Black Rat Dinning Out

isn’t he GORGEOUS?!?

hehe..he was very ..um..non aggressive…really! (course…his MOUTH was full…but still)

he was definately happily stuffing himself as i drove my car up to him….he’d just started on this guy…stopped when i came over..didn’t move an INCH…just buzzed his tailtip….....when i got my photos and was leaving? THEN he spit the bird out and took off. felt bad over that…but at least he got a couple first. what i’d found interesting? was the birds had been run over by a car and already had flies on them…...........and he was STILL eating them!

oh wow…that’d have been a site! i’ve yet to get close to any other racer then the yellow-belly i had posted earlier. (i remember the buck in the mist on a night with full moon…......the nuns at the bargain bra bin…......the soldiers lined up on a perfectly sunny day at the ice cream cart…..) yeah.._sigh it’s always nice to have the camera ready and aimed…....

thanx Jocelyn…doesn’t he just look LUCSIOUS? that body was gorgeous

hehe…these guys are friendly! really…i let the slither allll over me..thru my hair…around my neck…....really. they’re NICE critters! well…the ones that don’t BITE anyway…hehe
but i have to agree? we as humans? have very odd fascinations…..it’s like…i’ll never figure out how a person would WANT to be a gynocologist? hrmmm…....or study spiders!.......or…be a body odor detector?........or…...............the list goes on…lol

lol…he wasn’t very happy with me…but i was thrilled.

lol…cool…AND cool stamp! thanx!

isn’t he gorgeous? this is the same as the one that was on the branch in the photo ‘He Won This Round’

almost completely harmless Mark! they can be ‘nippy’ but all I’ve ever gotten from them is a couple tiny dots on my hand for being rough with them. they’re one of my absolute favorite snakes…a very elegant species

thanx! i LOVE these snakes :o)

honestly, Esther? If i’d continued driving i’d have run him over…..he was stretched all the way across the road.
they’re non-venemous….to me? harmless. most people don’t like ‘nippy’ snakes though and sometimes they can be. my son and i both handle these, though, without any issues (usually) :o)

i was amazed he let me take so many pictures! he was so busy digesting and swallowing i think…lol
i’m hoping he went back….we came back thru a couple hours later and i dont’ remember seeing anymore birdies laying about

oh i DID! i just couldn’t get to him FAST enuf…lol
these are fabulous animals, Amanda….I often use them for ‘nature programs’ i put on in the summer. they’re fairly calm…especially when handled correctly. :o)

I’m pretty sure he’d had a good meal already? But…..
I know some animals live on that ‘feast or famine’ mode…hopefully this one doesn’t.
thanx for the comment!