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askyagerz

(776 posts) Fri Mar 30, 2018, 07:44 PM Mar 2018

Snaaaake

Had to have been 20' long!

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Snaaaake (Original Post) askyagerz Mar 2018 OP

pretty... Good photo hlthe2b Mar 2018 #1

Well done! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #2

Just a few feet away askyagerz Mar 2018 #4

I'm hoping that was like a 500-1000mm lens! fierywoman Mar 2018 #3

Sweet! Solly Mack Mar 2018 #5

Looks like a type of garter snake. longship Mar 2018 #6

I remember running across a ball of writhing stinky garter snakes. alfredo Apr 2018 #8

It feeds on baby mice and other burrowing creatures. alfredo Apr 2018 #7

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)

1. pretty... Good photo

Reply to askyagerz (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 07:52 PM

Mar 2018

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)

2. Well done!

Reply to askyagerz (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:05 PM

Mar 2018

Just how close were you???

askyagerz

(776 posts)

4. Just a few feet away

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:19 PM

Mar 2018

I grew up in the woods. Takes a pretty good big snake to scare me haha

fierywoman

(7,683 posts)

3. I'm hoping that was like a 500-1000mm lens!

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Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:13 PM

Mar 2018

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

5. Sweet!

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Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:20 PM

Mar 2018

longship

(40,416 posts)

6. Looks like a type of garter snake.

Reply to askyagerz (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 11:26 PM

Mar 2018

They are a rather diverse group of snakes. Some are downright beautiful.

Nice shot.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

8. I remember running across a ball of writhing stinky garter snakes.

Reply to longship (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 12:36 PM

Apr 2018

I smelled them before seeing them.

I’ve lived here since 1985, and as yet to see a snake.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

7. It feeds on baby mice and other burrowing creatures.

Reply to askyagerz (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 12:30 PM

Apr 2018

It’s better to have a snake in the grass than a mouse in your house.

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