This 3-foot long Blotched Water Snake visited our yard late last week. A beautiful creature that is always confused with cottonmouths. This one is non-venomous, but it flattens its head out to look more menacing when threatened. After a pause, it disappeared into the garden, probably on the hunt for gulf toads. Cool!
Holy cr*p! I certainly admire your cool admiration of this behemoth. I am fine with garter snakes but anything this large (and looking that much like a cottonmouth!) would have me running for cover rather than my camera.
ReplyDeleteBalance of nature, circle of life be damned. I'm rooting for the Gulf Toads this go-round.
WOW! That is the biggest water snake I ever seen. We have a no kill policy on snakes and other scary looking creatures. We just shoo them away the best we can....
ReplyDeleteI know in my head that snakes do good things like eat mice and rats, but this one is a bit intimidating! I'd sure hate to meet him coming around the corner . . .
ReplyDeleteWow, so cool!
ReplyDeleteDid you ID it before you took the picture?!! This guy is quite intimidating size-wise.
Did it appear after the last storm? So brilliant that these are on our East-Side doorsteps!
It must have been quite a shock when you first discovered it!
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hurray for east-side reptiles!
ReplyDeleteooh, i have had one of those too! it took some real digging to find out what it was. a dog was harrassing it at the time so it had puffed up it's head and it really had that scary diamond shape! i love snakes, i wish they ate more spiders...
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