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Thursday, June 11, 2009

If I lived in AFRICA I would be really scared.... LOOK!!

Today I was on the back deck & noticed something moving.... slithering across the yard. It was ENORMOUS!! I had an instant flash of... do we have big black poisonous snakes in our neck of the woods?? I knew it wasn't a black mamba (ha) but couldn't remember quick enough all the snakes I'd memorized at camp in the Ozarks! I decided to get a closer peek, but TOTALLY FREEEKED out when it coiled back at me. That bugger wanted to bite me.



Posted by Kari at 12:00 PM

7 comments:

  1. Danielle BlackJune 11, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    EWWWWW!!! That is so gross! Was it poisonous?!?

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  2. KellyJune 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    EEEEEK!!! Those black snakes give me the heebie geebies!!!!

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  3. MikeJune 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Looks like a Black Rat Snake, based on underbelly coloring and defensive posture. Non-poisonous constrictors that eat rodents and other small pests. No worries, but he doesn't look too happy, does he?

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  4. steffanyJune 11, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    That is a black rat snake. Scary looking for sure, but wonderful snakes. He eats all the critter's you don't want:)
    Although my husband would say the only good snake is a dead snake.

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  5. EJune 11, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    AAAHHH! The coiled up picture totally freaked me out! Eben would have LOVED seeing it though! He's taken to catching lizards and birds (yes! birds!) wherever we go and I find the whole thing completely terrifying. He's very gentle with them, but I'm of the mind that I don't want nature touching me...so I'm not going to be touching IT.

    We're going to AZ this week and I told him he's not to try catching ANYTHING there! He's been on the ranch since he was a baby though and I think my parents have done a good job of teaching him about the dangers there.

    I hope everyone was right and it was some sort of non poisonous thing. Even constrictors freak me out around my babies...and I think they can still bite even if it isn't poisonous, right?!

    Thanks for getting my heart beating a little faster. Can that be my cardio for the day? ;)

    Erica

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  6. emilyJune 11, 2009 at 5:21 PM

    I might have a heart attack if I were that close to a snake!!

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  7. alisaJune 12, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    OK, so I'm just peeking at your blog before bed...I'm totally sure I'll have night-mares tonight -- :)

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