Help with identification

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

that is defiantely fake... no doubt about it... first of all no snake handler handles their snake that way.. and when you have a firm grip on a snake's head they don't shake around like that!!! If the snake was real you would have seen it writhing around trying to pull backward out of the thing.. never once did it do that! I never even saw the tail move! even the guy's reaction and paramedic's calm appearance screams fake...

[Loren]

really? some people said it was fake some people said it was real, idk how they would stage that

As Shannon said, no respectable snake handler would tong a snake that tight, especially not around the head/neck, plus there arent any rattlesnakes that require that kind of restraint, secondly, It doesnt look like any real species of rattlesnake, or any real snake for that matter,(unless I missed it, they didnt even name a real species) and third- its Jimmy Kimmel- It would have been all over the news if someone that well known got bit. Where were the followup storys? There werent any.
It would have been as big of a story as that Kennedy guy that is in the hospital right now.
If you were cruel enough to tong a snake that tightly around the head, it would thrash its body worse than a wild caught garter on a hot day.
It looked only slightly more real than a muppets character to me.

Also, I almost guarantee that Jimmy is to big a chicken to even be in the same building as a rattlesnake.

Just my observations.

[dcomymire]

Thanks for all the replies. We had alot of fun showing off this beautiful snake. We have confirmed it is an eastern hognose. We let it go yesterday. I had a long talk with my girls about picking up just any old snake. They are fearless!

[adamanteus]

I'm glad to hear I was wrong. Very wise to advise your daughters about the dangers of unknown species.

[enigma200316]

Glad to hear that danger is over........... btw how or who confirmed it, just asking..........

[bulrush]

We could use a closeup pic of the face, showing the nose. A hognose has a flat, upturned nose.

An associate of mine finds them in Middleville, MI.

[dcomymire]

Sorry, for leaving you all hang on the ID. I didn't realize their was more than one page to this post. We have a good friend who has had many snakes and had a hognose as a kid. He referred to it as a puff adder but we found out later that is impossible, but it's a local term for the eastern hognose. When he came to look at it, it started hissing then rolled over and coiled up with it's mouth open. (classic eastern hognose move) Thanks to everyone for their concern and advise. This has been the most helpful site I have ever used. Thanks again.

[adamanteus]

You're very welcome, Dave. I hope I didn't spook you with my Rattler warning!
Better safe than sorry, eh?

[enigma200316]

well thank god it wasn't a rattler,and your welcome, and of course like James said, better safe than sorry................