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The snake
"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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