Baird's rat snake is a large non-venomous snake with an orange-brown body and dark stripes. It lives in rocky areas in the south of the USA and north of Mexico and hunts rodents.
Baird's rat snake differs from other rat snakes with its bright orange coloration and stripes. It is beneficial to nature because it eats rodents and helps maintain balance in the ecosystems of rocky areas.
meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
birth time
Hot and almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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live mice and small voles
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
adult
Maturity
Melon
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
rodents in general — rats, squirrels, ground squirrels
results
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
rains are very rare, almost a desert
Trophic type
Filters
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Desert and dry shrubs
rains almost always, very humid
Age (from birth to death)
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Warm summer and frequent rains
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
Rapidly swallows prey or food items whole without chewing.
summer warm, rains frequent
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
birds
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Wraps body around prey to immobilise or suffocate before swallowing.
gulping
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Nearctic realm
Indomalayan realm
Hot steppe
whole swallow
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rascals
terrestrial grassland and steppe
terrestrial herbaceous
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Egg color
Where are they found?
from 0.8 to 1.2 kilograms, 0.6 – 1.2 meters
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
age
birth date
Head size
small mammals — mice, shrews, bats
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
burrow
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Body size
small mammals
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
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North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
live birds
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Cold and almost dry
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
lots of grass, few trees, rains occur
Maturity
bird eggs
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
constriction
How similar?
Egg size
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
Where do they live?
early young
rodents
Duration
This is me
rocky
Steppe
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
Temperate steppe
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Scales color
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Head color
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Cold steppe
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
very hot and almost no precipitation
Hermaphrodite ⚥
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
embryo
eggs
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
mice
Observations
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