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lubdalake
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9/11/2011 10:48:18 AM
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Saw a snake yesterday in the water, just out from my floating dock. I think that it was a southern water snake, what do y'all think?
It was banded and brightly colored orange/pink. It caught a small fish underwater and swam over to the shore to eat it. All the while we were watching it, talking, and it was not frightened of us. After consuming the fish, it swam back out, underwater, and surfaced again near our floating dock. it then raised up out of the water about 1/4 of the way, and swam directly towards us, then went under the floating dock; It was about 3 feet long.
I say southern water snake, since it swam under water and was fairly aggressive towards us.
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roswellric
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9/11/2011 12:09:56 PM
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I'd say it was a get the h3ll out of the water fast snake.
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redleg6
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9/11/2011 5:13:41 PM
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Likely a Midland water snake and harmless. There are plenty of sites that show pics.
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froghog
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9/11/2011 6:55:08 PM
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Rule of thumb...
In the continental U.S.A. if a snake is swimming on top of the water be very aware that it is probably a viper. If swimming under the surface in fresh water more than likely harmless.
Take it from a,
FROG
When I was just a poly-wog. My Dad use to say... "There are 2 kinds of snakes... Rattlesnakes and Chickensnakes. If it don't have a chicken in it's mouth, it's a Rattlesnake."
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lakngulf
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9/11/2011 8:28:55 PM
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There are three types of bad snakes:
Live snakes
Dead snakes
Sticks that look like snakes
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Nancy Christine II
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A dead snake is
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9/11/2011 8:44:06 PM (updated 9/11/2011 8:45:39 PM)
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a good snake. I hate them. I kill them any chance I get and show no mercy.
A snake started all this mess back in the back garden about 5.5 thousand years ago.
Stupid Snakes; Meet my little friend he he he he !
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Ulysses E. McGill
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y'all are a bunch of chickens
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9/11/2011 9:30:54 PM
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so watch out for those chicken snakes......most snakes are good and do no harm.
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roswellric
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LOL!!!!!
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9/11/2011 9:33:04 PM
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Summer Lover
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Got that right...
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9/12/2011 11:08:55 AM (updated 9/12/2011 11:09:25 AM)
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I had been doing some cleaning when I saw a snake about a month ago - put the 0 nozzle in the pressure washer, and tried to give Mr Noshoulders a bath from about twelve feet (he had gone under the edge of the ramp). The boss did not like my method - maybe I should have used the soap nozzle first...
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UncleSam
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9/12/2011 6:12:14 PM
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Almost assuredly a Midland Water Snake. And I have been told by those who would know that an adult water snake is very territorial, and will usually win a fight with a cottonmouth, so if you have Water Snakes around, you most likely won't have cottonmouths, too.
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Wakely
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A dead snake is
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9/12/2011 6:19:00 PM
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The old "Garden of Eden" argument, which conveniently ignores the fact that it wasn't a snake, it was Satan using a snake. Satan has used people, too; should we kill ALL people because of the actions of ONE?
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alabound
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9/12/2011 6:23:29 PM
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Hair on back of neck standing up. Taking a deep breath....
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eighthc
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y'all are a bunch of chickens
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9/12/2011 6:30:27 PM
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After no sightings for about 3 years, i had a black racer on my cook porch Saturday. He zipped under the cook porch while I watched. Except for the surprise factor, I like having those kind around. It was a young one - about 3 1/2 feet long. Then I decided to go for a kayak ride Sunday morning and two small banded water snakes were hiding under it and swam away when I moved it. t least the beaver has left my trees alone this year!!!
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jalcz
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Learn something new every day.
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9/12/2011 7:10:21 PM
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I always thought the poster Nancy Christine was a woman! But pictures don't lie. My bad.
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Nancy Christine II
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Learn something new every day.
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9/12/2011 8:18:14 PM
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OK come on. I know I was looking bad in that photo John, but not that bad LOL.......
Gezzzzzzzz.
Brooms will be brooms and snakes will be snakes I guess :)
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Ulysses E. McGill
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Learn something new every day.
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9/12/2011 11:25:57 PM
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LOL....don't blame that one on me (I was jlazc, not jalcz). I have no idea who our dyslexic friend is, but he seemed to like my old alias; It's one of the reasons I changed last year after a discussion with Bruce.
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Broke Point
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Snake experts
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9/14/2011 9:53:57 AM
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Snake identification is easy. Just look him in the eye. If a viper, he will have cat eyes. If other, he will have round pupils.
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