#snek — Public Fediverse posts
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Well, today's #LizardReport it's pretty easy: no lizards. It was cool and cloudy, only into the 70s so nobody even got up. I miss them!
But, I was doing some work in the carport, turned around and saw the big gopher snake going into a little hole under the concrete slab by the back door.
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This is the second rattlesnake in my yard in a few weeks, plus the one I relocated from my neighbor's yard. I've never seen one in my yard before though I've seen a couple on this block relatively close.
What I'm guessing is that this is actually a normal number of rattlesnakes, but I am seeing them now because I'm usually not here in early May, plus we had that bizarre heat wave in late March, which probably woke all the snakes up and brought them out of hibernation early. This is also probably why it feels like there are far more lizards than I've ever seen here before. I usually have to leave by late April and it's usually not this hot yet.
The fact that we had an extremely dry winter and there's virtually no annual vegetation growing anywhere probably also contributes. No plants means no flowers which means no seeds which means no food for rodents, so I'm guessing that snakes probably have to wander much further to try to find a meal.
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This afternoon I was planting some cactus in the front yard and I saw the big gopher snake again, slithering along the wall…
"Gopher snake"... um... then I saw the black and white striped tail and the rattles as it emerged from behind a cactus. Another western diamondback rattlesnake!
I got my camera with the telephone lens and got a bunch of close-ups, then went back to get my snake stick and a bucket. Unfortunately the critter was behind a very spiny hedgehog cactus and pulling it out would have potentially hurt it, so I let it get away into the rock pile.
I continued about my work, and then saw it a little while later over under the pomegranate tree. Then a few minutes later I didn't see it. It's out there somewhere 🤷♂️
Given that I don't have to get under the house to do any work anytime soon, I'm not gonna worry about it.
I'll just think of it like inspector Clouseau's manservant Cato, there to keep me on my toes.
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Looks like snaky snek, the big gopher snake I caught the other day is hanging around. Went out to the back yard and found it hunting along the back wall where some of the salvage lumber is stored.
I really wish I had a mouse to feed it (sorry, mouse!). It would be fun to make friends with a big wild snake. How cool would that be? Go out in the yard and whistle like I do for the lizards and have a big ol' snake crawl up and hang out?
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Visiting this gorgeous Western Diamondback (Crotalus atrox) showing off that iconic diamond pattern.
One of North America's most formidable pit vipers — best appreciated through glass.
#Rattlesnake #Herpetology #snek https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/western-diamondback-rattlesnake/ -
YouTube now seem to think I am going to catch #sneks for Jesus (I'm sure Jesus won't mind if I remain in Blighty, where the only venomous #snek I know of (a black #adder - they are real, I saw one a few years back in South Oxfordshire when I lived in SE England) is 30 miles/48 km from here and won't bother me, and the South African dude can carry on catching them (he always lets them free afterwards away from all the people).
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I decided that I should probably have a variant of my last #NotSafeFromWhimsy post where I'm wearing more clothes. I can't know the reasoning that my brain does, but I also am not going to miss the opportunity to share the cuteness going on here.
#FitCheck wise, the flannel and tank/crop is still going strong, but generally layered under a fuzzy hoodie even indoors because it's a bit chilly in Michigan
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He's got that 'come slither' stare...
Sorry, I can't not make bad jokes. ^_^;
Follow-up to some Lunar New Year stuff I did over the past two years.
Also had designs for X and Zero but those aren't snake-based so that's why he gets the spotlight here. Don't worry; you'll get to see those later. :)
#fanart #megaman #rockman #megamanx #rockmanx #axl #lunarnewyear #yearofsnake #snek #axlissnek
