tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post2869046505293680138..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Four Types of Poisonous Snakes in VA and MDPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-22904882150643323662015-05-07T00:39:59.812-04:002015-05-07T00:39:59.812-04:00I'm down in Texas and copperheads are quite as...I'm down in Texas and copperheads are quite as numerous as people believe around here. I've seen them a lot of times and nearly stepped on a few. I'm grateful they're relatively mellow snakes or I'd have been bitten a lot... My favorites were when I was hiking in a small park I ran across two biologists in the field, squatting low and staring off into some foliage. I stopped and looked in the direction they were staring and sure enough, they were looking at two copperheads curled up at the base of a tree, just chilling. One was that magnificent copper and rust, the one next to it was its mirror, only in -green-. Copperheads have many different shades of "copper" and this one was so odd, I'd never seen one that shaded toward algae foresty green, like someone just went into photoshop and shifted the colors slightly toward algae, but it did. I wish I'd had a camera!<br /><br />I love the canebrake. So pretty. I want to see one- from a safe distance!Yohjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604665224108720223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-29709330836730136342015-05-05T19:11:09.650-04:002015-05-05T19:11:09.650-04:00Beautiful pictures by the way.
RATTLERS don't...Beautiful pictures by the way.<br />RATTLERS don't always rattle before they strike, so be aware of where you put yourself. I once got face to face with a timber rattler, no rattle, just about died without getting bit !Dog Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376192910646365366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-5907201474294447622015-05-05T18:53:47.089-04:002015-05-05T18:53:47.089-04:00Red touches black friend of jack , red touches yel...Red touches black friend of jack , red touches yellow may kill a fellow.<br /><br />THAT little ditty teaches children the way to identify the small but deadly Coral Snake, which is at the very northern edge of it's range in Virginia, Maryland maybe too far.? <br />Anyway, if going south to hunt you might remember this little ditty to avoid Coral snakes and identify harmless KING SNAKES who share the same colors.Dog Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376192910646365366noreply@blogger.com