What Snake ( And Why The Feet?)

[Willeyeam]

Found this dead at home today - guess I must have run it over - is it a Cobra or a rat snake? and what on earth does it have two feet for? Just curious as I have had loads of snakes around here before but never had a one with feet. Are they some sort of mis developed spurs or something.

[JurgenG]

From the picture, I'd say it's something the snake ate. Like this python and this alligator who made the headlines a few years ago

Python explodes after swallowing 6-foot alligator in Florida Everglades

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneatsgator.html

[Willeyeam]

From the picture, I'd say it's something the snake ate. Like this python and this alligator who made the headlines a few years ago

Python explodes after swallowing 6-foot alligator in Florida Everglades

http://news.national...neatsgator.html

I can see where you are coming from and it makes sense - the weird thing is that one of the feet has about 8 toes / fingers - if it had been a rat or something similar I could understand it, but these thins appear to be attatched to it rather than coming out of it. Thanks all the same for the reply. Just a bit weird finding this, never saw anything like it before.

The other thing is - do snakes sort of "shit out" the remains or do they regurgitate? The more I look at the photo the more I think you are correct!

[Nignoy]

The 2 spurs are the sexual organ , its a cobra willy

[Willeyeam]

The 2 spurs are the sexual organ , its a cobra willy

Cheers Nignoy !- I had a feeling it was one of those buggers! We have had a few around our place lately as well as the yellow and black banded Krait! - I don't wander around in the dark anymore!

[bina]

SNAKES SHIT really really sigusting shits (and smelly) BUT ALSO REGURGITATE if they have are lifted or are disturbed and have to move after a large meal, or are ill; but yes, nignoy counted penises... and many snakes have spurs hta can be vestigal legs, and/or spurs for gripping females for mating....

[Thongkorn]

The 2 spurs are the sexual organ , its a cobra willy

Spot on a cobra cock, Its not a Cobra maybe a sunbeam snake, there dose not look to be any markings on its head which Cobras have, it could be a young rat snake. which look like Cobras to scare other snakes away.

[WarpSpeed]

^ King Cobras head markings don't show unless they are threatened and spread their neck, they look very much like the snake he pictured so it may be one, a bit hard to tell in post mortem when the color has faded some..

[Thongkorn]

i would put money on it that its not a Cobra,, BUT, treat all snakes as dangerous.

[12DrinkMore]

i would put money on it that its not a Cobra,, BUT, treat all snakes as dangerous.

My guess would be a rat snake, but not important. Somehow that snake doesn't look very dangerous anymore....

Now I know about snakes dicks aka hemipenis,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemipenis

Thanks

[autan]

In my own experience if it is a snake, stay well away, if it comes near you kill.

Identification, classification and indexology were never really an issue when fangs are involved.

[Naam]

The 2 spurs are the sexual organ , its a cobra willy

my willy doesn't have spurs. should i be worried?