotation at most. Hognose snakes fed primarily rodents are more likely to suffer from obesity and related health problems than those fed a more natural diet.

Here are some non-rodent ideas for feeding your hognose:

African clawed frogs

Cane toads

Cuban tree frogs

Redback salamanders

Gray treefrogs

Axolotls

Quail eggs

Frozen/thawed anoles

Dropped gecko tails

Reptilinks

Hognose snakes rely on their sense of smell in order to help them find prey, not a heat signature. (“Strong response to anuran chemical cues by an extreme dietary specialist, the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos)” by William Cooper and Stephen Secor, 2007). However, it has been observed that hognoses seem to respond better to warm prey items, so it’s possible that the warmth disperses the scent better.

If you are using frozen-thawed prey (recommended), thaw it out in the fridge the night before feeding day. This allows it to thaw slowly in a cold environment, which discourages bacterial growth, the same as how you’re supposed to thaw frozen meat. Then about 15-30 minutes before feeding, stick the prey in a BPA-free plastic bag like a Ziploc and submerge in warm, almost hot, water. The body temperature of a mouse is similar to a human’s, so you’ll want the prey to be about 98-100°F before offering it to your snake.

Hognose snakes are more visually dependent than some other snakes, so you may need to simulate “lifelike movement” (just wiggling it around will do) before the snake strikes.

[bite-sizedttrpg]

Bite-Sized! Monday Update 1

I have found all beasts that will fill the bestiary for the game.

Lizards in this world are called Drakes and there are quite a few to find, such as:

Broad-Headed Skinks

Coal Skinks

Common Five-Lined Skinks

Eastern Glass Lizards

Little Brown Skinks

Six-Lined Racerunner

Slender Glass Lizard

There is a single feline beast available to fight which is a bobcat.

Fish are another section in the bestiary. Consisting of:

Black Crappies

Bluegills

Bowfins

Common Carp

Red Swamp Crayfish

Warmouths

Different birds, which are referred to as Raptors, are some of the most difficult enemies. These birds are:

American Kestrels

Butcher Birds

Carolina Wrens

Crows

House Sparrows

Northern Cardinals

Red-winged Blackbirds

Song Sparrows

Rodents can also be found across the region. These rodents consist of:

Chipmunks

Common Muskrats

House Mice

Moles

Pocket Gophers

Shrews

Squirrels

Water Drakes, also known as amphibians, are there to defeat in combat. There are many to encounter, such as:

American Bullfrogs

American Green Treefrogs

Eastern Newts

Fowler’s Toads

Gray Treefrogs

Green Frogs

Marbled Salamanders

Spotted Salamanders

Spring Peepers

Woodhouse’s Toads

Snakes, also known as Wyrms, prowl the area. These deadly ambush predators are:

Dekay’s Brownsnakes

Eastern Garter Snakes

Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes

Glossy Swampsnakes

North American Racers

Plain Bellied Water Snakes

Red-bellied Snakes

Rough Greensnakes

Western Ribbon Snakes

Ending off the list of beasts are the Wyverns, which is the name for bats. These Wyverns include:

Big Brown Bats

Eastern Red Bats

Evening Bats

Hoary Bats

Mexican Free-tailed Bats

Silver-haired Bats

Southeastern Myotis

Tricolored Bats

There will also be insectoid enemies that you will be able to fight. Can you guess what area in the Americas this game's first setting takes place in?

[farlane]

The Puff Adder aka Eastern Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Of the approximately 2400 species of snakes in the world, Michigan has just 17. The State of Michigan’s page on the Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) says (in part): Description: A thick-bodied, slow-moving snake with a flattened, upturned “nose.” Color is variable some have dark spots and blotches on a yellow,…

[wanderfullyadventurous]

Spring Peeper Patrol, June 2, 2023

We didn’t know it, but, we had a destiny to come to terms with: we would become the sole members of the Spring Peeper Patrol on this day. The teeny tiny little darlings were in desperate need of assistance, and we were there in the nick of time to rescue them. We took our new-found roles very seriously, for the sake of the little guys out there.

In addition, we met a very hungry deer, several relaxed flyers, and even MORE snakes. One was rather intriguing, an eastern hog-nose. He was vibrant, probably freshly shed. After reading up on him after the fact, we learned that they do not resort to biting when threatened, but instead prefer an initial high-speed head butt. It was funny to imagine, to say the least.

Also, very unexpectedly, we found a large patch of cactus in the middle of the woods.

[green-algae]

An adult female eastern hog-nosed snake [Heterodon platirhinos] photographed by Richard Bartlett.

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[animalids]

Eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos)

Photo by Igor Siwanowicz

[c0untrymutt]

What's your favorite reptile?

Mines personally a eastern hog-nose snake

Eastern hogs are so cutee!!!

My favorite is a ball python, they are just so cute and fascinating, I love em alot!