Snake!

[smwboxer]

Nice black rat snake! We have a carpet python and a pine snake
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[phytochrome]

Around here it is Rattlesnakes...not my favorite, but I would rather encounter one of them that meet a Grizzly while out Orchid hunting!

[cakedaddy]

They are soooooo beneficial to have around. And the venom of some is so helpful to medical science! My father recently told me that his wife shot a snake in the head with a 22 rifle....I had to get off of the phone with him

[orchid lady]

No offense meant to anyone but I hate snakes, they look sooo evil and creepy.

[walingwaling]

Wow? What was that? It looks like a black mamba or rat snake to me?
Those were mousehunters at all.

@Ron, looks like you have one of the poisonous snakes in the Philippines, its a venomous pit viper (Trimeresurus sp.).

hi derek,
both are venomous, the green one was first identified as waglers viper, although its not correct, dont know the species.
the other one is a Parias flavomaculatus.

[delilah]

I love this thread! Love snakes, and also everybody's passionate comments when this is the subject. This thread grew pretty quickly!

[espranch]

Glad you like this thread, Gita. Actually ANOTHER snake was at the DOOR of my greenhouse yesterday, but I didn't have my camera handy...I'll try to remember it when going to the greenhouse! This one was much longer...maybe eight feet or more,and a different pattern...Betty

[AtantaR]

exotic creatures but....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i dont like this thread....im a wimp...i see one in nature n i look for a sec then run as soon as they move...hahah

[CLStilwell99]

I wish we had snakes around here

[orchidlady]

I have always loved reptiles and other creepy crawlies. I think they are all beautiful in their own way and have an important place in the circle of life. When I was young, I asked my mother if I could get a snake and she said "when you have your own place you can do what you want and get a snake then". So, when I got my own place, this is what I got:



This is Roger, my rosy boa. I've had him for about 15 years. As far as I'm concerned, snakes make great pets .

Susan