Eli, Niki, and Pythagoras celebrate Pi Day at Deep Springs.
Tag: Snakes
Amazing viper
From Anne D. I had seen still photos but they did not remotely do it justice.
Dumb Snake
I generally remove, rather than kill, snakes in the yard, even rattlers. But this gopher snake that got itself stuck– braided– into the plastic anti- bird mesh in the garden yesterday tested my patience. Cutting a hot writhing largish snake which is trying to bite you out of plastic mesh with a nail scissors, using …
Snakebit!
Two of our beloved tazluki relatives got snakebit by what seems, judging from the fang marks to have been a large rattler, at Daniela’s. Incredibly, 15 year old Lahav got the better of it, while grandog Shunkar seemed to have some eye involvment. Both better now– will pass on any news. I don’t hate snakes …
Snake Alphabet
Tom McIntyre’s Ophidian Abecedarium (story below with “Gun Alphabet”). Pix, anecdotes, suggestions all encouraged. Right click photo to enlarge… SNAKE ALPHABET–A to Z AspBoomslangCottonmouthDeath AdderEastern Diamondback RattlerFlying SnakeGarter SnakeHognose SnakeIndigo SnakeJapanese Striped SnakeKing SnakeLyre SnakeMamba (Jonathan Hanson’s friend Neels with pet)Night SnakeOlive Sea SnakePythonQueen SnakeRat SnakeSidewinderTaipanUrutuVine SnakeWater MoccasinX (Equis in Spanish, another name for the …
Florida Cold Snap
Vladimir Beregovoy writes: “My son came for spring break vacations. He told an interesting story about mass mortality among exotics in Florida. They had a prolonged period of unusually temperatures there as far to the south as Florida Key, about 40 Fahrenheit for a few weeks. As a result at least 90% of huge Southeast …
Sssssss!
Walter Hingley sent in a Canadian article on the newly- discovered giant snake Titanoboa cerrojohnensis. He was swiftly followed by Reid, who sent this NYT link (Peculiar commented “Leave it to today’s media to tie it immediately to global warming, though. I guess 42-foot snakes aren’t interesting if they don’t relate to Obama.”) Best treatment …
Good Stuff #4: Crazy South African Snake Man
The Alpha Environmentalist sent this pic of his crazy South African friend Neels and his tame seven-foot black mamba, teaching a ranger course. Somehow, the “No Smoking” sign is hilarious in this context. Jonathan adds: “You could mention that he was bitten by a mamba on an episode of Mark O’Shea’s Big Adventure, and nearly …