Pygmy Rattlesnakes

[NoHall]

SJ's picture is NOT a cottonmouth (piscivrus conanti). Most likely a non venomous black racer (constricto constrictor) or black rat (obsoleta obsoleta).

I noticed that, too. That sweet little face didn't belong on a pit viper, and it didn't have a cottonmouth's markings.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I think I like this jodiFL character.

"We are forever 'conquering' nature, space, mountains, deserts, bacteria, and insects instead of learning to cooperate with them in a harmonious order...The hostile attitude of conquering nature ignores the basic interdependence of all things and events -- that the world beyond the skin is actually an extension of our own bodies -- and will end in destroying the very environment from which we emerge and upon which our whole life depends."

Alan Watts -- [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Taboo-Against-Knowing-Who/dp/0679723005/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-6581963-3098063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186281343&sr=8-2"]The Book: on the taboo against knowing who you are[/ame] (1966)

 

[NoHall]

I think I like this jodiFL character.

"We are forever 'conquering' nature, space, mountains, deserts, bacteria, and insects instead of learning to cooperate with them in a harmonious order...The hostile attitude of conquering nature ignores the basic interdependence of all things and events -- that the world beyond the skin is actually an extension of our own bodies -- and will end in destroying the very environment from which we emerge and upon which our whole life depends."

Alan Watts -- The Book: on the taboo against knowing who you are (1966)

I'm part Native American. I want to set traps for some of the more invasive species of introduced people. I suggest starting at WalMart...

 

[30A Skunkape]

I think I might have spotted one yesterday in Rosemary. I was riding my bike on a boardwalk and this snakehead poking a few inches up between the planks zipped down to safety as I approached. All I can say was that it was a snake;didn't get a good enough look to tell what kind it was.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Send all snakes to SJ and jodiFL!

 

[30A Skunkape]

Send all snakes to SJ and jodiFL!

I don't mind them either

 

[Miss Kitty]

I don't mind them either

ssssssssssssss, of course you don't...you are a skunkape!

 

[john 6067]

I live in seacrest beach and my wife was bitten by one six months ago. Definetly painful. They are quite common around here.

 

[sandflea]

I'm part Native American. I want to set traps for some of the more invasive species of introduced people. I suggest starting at WalMart...

:funn:

Funny I should stumble upon this thread today. Was at a friends sitting by the pool last night, lights on in the pool. And there it was, a pygmy (sp?) rattler takin a dip. Had to herd the kids and dogs into the house, while the men dealt with it. Of course they were bullet proof after all the beverages they'd had that day :roll:

 

[30A Skunkape]

I live in seacrest beach and my wife was bitten by one six months ago. Definetly painful. They are quite common around here.

Ouch! I think there are skunkapes in seacrest beach, too