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snake id - clear pic
Hi, I have to confess that I am not faithful to rec.ponds. I also read
gardenweb, but those who saw my post on the plant swap thread already know this. Anyway, one of the readers there took these pics of two snakes in her filter. She hasn't seen them since the day she snapped the pics, but is still curious. I told her I would ask you guys and she liked the idea. She originally posted this on the gallery page of the ponds forum. Here are the links. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/...9122117793.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~c.monetta/sn1.jpg Unusual pictures, I think you'll agree. Also kudos to her brave DH for lifting the filter lid after she dropped it, so she could give this pair their fifteen minutes of fame. See what y'all think. |
snake id - clear pic
it is a garden snake I do believe
"Ann in Houston" wrote in message .. . Hi, I have to confess that I am not faithful to rec.ponds. I also read gardenweb, but those who saw my post on the plant swap thread already know this. Anyway, one of the readers there took these pics of two snakes in her filter. She hasn't seen them since the day she snapped the pics, but is still curious. I told her I would ask you guys and she liked the idea. She originally posted this on the gallery page of the ponds forum. Here are the links. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/...9122117793.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~c.monetta/sn1.jpg Unusual pictures, I think you'll agree. Also kudos to her brave DH for lifting the filter lid after she dropped it, so she could give this pair their fifteen minutes of fame. See what y'all think. |
snake id - clear pic
Good Lord!!!!!! I'll answer your question when I stop running. Dang. Looks like a garter snake. Stripes down the side of the body, slender head but if it was in MY pond I'd run to B&N (I'd probably reach it in 2 minutes, flat out) and buy a book about snakes in my state or region. Then I'd ID the the thing for sure. I would not rely on internet 'experts' like me ;-) Then I'd call in the air force and nuke the pond... Okay, not really but that first picture almost did me in...!!!!!! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
snake id - clear pic
I TOLD you it was a clear pic! Ha Ha! When I first saw the first one, he
blended in somehow with the rest of the filter, and then when I realized I was looking right at him, it really scared me too. And I'm across the country - and the snake is long gone! She says she strongly suspects snake-canoodling in the filter. I told her it was good she intervened before egg laying time. When this thread turns up on Google, I'll send her the link. "Ka30P" wrote in message ... Good Lord!!!!!! I'll answer your question when I stop running. Dang. Looks like a garter snake. Stripes down the side of the body, slender head but if it was in MY pond I'd run to B&N (I'd probably reach it in 2 minutes, flat out) and buy a book about snakes in my state or region. Then I'd ID the the thing for sure. I would not rely on internet 'experts' like me ;-) Then I'd call in the air force and nuke the pond... Okay, not really but that first picture almost did me in...!!!!!! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
snake id - clear pic
Looks a lot like the red-bellied water snake, check out this pic of one:
http://www.kostich.com/red-bellied%20water%20snake.jpg ....but if your friend's in Houston, that may be a bit outside or on the edge of its range. Tim C. "Ann in Houston" wrote in message . com... I TOLD you it was a clear pic! Ha Ha! When I first saw the first one, he blended in somehow with the rest of the filter, and then when I realized I was looking right at him, it really scared me too. And I'm across the country - and the snake is long gone! She says she strongly suspects snake-canoodling in the filter. I told her it was good she intervened before egg laying time. When this thread turns up on Google, I'll send her the link. "Ka30P" wrote in message ... Good Lord!!!!!! I'll answer your question when I stop running. Dang. Looks like a garter snake. Stripes down the side of the body, slender head but if it was in MY pond I'd run to B&N (I'd probably reach it in 2 minutes, flat out) and buy a book about snakes in my state or region. Then I'd ID the the thing for sure. I would not rely on internet 'experts' like me ;-) Then I'd call in the air force and nuke the pond... Okay, not really but that first picture almost did me in...!!!!!! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
snake id - clear pic
....and another better pic of the red-bellied water snake:
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/Redbelly%2...%20Snake%20%20(Nerodia%20erythrogaster%20erythrogaster)002.jpg Tim C. "Ann in Houston" wrote in message . com... I TOLD you it was a clear pic! Ha Ha! When I first saw the first one, he blended in somehow with the rest of the filter, and then when I realized I was looking right at him, it really scared me too. And I'm across the country - and the snake is long gone! She says she strongly suspects snake-canoodling in the filter. I told her it was good she intervened before egg laying time. When this thread turns up on Google, I'll send her the link. "Ka30P" wrote in message ... Good Lord!!!!!! I'll answer your question when I stop running. Dang. Looks like a garter snake. Stripes down the side of the body, slender head but if it was in MY pond I'd run to B&N (I'd probably reach it in 2 minutes, flat out) and buy a book about snakes in my state or region. Then I'd ID the the thing for sure. I would not rely on internet 'experts' like me ;-) Then I'd call in the air force and nuke the pond... Okay, not really but that first picture almost did me in...!!!!!! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
snake id - clear pic
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No, she's in Georgia. "tim chandler" wrote in message ... ...and another better pic of the red-bellied water snake: http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/Redbelly%2...%20Snake%20%20(Nerodia%20erythrogaster%20erythrogaster)002.jpg Tim C. "Ann in Houston" wrote in message . com... I TOLD you it was a clear pic! Ha Ha! When I first saw the first one, he blended in somehow with the rest of the filter, and then when I realized I was looking right at him, it really scared me too. And I'm across the country - and the snake is long gone! She says she strongly suspects snake-canoodling in the filter. I told her it was good she intervened before egg laying time. When this thread turns up on Google, I'll send her the link. "Ka30P" wrote in message ... Good Lord!!!!!! I'll answer your question when I stop running. Dang. Looks like a garter snake. Stripes down the side of the body, slender head but if it was in MY pond I'd run to B&N (I'd probably reach it in 2 minutes, flat out) and buy a book about snakes in my state or region. Then I'd ID the the thing for sure. I would not rely on internet 'experts' like me ;-) Then I'd call in the air force and nuke the pond... Okay, not really but that first picture almost did me in...!!!!!! kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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