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06/16/2012 12:11:14 PM · #26 |
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06/16/2012 12:57:41 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by sfalice:
Beautiful specimens in this thread.
reminds me of the time when... |
Alice, weren't you there the day we found this guy?
This was on the Antelope Valley GTG in March 2005.
ETA: here are two more angles on him (her?):
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Oh! Yes. That one trumped the California Poppies, for sure. |
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06/16/2012 01:10:58 PM · #28 |
My dad used to do educational programs with snakes and other reptiles.
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06/16/2012 02:02:33 PM · #29 |
| Ten years ago, I volunteered at a wildlife sanctuary. Most of the time was spent cleaning cages and feeding the animals (mostly lions, tigers, and cougars) but one afternoon I had to help remove the fangs of a 17 foot long anaconda from the arm of another volunteer... sorry, no pictures! Captive anacondas quite often stop eating and need to be force-fed. I guess the volunteer's arm looked more appetizing than the chicken he was forcing down. |
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06/16/2012 02:18:23 PM · #30 |
There's an opportunity for a "Tastes like chicken" joke.
I posted this in another thread somewhere, so some of you have already seen it. Here's one of my favorite snake jokes;
An old Cajun was fishing in the Bayu one evening, and he ran out of bait. He looked down at the water by the boat, and there was a big moccasin with a good sized frog in it's mouth.
He decided to catch the snake and get the frog for bait, so he did. Then he had to work out how to get rid of the snake without getting bitten.
After thinking about it a while, he grabbed his bottle of Jack Daniels, and poured a shot down the snake's throat. In a minute, the snake was all relaxed, so he released it over the side.
He fished on for about 30 minutes with no luck, when he noticed something bumping his ankle.
He looked down, and there was that same moccasin with two big frogs in it's mouth.
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06/16/2012 03:45:20 PM · #31 |
| Since this turned into snake story thread. I see mocassins and Copperheads around here (rural area 50 miles north of New Orleans) all the time. About a month ago we were crawfishing in water up to our waist and here comes a Mocassin swimming straight for my wife and I. He was way to curious for my liking. Running away in water up to your waste is immpossible and that snake was fast. It got so close at one point that I had to hold out a stick slap it to make it be scared of us. |
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06/16/2012 04:24:40 PM · #32 |
Snake stories huh? ;)
A few years ago we were entering a cave, and just past the entrance there was a void about 2 feet deep with two rattlesnakes in it. Of course, that's well within striking distance, but the snakes were not at all agitated with us, so we just quietly and quickly passed and went on into the cave.
Of course on the way out we were 2x careful to ensure they were where we left them and still peaceful.
I generally like snakes, but the ones I don't like are the ones I don't see...
Growing up on a horse ranch that had a large population of prairie dogs on it, there was a bull snake that had to be 12 ft long or bigger, the thing was simply huge, I played with it a few times, it was generally so well fed and placated that it would actually tolerate being handled pretty well.. Keep in mind that the snake may well have weighed as much as I did - honestly thinking back it was probably not at all the best idea... *shrug* |
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06/16/2012 04:26:59 PM · #33 |
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