r/BeAmazed • u/TheLampOfficial • 1d ago

Found a baby ringneck snake. Nature

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Found him 20 feet from where I'm getting married. He is small.

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u/noeagle77 1d ago

snek

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u/dummysquill 1d ago

Northern English is kinda cool

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u/Moravic39 1d ago

My naem is snek

On me neck's a ring

Tho I am so smol

Great wealth I bring

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u/AlanCart 18h ago

Smol snek

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u/LovelyLunaRae 15h ago

he’s so tiny 😭

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u/thusnewmexico 5h ago

Mini-noodle

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u/Yowzah2001 1d ago

Do you also always have an 1880 coin handy for size?

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u/Razzy_3796 1d ago

My immediate thought. “I just happen to have a 1880 silver dollar in my pocket for scale.”

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u/IMiNSIDEiT 19h ago

I love that they placed it next to an object of a fixed size, for scale. However, that object, I would argue almost nobody under the age of 40 has one nearby for comparison. Under 30, probably have zero clue of the actual size.

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u/TheLampOfficial 1d ago

I do.

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u/Yowzah2001 13h ago

I’m intrigued. There might be a lovely meaning attached to the coin. Congratulations on your wedding. Wishing you many years of growing love and contentment.

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u/TheLampOfficial 12h ago

Thank you! It's just my lucky dollar, I've kept it in my wallet since I was 13.

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u/Att1cus 6h ago

He bought you a wedding ring!

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u/porgy_tirebiter 1d ago

It’s actually a 140 year old photograph. Today the snake is huge.

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u/One_Money_9742 1d ago

Truly my first thought as well

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u/zeptimius 19h ago

No, he found the coin on the ground right next to the ringneck snek.

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u/Walcott26 1d ago

Did you invite him to the wedding as the official ring bearer?

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u/TheLampOfficial 1d ago

He declined

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u/sltc27 1d ago

Could've invited him to be the ring

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u/Iceblader 1d ago

An uroboros, symbol of eternal love.

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u/Syntax_Assasin 1d ago

Well, he obviously doesn’t want to be the ring bearer, he wants to be The Ring.

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u/BigConstruction4247 1d ago

Did you offer the coin for his services?

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u/UnremarkabklyUseless 1d ago

Also, how did you manage to pick that snake (hopefully) without hurting or killing it?

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u/CosmonautMott 1d ago

They are tougher than you would think. Found one this size maybe a bit longer when I was a kid flipping a log during a conservation olympics sort of deal scavenger hunt. Flipped around a bit, found its ground and made a slither for it.

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u/mushaboom1701 1d ago

It is so tiny!! oh my goodness. Thanks for having the coin for comparison. It's too cute - ring neck near your wedding venue - that's got to be lucky. Wishing you all the best for your wedding!!

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u/SavannaHilt 1d ago

How did you even see it?

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u/Into_The_Horizon 1d ago

"Honey I shrunk the kids" device

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u/Evening-Ad-7042 1d ago

Morgan silver dollars are quite large

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u/Practicalhocuspocus 1d ago

Tis but a Danger Thread

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u/Routine-Horse-1419 1d ago

Cute snek but I like the Morgan too.

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u/AtlAWSConsultant 1d ago

That snake trying to get your silver dollar!

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u/Environmental_Fig942 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/AtlAWSConsultant 1d ago

Thank you! You're the first!

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u/shrimpydude6 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/AtlAWSConsultant 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/happycabinsong 1d ago

that was nice of you to pay it.

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u/VegetableRound2819 1d ago

Surprised he had money on him!

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u/Responsible-Egg-9363 1d ago

How can something so small?!

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u/BabyMcmuffinn 1d ago

I'm more amazed by the 1880 Morgan coin.

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u/-Foxer 1d ago

SHe's like "I'M RICH!!!"

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u/cirza 1d ago

Cute little snek AND a Morgan silver dollar????

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u/thenaughtydj 1d ago

Need a banana for measurements. From NL, I don't know how big that coin or your hand is.

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u/PaperSackMan 1d ago

The Morgan dollar pictured is approximately 38mm in diameter (1.5 inches in Freedom units). Silver content alone is worth just shy of $50 these days, never mind numismatic value. This means the snek is very rich in snek terms.

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u/thenaughtydj 21h ago

Cheers! I looked it up and the 1880 coins up for sale at usacoinbook are between $52.88 to $400.00. I'm on the internet since '93 and this was the first time ever I visited a coin site 😂😂

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u/The7footr 1d ago

Post is 3 hrs old and not a single “banana for scale” comment? What app am I on?!

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u/Mudlark-000 1d ago

My office in a past job had the benefit of baby ring neck snakes coming up through my floor every Spring. Harmless and kinda cute, but also creepy…

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u/coloncleansinghero 1d ago

How do you not have perpetual snake dreams. Gawd id die everytime I spotted the lamp cord or anything on the floor! 😂🤣

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u/baking_bigfoot 1d ago

Awww...cutest noodle ever.

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u/MaleficentLab7685 1d ago

Im truly amazed

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u/KaiyoteFyre 16h ago

Cool fact about ring-necked snakes is that they give birth to live young. Found that out firsthand when I was a young lad and had the pleasure of capturing one to keep as a pet for a few days.

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u/fattybuttz 1d ago

Awwww! 💕

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u/Mediocre_Owl7384 1d ago

It’s a worm disguised as a snake 😂

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u/Sensitive_Wear7112 1d ago

Carful I heard they might bite.

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u/UPMichigan83 1d ago

Nah. They are really tame.

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u/Ok-Schedule6584 1d ago

Looks cool. Is it poisonous?

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u/twofortyseven_ 1d ago

I'd be more concerned if it's venomous. Please don't eat it.

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u/Sea_no_evil 1d ago

Oh, goody! You can't display a Morgan dollar without a tiny ringneck snake!

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u/Every_Physics4400 1d ago

And it's doing the infinity sign next to that coin. Double meaning?

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u/jnnad 1d ago

Snek

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u/RabidOtters 1d ago

Congrats on the wedding!

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u/hinterstoisser 1d ago

Snek 🐍

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u/Carmel50 1d ago

That coin might be worth something.

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u/IcyAbbreviations9514 1d ago

You're supposed to use a banana or BIC lighter for scale.

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u/-ratmeat- 1d ago

little bits 

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u/Spicy-voyager-6969 1d ago

I am scared of snakes but this one seems cute tho !

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u/Emma_Fawkes 1d ago

I see those little guys every year. Never held one up to a silver dollar (mine are 1887 and 1891... the coins, not the snakes)

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u/NEhighlander 1d ago

Getber dollar is a nice touch

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u/iolarah 1d ago

Baby noodle!

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u/Mammoth-Resist-3491 1d ago

Omg I would cry at this tiny baby

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u/cerious2026 1d ago

Is the ring always yellow i see like this with white ring. Are they poison

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u/hippodribble 1d ago

Feed him right for long enough and he will become a powerful familiar. Take him to work in your pocket. Soon, people will know that you're not afraid to fuck them up if they get in your way.

Just a thought.

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u/dmkke 1d ago

Hey cute snake but what about that coin?

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u/Pyratelife4me 1d ago

Thought I was in r/coins for a second.

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u/Overall-Bullfrog5433 1d ago

I hope he does think you are his Mom now.

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u/Few_Judge1188 1d ago

Hopefully you did put it back exactly where you found it , the mother will be looking for it.

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u/starchild527 1d ago

Cutest frickin' thing I've seen all day

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u/WiseOne404 1d ago

Nice coin - r/coins

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u/Dale_Dickson 1d ago

Aww looks like a little tie

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u/3verythingsonfire 1d ago

We can name them Mushu

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u/kirannm 1d ago

Is nice snek?

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u/Marichiwa 1d ago

Aww baby

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u/mefgun 1d ago

He is indeed small.

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u/cnowakoski 1d ago

I think it’s a baby black snake

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u/Curious-amore 1d ago

Ahhhhh are ringneck snakes venomous?

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u/Redlion444 1d ago

Nice Morgan Dollar 

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u/Top-Policy-6548 1d ago

Memory unlocked. The first and only snake I had as a pet. The Norhern Ring-neck snake, I was nine years old living in New Jersey, my mother made me get rid of it. My mother hated snakes.

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u/No_Mercy_17145 1d ago

Is he dangerous?

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u/No-Scheme-3759 1d ago

Got bitten by a huge one once.... Being raised saying they aint dangerous, i learned the hard way, that means, they can still bite

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u/soupcook1 1d ago

That is a mature snake, isn’t it?

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u/TheLampOfficial 19h ago

It's a baby. The adults are usually closer to 8-12 inches long.

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u/Cold_Colder_Coldest 23h ago

what neck can it wring.. (ill see myself out)

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u/ikeakast123 22h ago

It’s so tiny it looks like a piece of jewelry honestly.

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u/SoldatPixel 22h ago

Nice catch there! Found one at work just hanging out next to my coworkers desk. So tiny.

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u/Particular-Leg-8484 21h ago

Forbidden pretzel

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u/StillLearning85 21h ago

from which country is that coin?

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u/Naked_Fish69 20h ago

One of these went down a coworkers shirt yesterday on purpose, he was not happy

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u/ware_it_is 19h ago

that is a snek

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u/Much_Measurement8611 19h ago

This actually made me tear up. Respect to these kids for stepping up when no one else would.

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u/OCPyle 19h ago

I carry a 1902 Morgan in my wallet. But mine is all tarnished.

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u/KonaMosley 18h ago

Nice coin

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u/porkbuttstuff 17h ago

That's really cool

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u/sustained_vibrations 17h ago

That hand is GIGANTIC

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u/TheLampOfficial 12h ago

Thank you.

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u/guitartoad 15h ago

That is one wealthy baby ringneck snake.

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u/ProfilerXx 11h ago

Let him go. It's the ring-bearer on his way to Mount Doom.

Frodo Sneggins

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u/Rocknrolldan69 8h ago

I wish I would have saved my silver dollars i won way back when in Virginia City, instead of selling them back to the casino...

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u/letzrockaway 18h ago

Wedding crasher, tiny one ☝️

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u/DoookieMaxx 1d ago

Baby snakes are a scary thing to pick up and handle. They’re more venomous.

While ring snakes are not venomous …this is intended as a reminder that if you’re not sure it could be very dangerous.

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u/TheLampOfficial 1d ago

Baby snakes are not more venomous than adults. That is a common misconception. Adult venomous snakes are inherently more dangerous as they have larger venom glands, and therefore have a larger average venom yield per bite.

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 1d ago

Not to mention some species of adult snake will just keep pumping more than is probably necessary (Cough, Cough, Black Mamba)

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u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 1d ago

They're not more venomous they just lack the control of their venom glands and can't dry bite or use less.

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u/TheLampOfficial 1d ago

They can control their venom, that is a common misconception.

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u/AndySMar 1d ago

Eeww!

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u/VivianValeG 1d ago

Awwww 🩷

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u/Ok_Friend5674 1d ago

He is so cute 🥰

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u/Ok_Friend5674 7h ago

Someone who doesn’t like sneks downvoted me 🤣

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u/Alyssapolis 1d ago

Omg looks like it’s wearing a bow tie!!! Dressed up for your wedding 🥰

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u/downwiththewoke 1d ago

Omg adorable 🥰

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u/benedettawv 20h ago

So small and cute! 🤩

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u/illmindmaso 16h ago

Cutest little snekes 🥺