Seven-foot bull snake found on Seventh Street
A near 7-foot long dead Bull snake caught Clovis Animal Control Officer Dennis Weist 
by surprise when he went out to collect it Thursday morning.
Photo By CNJ staff photo: Sharna JohnsonWatched by fellow officer Dennis Weist, Animal Control Officer Robin Wiggins, at 5-feet-two-inches tall, has difficulty fully stretching a Bull snake that was killed Thursday morning on Seventh Street.
Weist said the snake was crossing Seventh Street near Upsilon Street, heading south toward a prairie dog town when he was struck multiple times by traffic.The woman who reported the snake said she thought she had hit a piece of wood in the road.Weist said it is the longest snake he has encountered, with most Bull snakes he has dealt with being in the range of 2 to 3-feet long.Stretched to its full length, the snake was well above the head of 5-feet-2-inch tall Animal Control Officer Robin Wiggins.Bull snake factsSize: Ranges from an average 4-feet to a maximum of 9-feet.Range: Throughout the U.S. from coast to coast and into Canada and MexicoHabitat: Deserts, prairies, woodlands, brushlands, forests and cultivated lands.Reproduction: The Bull snake, also known as a gopher snake, lays two to 24 eggs in the summer which hatch in the fall.Diet: A constrictor, it eats mostly mammals but also some birds and eggs. Fooled you: The Bull snake when startled will rise into a striking position and hiss loudly, shaking its tail, often causing it to be mistaken for a rattle snake.Day hunter: It is most active in the day except for during periods of high heat.
by surprise when he went out to collect it Thursday morning.
Photo By CNJ staff photo: Sharna JohnsonWatched by fellow officer Dennis Weist, Animal Control Officer Robin Wiggins, at 5-feet-two-inches tall, has difficulty fully stretching a Bull snake that was killed Thursday morning on Seventh Street.
Weist said the snake was crossing Seventh Street near Upsilon Street, heading south toward a prairie dog town when he was struck multiple times by traffic.The woman who reported the snake said she thought she had hit a piece of wood in the road.Weist said it is the longest snake he has encountered, with most Bull snakes he has dealt with being in the range of 2 to 3-feet long.Stretched to its full length, the snake was well above the head of 5-feet-2-inch tall Animal Control Officer Robin Wiggins.Bull snake factsSize: Ranges from an average 4-feet to a maximum of 9-feet.Range: Throughout the U.S. from coast to coast and into Canada and MexicoHabitat: Deserts, prairies, woodlands, brushlands, forests and cultivated lands.Reproduction: The Bull snake, also known as a gopher snake, lays two to 24 eggs in the summer which hatch in the fall.Diet: A constrictor, it eats mostly mammals but also some birds and eggs. Fooled you: The Bull snake when startled will rise into a striking position and hiss loudly, shaking its tail, often causing it to be mistaken for a rattle snake.Day hunter: It is most active in the day except for during periods of high heat.
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