bull snake

Any of several large, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Pituophis that have yellow and brown or black markings and feed chiefly on rodents. Also called gopher snake.

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bull snake

bullsnake

(Animals) any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings. Also called: gopher snake

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Noun

bull snake - any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes

bull-snake

colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

genus Pituophis, Pituophis - bull snakes

Pituophis melanoleucus, gopher snake - bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows

pine snake - any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened

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In addition to more than the normal amount of mice caught in traps inside the building, a 4-foot bull snake was spotted indoors last month before Schmidt and another employee captured it and returned it to the great outdoors.

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The conclusion had to be Bull snake. "Hey big fella!" is all I could muster, and the reptile came to a screeching halt.

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Tracey said it was the same animal snapped eight weeks ago by her neighbour on her patio and has been identified as a bull snake, which is native to America and kept as a pet even though it has a reputation for being aggressive when it is disturbed.

Family's new house-guest is a slippery customer; Mum found 5ft-long snake hissing in her bathroom

(We later learned from Brad that the second snake was actually a bull snake. They mimic the rattler by coiling, flattening their heads, hissing, and shaking their tails--not a smart defense for this imposter.) What a hunt!

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One women even found a 6ft bull snake in her kitchen cupboard.

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But brave Gerry Flood strolled up to the hissing reptile, a Californian bull snake, and removed it from the site.

5ft snake puts wind up builders

A POT-BELLIED pig, a five-foot bull snake, four pups and two cats make up a bizarre band of abandoned animals dumped within days of one another in Ireland.

DSPCA SAVED MY BACON; This little pig was left for dead after an accident.. one of dozens of animals cast aside by cruel Irish owners

Incredibly, the six-foot North American bull snake slithered around for two months with the bulb in her stomach.

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The bull snake reappears as a powerful symbol of regeneration and creation.

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A POT-BELLIED pig, a five foot bull snake, four pups and two cats make up a bizarre band of orphans dumped within days of one another by cruel owners.

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She took the 6ft-long American bull snake to vet Caroline Coombs, who gave Cyd an X-ray that revealed the bulb.

Snake's alight!