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These little guys get their revenge after bing picked up. The bigger the snake the greater the stink it leaves on your hands.
This young one is a beautiful reddish brown and distinctly banded. Northern Water Snakes darken with age. North Beach Marsh, Calvert County, Maryland.
I found this garter snake sunning itself on the river bank today. It didn't seem to be afraid of me and let me get within 40 or 50 cm. There was a larger one - over a metre long - but it was more timid and I couldn't get nearly as close.
(looks better viewed large + on black)
The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About 1,080 miles long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.
This is a very young captive bred hognose snake.
When it feels threatened it flattens its neck out and looks similar to a cobra. It will rear up and strike at the perceived threat. It is non poisonous and basically bumps into what it is "attacking”.
If this doesn’t work it flops onto its back and plays dead. If you turn it right side up, it flops over again.
This animal will be on display at Rondeau Provincial Park throughout the summer.
Natrix natrix - grass snake. What a day for these beauties - big thanks to Cheryl for the find. Astonishingly beautiful creatures.
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This photo. I took this on Sunday when I climbed Christmas hill to get some skyline photos. It was laying on the path and it let me get really close to take it's photo. I rarely see snakes anymore so I was happy to get this photo. :D
Neotropical Rattlesnake-
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Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) sitting under the inflorescence of an Eastern Willow-herb (Epilobium coloratum) - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 132 Botanical Gardens Dr, Boothbay, Maine
One of the best things I liked about this guy was that it was mostly hidden. Reason being that snakes are difficult subjects because of their length. Some folks like to pick them up, relocate them, and poke at them until they assume a more compact position that allows capturing their whole body while being able to get good detail. But I have a more of a hands-off policy, so I'm always happy to find guys like this that are cooperating in other ways. 'Cause after all, once you've seen the first couple of inches you've pretty much seen it all. So I'll leave it up to your imagination to figure out that this guy comes to a point at it's tail-end.
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Hint: I initially miscounted, and I was right there in front of them. Hint #2: View large
Sorry about the slight blurriness. Once again, the snakes chose to be in an area not conducive to good photography. I wasn't about to manually adjust them either. Shortly after this photo was taken, they took turns crawling out of sight.
Opheodrys aestivus, commonly known as the rough green snake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is sometimes called grass snake or green grass snake, but these names are more commonly applied to the smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis). The European colubrid called grass snake (Natrix natrix) is unrelated. The rough green snake is docile, often allowing close approach by humans, and seldom bites.
I dashed down to the shore at Cramond tonight after work to combine a dog walk with a photo opportunity as the light was just gorgeous about 1 hour before sunset. The tide was on its way out and, with absolutely no wind, the shallows were like perfect mirrors.
I was intrigued by the shapes made in the mud and thought they looked like fat snakes racing towards Cramond Island and the anti-submarine defences in the middle distance!
When I joined the RAF in the early 1980s, the Physical Training Instructors called anyone who was a skinny, fast fella a "Racing Snake" and the expression (wierd though it is) has always stuck with me ever since; I thought it was an appropriate title for this image!
Cause for pause as my sight was upward pursuing the squawks of a hawk...what a surprise to turn my head and find this guy a couple of feet away. Tunnel vision...it has its role, but best to balance it with a bigger perspective!