Maybe some kind of corn snake? He’s in southern California, and the bike path was along the San Diego river.
It’s a snake
Are you sure?
Ooohhhh it’s a snaaaake
Snaaaaakkkkeeee
no. that’s clearly a badger and a mushroom.
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I think that he’s probably right, but there are legless lizards out there.
Shouldn’t drink so much then!
Could be a worm
Honestly I think it might just be a garter snake with non average markings
From the other post, he’s a San Diego Gophersnake - Pituophis catenifer annectens
Snek
Nope rope. More specifically, a danger noodle
All the guesses are either Gopher Snake or Garter Snake, so probably not a danger noodle. Just a nope rope.
All snakes are danger noodles, except for cat snakes (which is a different kind of nope rope)
My understanding was that all snakes are nope ropes, but only venomous ones are danger noodles. Is it the other way around?
You’re correct. Nope, don’t mess with nonvenomous snakes, for their sake.*
And really don’t mess with venomous snakes, for your sake.
*Except if you’re in the Everglades and you’re absolutely sure it’s an invasive Burmese python and not one of the native species the pythons have been eating to extinction. Then you should kill it quickly. But don’t eat it, they contain a lot of mercury.
Idk, lemme ask the I Can Haz Cheeseburger cat
Excellent, straight to the highest possible authority.
I tried going for a senior expert so I asked CATS instead, but he just told me that I had no chance to survive and to make my time.
If you interacted with a smooth green snake - aka “grass snake” - (they’re tiny) and checked out their color in the sun (it’s gorgeous) - they’d maybe be less nope ropes and more dinky slinky…
But yes, the “danger noodles” are the venemous ones…
Sorry, I didn’t realize animal meme-ing was taken this seriously and one can be wrong. Now that I know it’s possible, I probably am
They’re memes, but they do still have meaning. Being fake-serious about the classifications used to be part of the joke, but that was about three social media platforms and ten years ago for me so maybe that part got lost.
Looks like a gopher snake
Weird description, rattle snakes aren’t aggressive either. Every one I’ve met has attempted to leave after announcing itself
I had one aggressively pursue a group of us (had a dog with us but I doubt that makes a difference). This was on the top of a mountain.
I have definitely encountered aggressive rattle snakes. I’d be careful about assuming they’ll flee.
Speaking as an owner of five snakes, they definitely have individual personalities. Although I wonder if it’s regional too? Most of the ones where I live seem to be lazy more than anything else.
As a kid we had two instances of large rattlers getting into our house and coming after us not to mention the many times I’d come across them in tall grasses. This has given me a heavy reason to give them distance.
He’s a snek
Gopher snake I think?
No step on snek
No bike on snek either.
I hope OP is asking to find out if it’s non-venomous and safe to grab to remove from the path next time.
OP is a snek bro…
Don’t trend on me
I think it might be a Gopher Snake based off of the coloring and the pattern of the spots along its body.
Since he’s a gopher snek, he’s probably someone’s PA, off to fetch a half-caf oat milk latte. And he’s harmless. Also, he’s native to California. Leave him be.
https://www.calacademy.org/blogs/naturalist-notebook/ask-a-naturalist-rattlesnake-roundup
Where’s that snek with my latté ?!?
That is a snake
I was thinking the same thing, but thanks for additional confirmation.
If it had wheels, it’d be a bike.
well done. for anyone who hasn’t seen it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc
Snake
Google lens says gopher snake. Google lens and iNaturalist are great ways to help ID all kinds of animals, plants, and fungi.
Edit for clarification. Don’t trust any of these image recognition algorithms. They get many things wrong, but they can help narrow down what a thing is.
I don’t think I’d trust image recognition enough for anything potentially dangerous (deciding if the snake is venomous, deciding if a mushroom is edible, etc.), but good suggestion for satisfying general curiosity!
Yes, I don’t trust any of them, but they can give you a general idea and you can narrow down yourself afterwards.
Don’t trust Google.
I don’t trust iNat either, but it can give you a general idea. Yes, you must do some leg work if you want to be certain.
You’ve nailed it. Looks like a San Diego Gophersnake - Pituophis catenifer annectens. It was morning, and he was warming up on the asphault. He didn’t seem too worried about me, and gave me time to stop my bike, pull my phone out of my backpack, and snap the shot.
Snake.
Le epic moment
Garter Snake is my guess.
A cutie
He was very majestic!
![Saw this guy on the bike path; anyone know what he is? [OC]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/38ee90d3-2f58-4653-8e29-e7f83ec66d43.jpeg){kind=link}
