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"Kurt" wrote in message
... In article , "Gail Futoran" wrote: "Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message ... I am not particularly afraid of snakes, but I'm not an extreme snake lover either, and I don't keep any snakey pets. Sure, I know some of them can hurt you, but by far most of them are quite harmless. I can positively identify the relatively few venomous snakes that live in this part of northern Florida. Anyway, this wasn't one of them. It was 3-4 ft long, and it was in the water. About the only thing that was dangerous would be a cottonmouth, and it was too sleek for that. A cottonmouth big enough to be that long would be rather fat also. Besides, as I got closer the head was all wrong and the snake was uniformly black except for it's white chin and throat and brown lips which made it most likely a southern black racer, but not being any sort of snake expert, this is only a guess. I stopped to watch it, but it seemed to want to play a game of who could stay still the longest, and it won when I got bored and went inside. Later that afternoon I was fussing around the pond again, and saw the snake again. It had made it about a quarter of the way around the pond (25-30 feet), but was still pretty intent on remaining mostly motionless, a game I didn't find too exciting. This morning to my surprise it was still there, head above water by the edge of the pond. Now I'm not especially worried about snakes, and I don't have any fish. There are some pretty big tadpoles, and some large swimming beetles I've seen, but it has got to be pretty slim pickings for a snake that size. The question is, if it hangs around, what do y'all suggest I name it? -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help You could name it Kurt. (movie ref). Oh thank you... Kurt Russell, actor. Played the character Snake in the 1981 movie "Escape from New York" and the 1996 movie "Escape from LA". Don't take my word for it, here are links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/ Russell might well have appeared in another movie as Snake but those are the only two I'm familiar with. I do see snakes in my in-ground pond occasionally, but they don't seem to bother the goldfish, or at least not the larger ones. I don't mind if they cull the fry. Gail Futoran |
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Rhinelander? Home of the Hodag?
"kat ^.^" wrote in message ... in Rhinelander |
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Klatch wrote:
Name? *No arms? *No legs? *In the water? *BOB! Damn. I just posted that. You beat me... -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:55:07 CST, Cyli wrote: I'd suggest you call it Sssssusssssan. I probably ought to name it some gender less name. As soon as I named it Sssssusssssan it would probably turn out to be a Ssssssam. Ssssssam is pretty well genderless these days. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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Chris Barnes wrote:
Galen Hekhuis wrote: The question is, if it hangs around, what do y'all suggest I name it? Around our house, all snakes are named "Bob". As in "what do you call a reptile with no arms and no legs in a pond?" -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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, "Gail Futoran" wrote: "Kurt" wrote in message ... In article , "Gail Futoran" wrote: "Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message ... I am not particularly afraid of snakes, but I'm not an extreme snake lover either, and I don't keep any snakey pets. Sure, I know some of them can hurt you, but by far most of them are quite harmless. I can positively identify the relatively few venomous snakes that live in this part of northern Florida. Anyway, this wasn't one of them. It was 3-4 ft long, and it was in the water. About the only thing that was dangerous would be a cottonmouth, and it was too sleek for that. A cottonmouth big enough to be that long would be rather fat also. Besides, as I got closer the head was all wrong and the snake was uniformly black except for it's white chin and throat and brown lips which made it most likely a southern black racer, but not being any sort of snake expert, this is only a guess. I stopped to watch it, but it seemed to want to play a game of who could stay still the longest, and it won when I got bored and went inside. Later that afternoon I was fussing around the pond again, and saw the snake again. It had made it about a quarter of the way around the pond (25-30 feet), but was still pretty intent on remaining mostly motionless, a game I didn't find too exciting. This morning to my surprise it was still there, head above water by the edge of the pond. Now I'm not especially worried about snakes, and I don't have any fish. There are some pretty big tadpoles, and some large swimming beetles I've seen, but it has got to be pretty slim pickings for a snake that size. The question is, if it hangs around, what do y'all suggest I name it? -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help You could name it Kurt. (movie ref). Oh thank you... Kurt Russell, actor. Played the character Snake in the 1981 movie "Escape from New York" and the 1996 movie "Escape from LA". Don't take my word for it, here are links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/ Russell might well have appeared in another movie as Snake but those are the only two I'm familiar with. I do see snakes in my in-ground pond occasionally, but they don't seem to bother the goldfish, or at least not the larger ones. I don't mind if they cull the fry. Gail Futoran I'd prefer a snake names after me. -- To reply by email, remove the word "space" |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
Chris Barnes wrote: Galen Hekhuis wrote: The question is, if it hangs around, what do y'all suggest I name it? Around our house, all snakes are named "Bob". As in "what do you call a reptile with no arms and no legs in a pond?" I admit that is pretty funny - but it never occurred to us. All of the snakes we've found thus far have been "land dwellers" (with a couple that like to live in trees). -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes (also MSN IM) Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes |
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On Apr 19, 11:27 am, "drsolo" wrote:
Rhinelander? Home of the Hodag? "kat ^.^" wrote in message ... in Rhinelander That very town. You know the hodag? Tell me more. kat ^.^ in Rhinelander |
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On Apr 19, 11:27 am, "drsolo" wrote:
Rhinelander? Home of the Hodag? "kat ^.^" wrote in message ... in Rhinelander (tried this earlier, don't see it, and OE is acting out) yup, that's the one. You speak Hodag? kat ^.^ in Rhinelander |
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:14:33 CST, "kat ^.^"
wrote: I like that. Better than SsssorcereSSSS: animal hypnotist. Hi Cyli!!! Fancy meeting you here! kat ^.^ in Rhinelander I saw all the fuss and the creation over in news.groups and decided to drop in. This is pretty much as I remember it before the gruesome twosome sucked people into their black hole of trolldom. I get around a lot of odd places and groups. Some interest in ponds because my (recently moved) neighbor had a tiny plastic pond on her deck for a couple of years and because there's a drainage and holding pond of about 1 / 2 to 1 acre out my back window. I suspect the neighbor got rid of her excess fish each fall by putting them in the drainage pond, because about two or three years ago it began to be carpeted in goldfish. -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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Nice to have you drop by. We too are enjoying the group being about
as it was before the conflicts. Your drainage pond sounds quite something. Can the goldies be washed down stream? It would be sad to have them launched to compete with the natives. Jim |
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I spent my summers camping up in the land of the Hodag, never learned to
speak tho. Ingrid wrote in message ups.com... (tried this earlier, don't see it, and OE is acting out) yup, that's the one. You speak Hodag? kat ^.^ in Rhinelander |
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"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message ups.com... Nice to have you drop by. We too are enjoying the group being about as it was before the conflicts. Your drainage pond sounds quite something. Can the goldies be washed down stream? It would be sad to have them launched to compete with the natives. Jim Not only sad, but in most jurisdictions it is illegal to release non-native species into the wild. |
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"Cyli" wrote in message ... On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:14:33 CST, "kat ^.^" wrote: I like that. Better than SsssorcereSSSS: animal hypnotist. Hi Cyli!!! Fancy meeting you here! kat ^.^ in Rhinelander I saw all the fuss and the creation over in news.groups and decided to drop in. This is pretty much as I remember it before the gruesome twosome sucked people into their black hole of trolldom. I get around a lot of odd places and groups. Some interest in ponds because my (recently moved) neighbor had a tiny plastic pond on her deck for a couple of years and because there's a drainage and holding pond of about 1 / 2 to 1 acre out my back window. I suspect the neighbor got rid of her excess fish each fall by putting them in the drainage pond, because about two or three years ago it began to be carpeted in goldfish. -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli Like Phyllis and Jim say, I hope they don't escape. That's why I haven't put goldfish or the like in our pond (maybe 1/3 acre, dug out of the swamp). Even though there's little chance they'd get into the creek, it's not worth the gamble. Bet it's cool, though, watching all the little goldies. The ice is officially off of our pond now--hurrah! -- kat ^.^ Welcome to Malaria Gardens Mosquito rides Now Open for the Season Please hold tightly to small children and pets |
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