The dogs alerted me to this.
![[Snake in the leaves]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-10-12--canebrake-rattlesnake/big/20211012_163732.jpg)
Fortunately, they kept their distance.
How many rattles do you count?
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Tag Archives: reptile
Serpent 2020-05-08
The least menacing snake you will see today.
![[Not moving very fast]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-05-08--serpent/20200508_082734.jpg)
At the entrance to the Cypress Swamp. Brown Dog and Yellow Dog didn’t even notice.
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Francine the softshell turtle laid some eggs 2018-05-30
Gretchen was working at the potting table under the end shelter when she noticed something odd right by the table. It was Francine, our friend the softshell tortoise, in from the woods, laying eggs in the same under the shelter.
So we fenced the dogs out until she politely asked to be let out. Then I put Continue reading
Snake of the day 2017-12-22
Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29
At the far side of the pond, Yellow Dog spotted a moccasin before anybody else. The small but deadly Agkistrodon piscivorus didn’t stand a chance against the pair of experienced snake wranglers, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog.
Can you see the snake? (Tail, lower left)
Continue readingSnake of the day
Mocassin
For the rest of the story, see Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29.
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Slider Turtle
In hand:
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 9 March 2012.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
On ground:
Gretchen and her lizard
She did not like it in the sink.
She likes it fine but where she drinks.
Not with water, it would get wet!
In a glass with leaves, it can’t get out.
The lizard didn’t like the leaves.
“I’m a carnivore,” it said.
“Thanks for the water,” and
“Could you let me out to play?”
So we let it out, but it thanked Gretchen first.
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