This cute little snake showed up when a friend and I were looking for his golf ball in the grass that borders a pond on the Juliette Falls Golf Course. Not being very snake-wise, I asked my friend if it was a cottonmouth aka water moccasin. He said, no, that cottonmouths are thicker and usually have a brownish color. They are very aggressive, though, and will come after you. He said that a few years ago, while he was fishing near the shore of a lake, a cottonmouth chased his boat in the water and tried to climb in it.
This, he said, was probably a water snake. So, I moved in close and asked if it would be all right if I took a photo. There was no response which I took as consent, so I snapped a few shots and then the snake slithered back into the high grass.
I was quite happy that it wasn't a water moccasin aka cottonmouth.
15 comments:
You snuck up on a snake.
Great capture, Lowell...and it is cute! :)
We don't have poisonous snakes in western Washington and I'm glad of it. Were I you, Lowell, I might undertake a little poisonous snake recognition training. "Probably" a water snake isn't quite enough assurance in my book. (I still get the jitters thinking about the young rattlesnake I met once while thoughtlessly pursuing wildflower shots in the Arizona desert.)
I am not a friend of the snake regardless of what kind they are.
Glad you could take a pic!
wow. fantastic picture. be careful of the snake ;)
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Yikes! The thought of being chased by a cottonmouth snake is pretty scary Lowell, glad your little slithery friend here wasn't interested in the chase 😀
Lowell it looks interesting in Poland we do no any snakes but I hate them
Oh my, the brave things you do for this blog! That snake chasing the boat story gave me a shiver.
I used to really like snakes---no poisonous ones here---but as I get older I find I don't need or want them. Weird
MB
That's a scary story. We do have rattlesnakes here but they don't chase people. They are really quite timid and will hide and only strike when threatened. I still don't like them though. And I wouldn't go rummaging around in the tall grass for a golf ball.
I don't mind snakes if they reciprocate and leave me alone.
Hello..I came here from Sallie's blog after reading your comment about the election. My 92 year old MIL is afraid of the same thing after escaping Nazi Germany with her siblings.. Her parents did not. This is very scary... very disturbing... On another notes.. I love the snake photo..I host a small nature meme for about 7 years on my blog.. Nature Notes... Michelle from ramblingwoods.com
Hello there, critter!
Not my preferred animal !
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