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 ...
“Maybe a movie could be made in the Texas hill country set in springtime. Cue the Jaws theme..”
Snakes on the Plains
Whatever would we do without government to warn us that snakes are out there?
This is only a ruse to ensure we don’t realize the many
snakes inhabiting dee cee. And believe you me...those dee cee snakes are much more poisonous than any rattler.
AH HA!
LOL LOL A shame St. Patrick only drove the snakes out
of Ireland. Like rats, they just left the country and
took the ships (as did others) to the new world and the
metropolis of dee cee. Medusa, no possibility of her going
bald. :-)
Thought so, but wasn't sure. ;D
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