Ok so seeing as how I'm a huge fan of Kobe Bryant, Snakes, and Slam magazine you'll know that I am a huge fan of the fact that the latest issue of slam magazine has Kobe on the front holding a snake with the title "Cold Blooded"
I was reading an article on ESPN.com about Kobe for MVP and they mentioned the pics of him with a "Black Mamba"
At that point I stopped reading to see if he really was on the cover and what snake he was holding, since it was obviously not a Black Mamba. Over at Slamonline.com they refer to it as a Kingsnake, but my first thoughts upon seeing it was that it was a Black Rat Snake. I'm no expert on ID'ing either so I thought I'd put it up here for questioning. Here are some pics...
