How to ID a Black Racer vs Black Rat Snake. What is the difference?

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @audreysenghas4138
    @audreysenghas4138 Год назад +20

    My son's favorite memory is of me picking up a garter snake again after it bit me and made me bleed. He was in kindergarten and thought I was the coolest Mom for picking up the snake and explaining to the kids how great snakes are, and how the kids should not harass them.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +2

      That's awesome! You really are super mom!

    • @danielmartens156
      @danielmartens156 3 месяца назад

      You are the coolest mom! Mine almost had a heart attack when seeing a small one at my home. 😊

    • @staceymontgomery6100
      @staceymontgomery6100 Месяц назад

      Hopefully you taught them not to pick up the poisonous ones lol

  • @LP-pj6yt
    @LP-pj6yt 3 месяца назад +7

    When I was about 13 I drove a tractor with a sickle mower on it cutting hay in the Forked Deer River bottom in West Tennessee. I saw while mowing a Blue Racer aprox. 5 ft. in length from a short distance, traveling in the field with his head up a few inches off of the ground moving at a good pace. The following spring we broke ground to plant in the same area and uncovered 3 to 4 large clutches of white leathery eggs across the field we were working. I have never seen a Blue Racer any more in my adult lifetime.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  3 месяца назад

      Interesting experience and observations for sure! Sorry that you haven't seen more blue racers!

  • @carolynnkaster9457
    @carolynnkaster9457 Год назад +4

    Well I learned I need to remove the netting on my old fence. I disturbed a 5 foot " black " snake last week doing weed removal around my front shrubs. It came out when I went inside for a few minutes. I did find a skin shed in the bushes, but it was no way near long enough to be the snake I saw. When Hubby and I came back outside, it was next to the rock walkway and took off really fast to get under cover again. Learning from you about the plastic, I will remove it today.

  • @brianquilty687
    @brianquilty687 Год назад +6

    Fascinating video Mr. Taylor. Sure hope his health improves and he can be returned to nature.

  • @willswalkingwest7267
    @willswalkingwest7267 Год назад +12

    I loved this video.
    I loved that this poor black racer was found by you and not someone else.
    I loved the message about plastics.
    We don't have the black rat snakes here in central Florida, we have their cousins, the yellow rat snake.
    Before the new taxonomists messed with the scientific names our yellow rat snake and black rat snake were both Elaphe obsoleta, our yellow rat snake had the third name of quadrivittatus. Now they say our yellow rat snake is Patherophis alleghaniensis, which I find funny since our yellow rat snake isn't anywhere close to the Alleghany mountains.
    All that aside, your video is awesome.
    I used to tell people that if you were able to pick it up, it was likely a black rat snake as healthy uninjured black racers seldom give you an opportunity to grab them. LOL.
    And also, thank you for mentioning the rat snake body shape. Very few people do that. I tell people the rat snakes are shaped like a loaf of bread.
    Thanks for another great video.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      Thank you! Lol..funny how many people are upset up the reclassification and naming! And yes so true about the biting thing! Thanks for sharing here and enriching the channel with your comments!

  • @elizabethfriedrichsen4870
    @elizabethfriedrichsen4870 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you, I found a black racer in my yard the other day and I didn't know what it was. This helped!

  • @guitarbrewa
    @guitarbrewa 5 месяцев назад +3

    I’ve just discovered your channel and gave you a bid thumbs up. REALLY REALLY ENJOY what you do and HOW you do it! Thank you and look for to watching so much more!

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад

      Awesome, thank you! That means so much to me! I hope you will enjoy exploring my playlists!

  • @ClintsHobbiesDIY
    @ClintsHobbiesDIY Год назад +4

    Nice vid.
    I've never found a Racer here in my part of Virginia. Easter Rat Snakes are plentiful. I have three here on my property. Eddie, Gary and Hoss.

  • @lorid1348
    @lorid1348 Год назад +5

    Here in Michigan we have blue racers...the first snake I ever held....and I remember how smooth and supple the skin was. I had one as a pet for a short time but my mom convinced me it belonged out in nature not in my bedroom.

  • @martimoore740
    @martimoore740 Год назад +3

    I love your channel! Please keep it up!

  • @babystepsgarden6162
    @babystepsgarden6162 Год назад +3

    When I was around 5, I was walking on a gated tar and gravel road. It was a very warm summer day. 🙂 A snake crawled out of the grass by the side of the road and began following me. 😱😭
    If I walked it crawled slowly, but if I ran it crawled faster. It was about 6 feet from me. It never came closer, but it didn't stop following! It was black. It followed me for almost a quarter of a mile. I was in a whirlwind of terror, screaming as I ran, running faster and farther than I ever thought I could. Grandaddy came to my rescue. He said, "If you faced it and stomped your feet at it, it would have run away. It wasn't anything but a little old black racer. Nothing to be afraid of." But nobody made fun of me for being afraid. 😊❤️ ❤️ ❤️

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад

      Awe! Thanks for sharing your story! Aren't grandaddy's great?

    • @nooneyouknowhere6148
      @nooneyouknowhere6148 3 месяца назад

      A school friend of mine said they would often play with black racers that way. The snake chases you, and then you chase the snake.

  • @kimberleymarkova3641
    @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +3

    He is DIVINE ❤

  • @benmoffitt7524
    @benmoffitt7524 Год назад +3

    I can say that black rat snakes are very effective with regard to pest control - particularly with keeping the mouse population down. Hope you enjoy your time in Chattanooga. I used to live at the foot of Lookout Mountain. It’s a beautiful place and I miss it!

    • @1new-man
      @1new-man Год назад

      Yup we just don't have snakes much any more around our place
      But then we just don't have mice and frogs like we once did either
      the two go hand in hand

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад

      Yes! Did lots of great hiking!

  • @prestonbuffington954
    @prestonbuffington954 Год назад +3

    Hope all turns out well for your racer friend.

  • @alishaparker315
    @alishaparker315 3 месяца назад +2

    My kids and I just ran into a baby racer yesterday on the tweetsie trail walking yesterday and damn they r fast🤣 did not expect tht lol

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  3 месяца назад +1

      Lol!,they are fast! We took our kids to tweetsie railroad to back in the day! Have fun!

  • @beckysteward-mi7km
    @beckysteward-mi7km Год назад +2

    Very interesting Frank!

  • @vaughnwilliams3600
    @vaughnwilliams3600 5 месяцев назад +2

    I used to have a back yard vegetable garden and there were what I called black racers always out hunting between the rows in the garden and they would scare you when they would take off so fast you could barely see them. Not scare me but startle me they were jet black and super fast never hurt anyone cool garden pets thanks

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  5 месяцев назад +1

      You are welcome. Thanks for sharing your story!

  • @tommysyme3224
    @tommysyme3224 4 месяца назад +2

    That's the most docile Black Racer I've ever seen. They are pretty mean when cornered or threatened. I had a 6 foot Racer under my back patio for a few years. He preferred to retreat if I went outside & it was hunting/getting warm, but man it was fast.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад +1

      Yes. Correct observation. This one was not feeling well but with antibiotics returned to his Fiesta self! Lol!

  • @chrisbaron4563
    @chrisbaron4563 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the video, very useful!

  • @robinmcclellan1870
    @robinmcclellan1870 Год назад +2

    Thanks for another great video!

  • @robertsr.249
    @robertsr.249 Год назад +7

    Quite simple , the Black Rat does not like to bite , but will coil up and strike if prokoked The black racer will bite with little or no provacation ,i caught a 4 footer and he bit me 4 times in sbout 2 minutes and they bite hard .,And they will go at your face ,Caution advised.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад

      Ha! Very true!

    • @stanleyhape8427
      @stanleyhape8427 3 месяца назад

      So which one are you ???
      A racer....or a rat???
      I'll go first..
      Young me was more of a racer old me is a rat.
      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kimberleymarkova3641
    @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +2

    You are sooooooooo lucky to have such wonderfully diverse fauna. I have O aestivus, love them dearly, could not have seen them in their natural environment but try constantly to ensure they live in comfortable conditions similar to their origins

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      Yes...Appalachian mountains have some of the highest biological diversity in the world. Where do you live?

    • @kimberleymarkova3641
      @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor near Paris

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      @kimberleymarkova3641 cool! My brother's wife is Parisian! Have you seen my Switzerland playlist. My mother born in Italian speaking Ticino canton!

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      Please go watch and cheer for riders at end of Tour de France! 🇫🇷 I watch the tour every year religiously!

    • @kimberleymarkova3641
      @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor ah mais que ce monde est petit!!! So you know my "patch" then?! This is also yours! I rarely go into Paris except for medical things as I did in June when I had lots of time to kill before the appointment so I spent two very happy hours at musée André Jacquemart, it was perfection.

  • @Peter-ic7vj
    @Peter-ic7vj 5 месяцев назад +1

    Good job frank,we must protect all of our native snakes and amphibians big time.and all other native wildlife.

  • @JeffreyCotle
    @JeffreyCotle Год назад +1

    Awsome video. Im watching from our cabin in Maine.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      A cabin in Maine! Serene and peace plus ➕️ ➕️! Enjoy!

  • @lydialangfordjoiner765
    @lydialangfordjoiner765 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @kathylong8345
    @kathylong8345 Год назад +1

    We had a king snake that use to follow us like a puppy.

  • @jkryanspark
    @jkryanspark 4 месяца назад +2

    This racer is unusually docile. I'd imagine an injured snake would be more aggressive, but I guess there are no hard fast rules. I do hope it recovers and can be returned to the wild.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад +3

      Yes...it wasn't feeling its Fiesty self at all! It did recover and was released where it was found!

    • @jkryanspark
      @jkryanspark 4 месяца назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor Truthfully, I'm surprised the racer made it. I'm glad, though. Thank you for championing an injured animal.

  • @richardkocis5273
    @richardkocis5273 3 месяца назад +1

    had a young black racer( I D ed by a florida naturalist ) in the garage , at a foot long was not yet black but checkerboard black and white

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  3 месяца назад

      @richardkocis5273 yes! Exactly. Interesting pattern on the juveniles! 👍🙂

  • @Rocky-sd5ic
    @Rocky-sd5ic 4 месяца назад +2

    Did he survive?

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад +4

      He did! And was successfully released where I found him!

  • @longgone9869
    @longgone9869 2 месяца назад +1

    Are black racers also called blue racers? Is there such a thing? I noticed that snake has quite a bit of blue along its sides

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  2 месяца назад

      @@longgone9869 I have not heard that name used locally. 🤔

  • @johnpulwers680
    @johnpulwers680 7 месяцев назад +1

    Which one is friendlier?

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  7 месяцев назад

      By far the Black Rat Snake...see how docile on my Black Snake episodes on playlist!

  • @janmyers2715
    @janmyers2715 Год назад +2

    I hope the snake was OK. Did you ever find out if he survived?

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад

      Yes. I tried to get back with them but I never got a call back.

  • @amandastakeonit7402
    @amandastakeonit7402 Год назад +1

    For being injured and being a racer that is a sweet snake. I have seen them bite so many times, IF someone catched them.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад

      I know...I thought wow...not biting me...I need to take him to vet right away!

  • @michaelscraftsandrocks7607
    @michaelscraftsandrocks7607 Год назад +1

    The only snake here in the foothills of NC that I've seen chase a tractor..

  • @johnpulwers680
    @johnpulwers680 7 месяцев назад +3

    The Racer bites a lot...the Rat doesn't.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  7 месяцев назад

      Yes! Very much so. This one was ill and take to Chattanooga zoo for rehab!

    • @bulldog7196
      @bulldog7196 4 месяца назад

      Lol. Yeah. A rat snake might bite. A racer will bite you 17 times if you hold it long enough!!!

  • @billlam7756
    @billlam7756 5 месяцев назад +2

    Oh hell no, i be the one thats in distressed and moving😂

  • @nicksykes463
    @nicksykes463 Год назад +3

    poor fella hope its ok. definitely the most lethargic racer ive seen normally they dont sit still

  • @bryanhauschild4376
    @bryanhauschild4376 4 месяца назад +1

    Racer: and a coachwhip looking tail?

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад

      I haven't seen a coachwhip myself except a juvenile species in Switzerland! How would you compare the tails?

    • @bryanhauschild4376
      @bryanhauschild4376 4 месяца назад

      @@natureatyourdoor the slender checkered pattern like a woven bull whip

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад

      @bryanhauschild4376 ah! Cool. I will pay closer attention to that next time! Thanks for share!

  • @niewagen7376
    @niewagen7376 2 месяца назад +1

    Should i pick them up to know the differences ..thanks no but thanks 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  2 месяца назад +1

      @@niewagen7376 ha! Noooo! Lol...yes best to leave them alone! 😀

  • @kathylong8345
    @kathylong8345 Год назад

    Those Black Racers can chace birds like nothing I have ever seen!

  • @Sushi2735
    @Sushi2735 11 месяцев назад +1

    The black rat bit you! 😅😅😅😅

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  11 месяцев назад +1

      Ha! Lol...I didn't think til later that it was a bad look for this video topic!

  • @kimberleymarkova3641
    @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +1

    I was going to ask what was going on with his skin 😢 tell me you took him to the vet

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +2

      Yes...I took him to the Chattanooga Zoo rescue center that afternoon.

    • @kimberleymarkova3641
      @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor thank goodness, would you be able to let us know how he's doing? Hoping for healing and release back into (à safer place) nature

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +2

      @kimberleymarkova3641 I tried several times after a week to get back with the rescue center but was not able to follow up as I hoped. A lot of volunteer staff... but best reptile vet care one could have. I am optimistic he recovered!

    • @kimberleymarkova3641
      @kimberleymarkova3641 Год назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor poor little guy or pauvre petite mademoiselle 🐍 I really hope he/she makes it.

  • @programmingmindset
    @programmingmindset 4 месяца назад +1

    Is this injured?

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  4 месяца назад

      Yes! I took it to the Chattanooga Zoo Reptile rescue center. I was successfully treated and released where I found it.

    • @programmingmindset
      @programmingmindset 4 месяца назад

      @@natureatyourdoor great to know.

  • @bl8388
    @bl8388 5 месяцев назад +1

    If you look closely at a Black Rat Snake you won't see sneakers.

  • @yzettasmith4194
    @yzettasmith4194 Год назад +1

    I will never use that netting stuff around my garden again. I put some around plants in my back yard to keep the deer away. I went out one day and found a juvenile black rat snake tangled in it and dying. Poor snake, it was cut up. Awful way to die. I am sorry.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  Год назад +1

      Yeah..it is pretty harsh on un intended wildlife.

    • @amandastakeonit7402
      @amandastakeonit7402 Год назад

      Thank you for changing your ways after realizing the damage that's done to wildlife. People, often, don't realize how important it is to have snakes around. They harm them on purpose, others, like you didn't realize they were doing something potentially harmful.

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas 3 месяца назад +1

    they dont smell as bad either lol

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  3 месяца назад

      I have never actually noticed an odor from the snakes I handled!

  • @drewbaisden3475
    @drewbaisden3475 6 месяцев назад +1

    Well done. Handle and mess with an injured Black Racer for 30 or 40 minutes so you can get more clicks instead of going ahead and taking him to the rescue center. I'm sure the snake enjoyed lt. Why don't you get a healthy black racer and mess with him like that him for 30 minutes. They love being handled haha. Smh.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  6 месяцев назад +2

      How many snake lives have I saved by demonstrating and educating? It is a trade off. I think I did minimal to no damage here. Snakes don't feel or think like humans so you maybe projecting human feelings on to this snake. Similarly, I get trolled by some for picking up salamanders for a video. However, the big picture is trying to connect people hands on with nature and have an emotional connection to nature and living things. Without that real emotional connection one can't expect voters to push for change to benefit the environment as a whole! I do however appreciate you writing this in and giving people more to think about and create a dialog about this specifically and education about the environment. Sincere thanks for bringing this to the for front for viewers...and encourage people to think and consider what you said!

    • @drewbaisden3475
      @drewbaisden3475 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@natureatyourdoor Haha yeah I was projecting "human feelings" onto the snake. Pretty sure pain is not exclusive to humans there sportcoat. My point is why use an injured snake that was not acting at all like a normal uninjured racer, if you know anything about them you'd agree. They are incredibly beautiful snakes but do not have the greatest temperament and are well known biters. Get a healthy adult racer and let your grand daughter get her face as close to it's face as you had her do in this video. Racers love that. Do that video and post it haha. I think it's great when anyone wants to raise awareness that snakes are here for a purpose and should not be killed just because "eek it's a snake". Still no reason to use an injured snake for that purpose and your clicks. None. Sorry.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  6 месяцев назад +1

      @drewbaisden3475 just want you to know I read what you said and thought about it. I had to make an appointment with the Chattanooga Zoo rescue center and kept the snake overnight, Indoor warmth, undisturbed, with access to water. The snake while lethargic was not necessarily in pain??? The snake was given a course of antibiotics, recovered and was released back where I originally found it. Again, thanks for bringing what I did to the attention of viewers and expressing your thoughts. Highly, unlikely a similar situation will ever occur again but I will certainly keep what you said in mind.

  • @1new-man
    @1new-man Год назад +1

    Great fyi all over again!

  • @Peter-ic7vj
    @Peter-ic7vj 5 месяцев назад +1

    That racer needs Neosporin ointment.and antibiotic treatment now??!!

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  5 месяцев назад

      Yes...he went to Chattanooga Zoo reptile rescue and was treated successfully and released where I found him!

  • @nickmontanaro9638
    @nickmontanaro9638 3 месяца назад +1

    Thats not a black racer. The head is all wrong. Also no way a black racer would let you hold it like that. They bite... a lot.

    • @natureatyourdoor
      @natureatyourdoor  3 месяца назад

      Ha! I hear where you are coming from. It is 100 percent absolutely totaly a black racer! But you are right about it not biting or escaping. I don't know if you watched whole video or not but this snake was injured and I took it after filming to the Chattanooga Zoo reptile rescue for successful treatment rehab and release where it was found. Please check out details in video confirming ID. That is the purpose of the video.