Curses! I have been spied.
Keep your distance, I warn you.
There is enmity between I and thee, woman.
You venture too close! I leap, I fly...
...I fall short. Hiss. It is a lengthy problem I encounter often.
Mighty small Mr. Snake. But you get bonus points for bravery.
Discussion:
In the interest of science we will do a cost benefit analysis of playing with snakes you might find in your yard. On one hand, it is not a brilliant idea to play with snakes of any kind that you find unless you are prepared to be bitten. They *all* bite when agitated. On the other hand, a six inch garter snake who is all gums isn't going to do much damage. Therefore, we play. If he were bigger, we would have played at the end of a longer stick. Still we play, we get acquainted, we dance. I cannot resist.
How do I know this isn't a poisonous snake? Besides the obvious fact that it is a garter snake? Well, this snake as you can see in the last picture has round pupils. If you are ever foolish enough to approach a snake the proximity of which renders the pupils easily seen, as it bites your face, you will be able to notice their shape. If it is a pit viper, it will have vertical pupils. You can also see in the picture that there are no heat-sensing pits in the top lip of the snake. The head is also not beefy and heart shaped. We can very easily declare this to be a non-poisonous snake.
Bear in mind, my favorite snake encounter advice. When in doubt run, and get the hell out of there.
8 comments:
Amy, you remember the snake one of the cats left by your Dad's truck when you were like in 9th grade? It was the color of the pinestraw on the driveway. I was bitten. It looked dead. I picked it up by the tiny tail (it wasn't very long either) and put it by the downstairs door while you went for a ziplock bag so you could put it in the deep freeze and take to school the next day "for the sake of a science class" I believe.
I remember how you hissed at me after putting it in the freezer because IT began moving as you tried to get it into the ziplock bag.
Did we ever see what kind of eyes it had? I forget.
Oooops. I was not bitten. IT was bitten, presumably by one of the cats. Sorry for that tiny, little mistake. ;-}
Don't remember it. But, not surprising.
So, you don't remember Kristi D. freaking out at Seminary because you set it on the table? (In the bag, of course.) I remember her Mom telling you that you'd be dead had you brought the snake on her bus or in any where near her person. She was pretty serious about it, it seemed.
Ever hear about the Cowboy that got bit in the boot by a Sidewinder? The Cowboy died, and years later someone else tried on the boots, and the broken off fang embedded in the boot still had enough venom to kill the boot-stealer years later!!!!Thats why I shoot ALL snakes, so future generations will Live. He is cute for a snake though,
FD
Frank, the thought of you with a gun is chilling. Screw the Navy, I can't believe they let you have one, much less fly a plane.
And anyway Amy, what is it with Women and Snakes??? Didn't that whole Garden of Eden thing teach y'all anything??? Ever seen a "Hog Nose Snake"?? those guys shake their tail against leaves and sound just like a rattler. And if you're foolish enough to stick around they flop over and play dead!! You can even pick them up and they'll hang limp, although I was always a Sissy and used a stick to pick them up.
But Frank, do Jews even believe in the Garden of Eden?
(Really I am curious.)
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