Red-Sided Garter Snakes

Indiana Jones would be proud of you Steve! :smile:

 

  Ughhhhh...  I hate snakes! Your photo gives me the willy's!!! Mental note to self: do not ever, ever, ever go near that place!!!

 

YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would have a heart attack or throw up...
OMG I am so petrified of snakes.
Yeah Yeah I know they are good and all that.. but not for me:>))
What a great image though

 

I am with you Francois!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

holy garter snakes Batman. Whew!

They had a house on a TV special this year, where all these snakes had declared it their den. The snakes came from miles around to den at this one place, then dispersed all around in good weather. Yikes, place gave me the willies too just on TV. I accidentally stepped over a black snake yesterday, I saw about 8" of it's body in the grass, and dang, I am sure it was a 4-6 footer likely judging from girth of snake. You talk about doing some high stepping. I bet I looked like a Tennessee Walking horse coming out of there. Photographing it was the last thing on my mind...

I was just looking down to keep from breaking my neck, and falling into a stream 5-6 feet below a wall, I was walking the edge of wall and ground as it wasn't level up next to road. I was carrying tri-pod extended and camera on board over my shoulder. Didn't matter, I was steppin'!

I'm with Gale and Francois! No snakes for me please! I fear bears, boars and snakes. I'll take the rest of the wildlife, oh and Brown Recluse, I don't fear the spider, but I do fear his BITE!

 

Well since I have seen first hand what the Brown recluse can do. I am afraid I am in the I don't like spiders camp to. Boy we have alot of them here. yikesss. They are so small you would never see them.
I honestly would rather see a snake that run across a Brown Recluse bite..
To many doctors do NOT know how to treat the bite from them.
Ask Jim Fenton.

 

Steve I am glad you like snakes..lolol
Love the pics.

Don't think you would do that with a rattler:>))

I think it is the lack of knowledge people have thats make us so afraid.

 

Cool story and a great shot!! I can just imagine the ruzzling of all those scales!!!!

 

O Boy that is filet minion to my red shoulder hawks:biggrin: :biggrin:
Lou

 

I'll bring some snakes and some knowledge over for you Gale, just give me an addy. :>)

 

lol@Doug
I will pass on that very generous offer. You are very kind:>))))))

 

Another "Where's Waldo" shot? Probably not a good idea to accidentally drop one's pet snake into the pile and try to retrieve same.   When I see these kinds of snakes, it reminds me of Peewee Herman in that one movie where he goes running into a petshop that's on fire, to rescue the animals and there's one scene where he comes running out with a handful of snakes in each hand and of course he's making that nyaaaaahhhh!!! face.

Lol, snakes in the hair ... instead of the proverbial being combed for lice, you'll have to be combed for snakes. :biggrin: Those are great shots, you look so happy when among snakes! I can just imagine how neat it was to hear the scales sliding sound.

Steve, only if you didn't mind, may I ask what method/brand you use to convert slides/negatives into digital? I assume you have tons of shots from the non-digital age - thanks.

 

I just saw the snake in you hair in the first one...lololl

 

Love the shot Steve! Never seen so many together.