Update 2019-05-20: A more likely identification.
Definitely not a rattlesnake. Whatever it is, it chose poorly by showing up right in front of the dogs’ doghouse.
Don’t know which dog dislikes them most, maybe Yellow Dog. Continue reading
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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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Red collared snake
Graceful Dogs
Harmless snake in the grass, 7 September 2011
It’s in the middle of this picture:
Here’s a video.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 September 2011.
You can see its tail move. Continue reading
Snake on a hoe
How I get the snake in the box:
I pick it up on a hoe. Most snakes it’s more like raking them into the box with the hoe, but this one’s playing dead: Continue reading
Copperhead and little dogs
There was a copperhead in the dirt pit.
Brown Dog didn’t get bit, but Yellow Dog did. Continue reading
Snake of the week
The dogs caught this snake and put it in the driveway where we’d be sure to see it.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 Sep 2010.
Gopher and Pine Cone
This gopher lives in the back yard. The longleaf pine cone is about 8 inches
long; the gopher is about 12 inches.
Closeup:
Meanwhile:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 May 2010.