Thursday, July 3, 2008

Here's some of my latest finds!

Here's a beautiful water moccasin I saw right down the street from my house. Just a juvenile but man you got to love the pattern on this species. I love this picture for two reasons: One is that the water moccasin is retreating. It disproves the myth that all venomous snakes want to attack you. All I did was get to close for the snakes comfort and it took off. Two, I love this picture because it gives you another way to tell if it's a water moccasin or water snake. If you look closely you can tell that you can not see the eyes of a water moccasin while looking straight down on it while a water snake you would be able too.
Christian my lil brother. He's so happy he finally caught a snake. Just look at how proud he is. lol
These two are of a beautiful diamond backed water snake. One quality of water snakes not yet discussed is that when cornered near water they like to bury there heads in the mud and curl up which makes it pretty easy to catch them sometimes.