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Do you fear snakes!

butchlambert

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Another Wyman photo.

Spring has arrived with the leafing of bull mesquites, a telling sign that winter is indeed gone, and rattlers emerging from their winters respite.
This big fellow, pushing 5 feet in length, was out patrolling for a rat when discovered by my brother. Rick called and informed me he had a big one if I wanted photos, and of course I did.
The husky fellow didn’t like Sylinda and my presence but had no choice but to allow me the honor to document such a fine specimen.
Unlike many, I don’t have a problem with snakes, regardless of the species. From early childhood and being raised in “snake” country, Rick and I were always warned to “watch for snakes,” when we went outdoors, which was all the time, and we rarely ever saw one. I do believe we walked right by many lying hidden in the grass and weeds but they allowed us to pass on by. Thus, in a show of gratitude, I allow them to “pass on by.”
This fellow never tried to strike as I lay at ground level, only rattling enough to let me know I was nearing its comfort zone.
After the photo session we walked away, leaving the serpent to fulfill its duty of consuming rats and mice, two creatures I sure don’t have much use for! LOL!!!
Wishing all a productive week!!
Photo created with a Canon 5D SR and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L at ISO 200 and hand held. And get a load of this. The image file was a huge 307mb when processed as a tif!!!
That is the file size when scanning a 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 chrome from my Hasselblad! Totally amazing!!
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I do not fear them, but I darned sure respect them.
All snakes are predators, they are just as much part of natures ecology as the beautiful eagle that is just as deadly.
We have a 6 acre lake adjacent to our property in Tomball. I see the occasional yellow bellied water snake, have yet to see any Cotton Mouths.
When I was eleven, we were on a Boy Scout Camping trip to Dam B. I got grazed by a water moccasin, but it got enough in my leg to cause pure agony. They took me to a hospital in Kounze where they had anti-venom.
I was lucky.
 
drover said:
I chop off the head and bury it when I kill one.
A lot of folks have been bit by "dead" snakes. I have seen too many snakes with reflexes hours after they were "killed".
And yes I am scared of them. I am like the old guy that I knew who always said - "there's only four kinds of snakes I'm scared of - big ones, little ones, live ones, and dead ones".

drover
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Drover, my biggest fear is electricity. My brother always said that even changing batteries in a flashlight I would call the reactor at Comanche Peak to shut down while I was changing the batteries.
 
butchlambert said:
Drover, my biggest fear is electricity. My brother always said that even changing batteries in a flashlight I would call the reactor at Comanche Peak to shut down while I was changing the batteries.
butchlambert said:
Another Wyman photo.

Spring has arrived with the leafing of bull mesquites, a telling sign that winter is indeed gone, and rattlers emerging from their winters respite.
This big fellow, pushing 5 feet in length, was out patrolling for a rat when discovered by my brother. Rick called and informed me he had a big one if I wanted photos, and of course I did.
The husky fellow didn’t like Sylinda and my presence but had no choice but to allow me the honor to document such a fine specimen.
Unlike many, I don’t have a problem with snakes, regardless of the species. From early childhood and being raised in “snake” country, Rick and I were always warned to “watch for snakes,” when we went outdoors, which was all the time, and we rarely ever saw one. I do believe we walked right by many lying hidden in the grass and weeds but they allowed us to pass on by. Thus, in a show of gratitude, I allow them to “pass on by.”
This fellow never tried to strike as I lay at ground level, only rattling enough to let me know I was nearing its comfort zone.
After the photo session we walked away, leaving the serpent to fulfill its duty of consuming rats and mice, two creatures I sure don’t have much use for! LOL!!!
Wishing all a productive week!!
Photo created with a Canon 5D SR and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L at ISO 200 and hand held. And get a load of this. The image file was a huge 307mb when processed as a tif!!!
That is the file size when scanning a 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 chrome from my Hasselblad! Totally amazing!!
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You have great taste when it comes to camera equipment, and the picture is awesome. That is, if you're into snakes which, I am not... I have the Canon 5D Mark 4 along with a range of Canon lens up to the 300mm.

It's obvious the picture was taken at ground level, but did you really lay down? I'm paranoid about snakes, so there is no way for me. An 8" garden snake is more than I want to deal with.
 
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