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Snakes Lurk in Bluebonnets, Texas Officials Warn
Houston Chronicle ^
| April 1, 2021
| Jay R. Jordan
Posted on 04/05/2021 11:17:44 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Snakes! Snakes in the bluebonnets!
This is your annual reminder to look twice before popping a pose in a patch of bluebonnets. We all love seeing them, but sometimes there's danger among the flowers:
This year-old video shows two Diamondback rattlesnakes duking it out over a female snake in a patch of bluebonnets.
Whether you're taking pictures or being photographed, it's best to always check for any dangerous critters, slithering or otherwise. Here's what the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department suggests if you are bitten by a venomous snake:
"Keep the victim calm. Keep the bitten arm or leg below heart level. Clean bite site with soap and water.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bluebonnets; lupine; snakes; texas; wildflowers
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To: nickcarraway
Oh not margarine....never mind.....
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:18:41 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: nickcarraway
What kind of snake do we get in the paintbrushes?
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:22:23 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: nickcarraway
How many other genders besides male and female do rattle snakes have?
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:23:38 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe a movie could be made in the Texas hill country set in springtime. Cue the Jaws theme...
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:26:45 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
To: SaveFerris
“Everything’s better with BlueBonnet on it!”
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:27:30 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: EEGator
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:29:23 AM PDT
by
vis a vis
To: DeFault User
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:31:50 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Ken522
"You got a problem with Blue Bonnet?"
To: Ken522
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:32:46 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: nickcarraway
Their heads are HUGE, indicating big venom glands. Get bit by one of those and you’d wish you were dead long before you died.
To: nickcarraway
Looks like she would bite...
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:35:10 AM PDT
by
moovova
(Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
To: nickcarraway
Old Jake Noshoulders hiding in the flowers.
The best way to catch one is to throw a pair of gloves into the flowers.
Then, when Old Jake is trying to figure out how to put the gloves on, you let your friend try to grab him.
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:40:32 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: vis a vis
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:46:04 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: nickcarraway
As a native Texan, I was taught this valuable lesson by the time that I was six years old. Always look before you go tromping about in thick grass or in patch of wildflowers.
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posted on
04/05/2021 11:54:58 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
I have had it with these mother-effin’ snakes in these mother-effin’ bluebonnets!
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posted on
04/05/2021 12:08:16 PM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
("I don't come from money. I come from the opposite of money. I come from... no money." - Ron White)
To: nickcarraway
"Snakes Lurk in Bluebonnets, Texas Officials Warn..."
Shut up for God's sake...there might be some migrant northern democrat tree hugging cancer cells listening! Let them find out the hard way!😎
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posted on
04/05/2021 12:11:18 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: nickcarraway
I’d catch em and fry em...
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posted on
04/05/2021 12:12:50 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: gundog
"Serpentine Shel, serpentine!!!"
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posted on
04/05/2021 12:17:24 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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