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Do snakes emit odors?
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by cowgirl on May 17, 2003
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There was a snake in my garage, it was making a hissing sound and there was a skunky smell. It was thick bodied around 3 or so ft. long and dark grey black, white underneath with some yellow under the head kinda on the side. I don't have much more detail about it. It was cornered and was striking quite a bit. Does anyone have any idea what kind of snake it may be? There were 2 more of then in my yard that same day. Was that skunky odor coming from the snake?
Thanks,
Cindy
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by Langaha on May 17, 2003
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Snakes do emit an odor from their anal gland. It is a defense mechanism and it is very musky(or skunky). This is what you may have smelled, however they are more apt to use this when really being hassled or handled. I guess this individual felt threatened enough by you to give it a try. ---Anthony
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by spanky on May 17, 2003
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Cowgirl, Hi. I to live in Northern Mississippi, and the snake you had in your garage, could have been a few different snakes, non of whitch are venomous. sounds like a rat snake. and with the others in the yard the same day, more than likely one was a breeding female. the others were males after her. just my thoughts on it.
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by Mulebrother on May 20, 2003
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I betcha nickels to peanuts you had some sort of water snake. I have goofed with plenty of them and when they are harassed, they ALL seem to emit some nasty smell. Skunky. Its part of their defense mechanism, and if I were a predator, I would definitely reconsider after a nose full of that mess!
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by duck on May 27, 2003
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hi cowgirl i also think that it probably was some kind of water snake, i also have recently messed with many water snakes and they do set off a nasty odor
just my thought on it
duck
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by snakejake on May 24, 2014
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I know this was posted a while back but from the description i dont think its a water snake. It sounds like a water moccasin which can be very deadly. Too many people want to assume that snakes they find around their home are non venomous just to jave a sense of ease. But the fact is if it smelt the way you said and it was striking repeatedly it was more than likely a cotton mouth (water moccasin) which are also extremely agrresive
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by agkistrodude on May 24, 2014
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Ive seen hundreds of cottonmouths. Never one that is aggressive. Defensive, yes, if you poke at it, or nudge it with your boot, but never aggressive. They can let out a very strong smelling musk. Very cool snakes to work with in my opinion.
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