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Post by snowmom on Sept 3, 2014 6:08:45 GMT -5
we had company all weekend. did get a little hounding in, since they were interested in trying a little field collecting on the beach. we also went for a walk in the rain at the local nature preserve and saw leopard frogs, toads, painted turtles, giant trapdoor snails (invasive species) and these babies, about a foot long. this year' s water snake hatch. There were several hanging out in the weeds near shore. Lily pad makes a fine place to rest.
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 3, 2014 9:50:13 GMT -5
Gotta love nature,don't ya'....Thumbs up D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 12:13:52 GMT -5
can you share a larger size image?
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Post by snowmom on Sept 3, 2014 15:44:05 GMT -5
unfortunately this was taken by my son and copied from his email to me... I don't know how to enlarge it, though the photo I saw on my viewer was about 2x that size.  |
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Post by snowmom on Sept 3, 2014 15:53:37 GMT -5
trying again!
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Post by jamesp on Sept 3, 2014 19:59:55 GMT -5
Looks like water lilies and burr reed  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 21:12:46 GMT -5
There are at least two snakes in that image. Both from the genus Nerodia probably sipedon. I cannot be more specific. Unless lilies are very small, those are most likely yearlings. Not this years' newborns. This years babies should be the size of a #2 pencil, just not yellow!  Just for giggles; those snakes are born alive! No eggs! |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 3, 2014 21:24:41 GMT -5
Never noticed the 2nd snake. there it is.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 22:40:45 GMT -5
Never noticed the 2nd snake. there it is. That's what happens when you take this city boi snake hunting! Hehehe!! I got your back bro'.... sorry mom - I am the snake dude here.... |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 3, 2014 22:52:10 GMT -5
Never noticed the 2nd snake. there it is. That's what happens when you take this city boi snake hunting! Hehehe!! I got your back bro'.... sorry mom - I am the snake dude here.... City boi gator catching |
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Post by mohs on Sept 4, 2014 0:11:27 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that James I could have been that idiot  one time in Florida I walked up to gator sunbathing in the middle of the road it ran off to the side into some tall saw grass like an idiot I started walking up to the hidden area then common sense kicked in mostly |
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Post by gemfeller on Sept 4, 2014 0:50:15 GMT -5
Reminds me of a time many years ago, before Lake Powell was filled. I was part of a party assessing the impact Glen Canyon Dam would have on the local ecology. I was hiking up Escalante Canyon but it was so narrow I had to wade in the river. I came to a narrow box canyon and wondered where it led. I was wonderstruck by he beauty of the region and didn't pay much attention until the canyon narrowed into a tight corridor obscured by willows. I was about to head into the willows to see what was at the end of the canyon when I looked down and saw a very large cat track, slowly filling what water from the seep.
Uh-oh! I began Michael Jackson's Moonwalk in reverse, silently trying to erase any trace of my presence and hoping the Mountain Lion wasn't hungry. It was a memorable lesson that we're not the Prime Predator.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2014 7:15:56 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that James I could have been that idiot one time in Florida I walked up to gator sunbathing in the middle of the road it ran off to the side into some tall saw grass like an idiot I started walking up to the hidden area then common sense kicked in mostly Was he in an urban area Ed ? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 9:44:28 GMT -5
My rather ordinary sense of mortality limits my gator catching to those under 36" or so. That dude was presented as a biologist. I wonder what he studied? Ants?? Normally, nobody takes on a 10 footer ALONE. That takes three cowboys to sit on while a fourth works the ropes. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2014 9:56:47 GMT -5
What was he thinking ? How stupid does stupid get. Had that gator's jaws not have closed due to a foot or arm clamped the roll would have started. Rotini  |
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Post by mohs on Sept 4, 2014 11:21:33 GMT -5
Hey James -it was out in rural area
We were on a drive to NASA from Orlando
I had been in Orlando for few weeks
& was looking forward to seeing my first gator
I did get a picture of the gator getting up on all fours
Scampering into the underbrush
Unfortunately that picture lost to the fires
Along with the evil eye croc picture
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2014 11:41:29 GMT -5
Hey James -it was out in rural area We were on a drive to NASA from Orlando I had been in Orlando for few weeks & was looking forward to seeing my first gator I did get a picture of the gator getting up on all fours Scampering into the underbrush Unfortunately that picture lost to the fires Along with the evil eye croc picture Gators unpredictable, 99.9% of the time they run away. Glad he did not want to be social w/you. In the winter they are bad about not moving to avoid jumping in cold water. Kinda messes up their metabolism. They prefer to sit out and heat up in cold weather. Sorry to hear that you lost your photos. The eye of a croc  Another ? Maybe a young one, in need of Visine  Imagine the dinosaurs.... |
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Post by mohs on Sept 4, 2014 13:45:13 GMT -5
chryscholla & azurite eyes
gives me an idea for heart Ha Ha
I need to do a search for the croc I saw
deadly
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2014 16:06:43 GMT -5
chryscholla & azurite eyes gives me an idea for heart Ha Ha I need to do a search for the croc I saw deadly Will hope to find silicified gator eyes. |
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Post by mohs on Sept 4, 2014 16:11:25 GMT -5
that would be fabulous unfortunately eye matter deteriorates could you imagine pet dino eyes? that dino as Betty Davis eyes  |
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