Posted: 4/30/2016 4:50:41 PM EDT
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While trying to get my son to not be afraid after a bobcat encounter in our backyard this morning we turn around and see this. After a cursory search on the internet I think it is a California Kingsnake but expert opinion is much appreciated. Location mountain side of Scottsdale AZ 
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Hell if I know. 
So how about the bobcat story? Was it just in the backyard and your son saw it? Yes. My son was outside this morning playing on the playscape and he looks up and there is, as explained, a giant cat with black spots watching him. We have house cats so I asked him to compare the size and he said it was giant and just staring at him. He runs in and tells me so i gather up a standoff defense device to check it out because I have seen them in the area but not this close to my house. |
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There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire. 
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Quoted:
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kill with fire There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire.
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Nope I just let it go on its way |
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Yes. My son was outside this morning playing on the playscape and he looks up and there is, as explained, a giant cat with black spots watching him. We have house cats so I asked him to compare the size and he said it was giant and just staring at him. He runs in and tells me so i gather up a standoff defense device to check it out because I have seen them in the area but not this close to my house. Quoted:
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Hell if I know.
So how about the bobcat story? Was it just in the backyard and your son saw it? Yes. My son was outside this morning playing on the playscape and he looks up and there is, as explained, a giant cat with black spots watching him. We have house cats so I asked him to compare the size and he said it was giant and just staring at him. He runs in and tells me so i gather up a standoff defense device to check it out because I have seen them in the area but not this close to my house. Whoa that's nuts. It's an adventure everytime you go outside in the desert.
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We have a California King that lives in our yard. http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy47/Gunslinger8O8/s2.jpg He likes to go up trees and steal Dove chicks out of the nest... http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy47/Gunslinger8O8/s4.jpg http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy47/Gunslinger8O8/ks5.jpg Awesome observation! 
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There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire.
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Quoted:
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kill with fire There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire.
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Two different rattlesnakes? |
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Two different rattlesnakes? Quoted:
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kill with fire There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire.
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Two different rattlesnakes? Two different pictures probably. |
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Two different pictures probably. Quoted:
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kill with fire There's literally nothing that snake does that isn't beneficial to your property, that is unless you're a fan of rodent infestations and rattlesnakes. Then by all means kill it with fire.
http://i.imgur.com/BmDxLeI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wYmzvub.jpg Two different rattlesnakes? Two different pictures probably. I'd say so. |