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askyagerz
Mar 2018
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hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)1. pretty... Good photo
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)2. Well done!
Just how close were you???
askyagerz
(776 posts)4. Just a few feet away
I grew up in the woods. Takes a pretty good big snake to scare me haha
fierywoman
(7,694 posts)3. I'm hoping that was like a 500-1000mm lens!
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)5. Sweet!
longship
(40,416 posts)6. Looks like a type of garter snake.
They are a rather diverse group of snakes. Some are downright beautiful.
Nice shot.
alfredo
(60,077 posts)8. I remember running across a ball of writhing stinky garter snakes.
I smelled them before seeing them.
Ive lived here since 1985, and as yet to see a snake.
alfredo
(60,077 posts)7. It feeds on baby mice and other burrowing creatures.
Its better to have a snake in the grass than a mouse in your house.