Will this Skin make my bow look Fat? (Update to Mystery Stomach Contents page 5)

[stykbow67]

Wow!!!  :eek:  What an awesome critter, it is a shame the skin couldn't be utilized though. Thanks for taking the time to post pics and go back and perform the necropsy, I don't think I'd a had the stomach for it!! lol

Steve

[Killdeer]

Reminds me of the time I opened up a dead pilot snake I found in Great Falls. Had a couple-three birds in its gut. It had raided a bluebird box, and died of I-don't-know-what.

The snake was almost as long as yours, but not nearly as exciting. What I remember most was the smell. Gagged this maggot right out, and I have taken apart lots of road kill! Snakes don't smell good, inside always and outside when they are alarmed, part of what gives us a visceral aversion to them, I guess.

Yeah, I wish there were a three dimensional memory of the ominous grandeur of that snake, it certainly lived up to its potential and was a very successful member of its species. But I understand.

Killdeer

[grizz]

That proves my theory....snakes can die from the "blues"........