spyderk
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Last night my husband and I went for a 3-mile walk that takes us into the countryside. We walked it the day before as well.
We were almost up the hill of doom (what I call it - it seems to go on forever!) and I stopped and squealed (in excitement!) a little. I saw a snake and my first thought was, is it dead? It's was so still. I moved behind it in case it decided to dart away into the grass and told my husband to be on the other side. I first took the picture in case it did dart and I couldn't catch it. But I picked it up from behind, very gently, and it didn't even alter its position! I cupped it and we continued walking. At some point it got squirmy and started to try to get away and it was really tough holding onto something to tiny! But it settled down, coiled up in my one hand, and finished out the walk with us.
I figured it was a red-bellied snake, and confirmed it with my WI DNR snake book when I got home. My kids were really excited! This is the first snake I have spotted in the wild this year and the first (live) red-bellied that we've seen!
We were almost up the hill of doom (what I call it - it seems to go on forever!) and I stopped and squealed (in excitement!) a little. I saw a snake and my first thought was, is it dead? It's was so still. I moved behind it in case it decided to dart away into the grass and told my husband to be on the other side. I first took the picture in case it did dart and I couldn't catch it. But I picked it up from behind, very gently, and it didn't even alter its position! I cupped it and we continued walking. At some point it got squirmy and started to try to get away and it was really tough holding onto something to tiny! But it settled down, coiled up in my one hand, and finished out the walk with us.
I figured it was a red-bellied snake, and confirmed it with my WI DNR snake book when I got home. My kids were really excited! This is the first snake I have spotted in the wild this year and the first (live) red-bellied that we've seen!