Posted on 05/30/2013 9:55:26 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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Fascinating. Thanks. The mention of the specular melanistic copperhead is a distinct possibility. All the more reason to admire nature from a respectful distance.
With respect, I believe that you have been misinformed.
A friend and me had a copperhead drop out of a tree and into our canoe while on the Potomac about a dozen miles above Great Falls, talk about excitement.
Whenever I see a snake on a tree branch, my first thought is water moccasin.
Hmmm. I did a little research; what I found says that the poisonous black snake claim is a myth, and in fact, venomous snakes don’t breed with non-venomous ones.
Sure is. Here’s a link to it on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/DT364-Snake-A-Way-Snake-Repelling-Granules/dp/B00002N648
A number of places carry it. The smell is mostly moth balls. We have a fish pond with Koi and we use that as well as some netting around the base. Works pretty good.
Were they heard to say “Don’t tread on me”?
LOL! So how many times did you two accidentally hit each other with canoe paddles while trying to hit the snake? I’ve been all over Africa from Cairo to the Cape. The only time I saw a snake, he was either dead or in the process of being dead. Locals made no distinction between “good” or “bad” snakes. They whacked them all.
The fools probably thought it was a flexible gun barrel and went berserk.
Snakes in the trees at D.C. park ... Snakes in Trees are the least of the reptile problem in DC. I am thinking Snakes in government buildings are more worrisome
Snakes look for snacks in trees, where birds nests can usually be found this time of year.
I ain’t afeared of no snakes. ‘Cept the two-legged democrat types.
It’s mating season for all the lawyers in DC.
priceless!
Geez! I’ve got a standing offer locally of $20 for any large non-poisonous unharmed snake. So far no takers. I’ll even catch them.
A few years ago I got one for free out of a man’s living room. I thought he was going to have a heart attack.
Had a similar experience on the Norfork River in the Ozarks, except it was a water moccasin.
Very exciting for a while, especially because it was a rather fast section of the river.
It eventually went over the side.
Glad to hear it. Now, about those water moccasin-pit bull hybrids...
I live on a rural piece of property in northern Missouri and it’s not that uncommon to come across copperheads and rattlers. So my preferred way of observing snakes is at long distace through the sights of my Ruger .22.
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