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<\/a>\r\nSnake on the lily pad<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nProbably not a moccasin, because it doesn’t have any stripes, and I’ve never\r\nseen one leave its tail sticking out like that.\r\nUsually a cottonmouth will face you and hiss.\r\n
\r\nThe dogs found another snake earlier that probably was a moccasin, so we made them come along.\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\nWe also saw an anhinga on the surface.\r\nUsually we see them perched in a tree or flying.\r\nIt did eventually fly off and perch.\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What kind of snake is this? Snake on the lily pad Probably not a moccasin, because it doesn’t have any stripes, and I’ve never seen one leave its tail sticking out like that. Usually a cottonmouth will face you and hiss. The dogs found another snake earlier that probably was a moccasin, so we made […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29,6,359],"tags":[3255,3233,24,2770,3,23,3193,5,2,2760,35,747,25],"class_list":["post-9272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs","category-okra-paradise-farms","category-pond-2","tag-arrow","tag-blondie","tag-brown-dog","tag-dogs","tag-georgia","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-honeybun","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lowndes-county","tag-okra-paradise-farms","tag-pond","tag-snake","tag-yellow-dog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-2py","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9277,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9272\/revisions\/9277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"[Blondie](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_112046.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Blondie joins Arrow exploring<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Anhinga](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_102641.jpg\")
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Anhinga on the pond<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nBefore<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Blondie](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_100014.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Blondie in the bushes<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nItB<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Blondie](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_102305.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Blondie and Gretchen<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Gretchen,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_102307.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Gretchen, a spider, and Blondie<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nOWN<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Old](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_102349.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Old wasp nest<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nHT<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Heron](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_102356.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Heron tree<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Pond]\"](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_102402.jpg\")
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Pond<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Lilies,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_102406.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Lilies, Gretchen, Blondie<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nGB<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Grinning](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_103024.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Grinning Blondie in the boat<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_103126.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Movie: Arrow in the bush, Blondie in the boat, Honeybun in the pond (61M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nHB<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Gretchen,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_105628.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Gretchen, Honeybun<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nABH<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Arrow,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_105711.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Arrow, Blondie, Honeybun, Gretchen<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nAswim<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Arrow](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_105715.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Arrow won’t admit she can swim<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nAH<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Arrow,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_110550.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Arrow, Honeybun, Gretchen<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nHA<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Honeybun,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_110612.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Honeybun, Arrow<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nHBA<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Honeybun,](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_111121.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Honeybun, Arrow, Blondie<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nRoalC<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Relic](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_112040.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Relic of a lost civilization<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nAgE<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Arrow](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/20230704_112043.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Arrow goes exploring<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Down](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_112053.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Down at the beaver dam<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-07-04--pond-dogs-snake\/small\/20230704_112059.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Movie: Blondie gets in the boat (112M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n