• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Only Three Bites...

Nanci

Nanci

Alien Lover
I saw this little guy while out riding this morning. 12:00 PM, 80F, mixed hardwood scrubby forest, dry, he was crossing or basking on sunny asphalt. Payne's Prairie area (north central Florida.)

I immediately stopped, turned around, threw my bike off the trail, and went to get him. I just picked him up, and he wanted to bite, of course. I held him by the neck and supported his body, but he could still twist enough to get me. Other cyclists riding by could hear me saying "Please don't bite, stop biting, please don't bite me again" as I dug my camera out for some pics.

It was obvious he wasn't going to calm down enough in the time I had for in-hand shots, so I set him in a tree, where he kindly stayed long enough for me to take some pics. His direction of escape was up the tree, not down to the ground.

Nice young yellow Ratsnake!

Nanci
 

Attachments

  • Yellow Rat 04_07 007cr800.jpg
    Yellow Rat 04_07 007cr800.jpg
    116.8 KB · Views: 167
Head shot! He's got the same pretty copper eyes as Mike's Mellow Yellow.
 

Attachments

  • Yellow Rat 04_07 006cr800.jpg
    Yellow Rat 04_07 006cr800.jpg
    90.7 KB · Views: 167
And I even got some tongue! If this wasn't so closely cropped, you could see my bleeding fingers...

Thanks for looking! Snakey was allowed to go in peace after about five minutes of photography.

Nanci
 

Attachments

  • Yellow Rat 04_07 001crr800.jpg
    Yellow Rat 04_07 001crr800.jpg
    66.1 KB · Views: 166
Thanks Janine! Not bad for a point and shoot camera! I just knew if I ever picked up a Yellow Rat, biting would be a given. That's why I'm starting with young ones!

Nanci
 
Nice find and great pics Nanci. Looks like a quite nice and very healthy yellow rat. Kudos to you for taking the time to take the pics and share!!
 
All my friends except one dread riding with me for this reason- I love catching snakes!

Nanci
 
Suhweeet! What a gorgeous yellow rat. And you're right, those eyes are very similar to MY's. Nice to hear that some awesome snakes are returning to "the prairie". That was a hot spot 20 yrs ago. Thanks for sharing :cheers:
 
Wow you really do have talent with the camera, im doing a media course atm, hope to get some shots like that one day. But then again i live in england so... ill basicly never see a wild snake lol.

Ollie
 
Mike, I see these guys all the time in that area! Mostly big angry adults. I've even seen one in my front yard. I didn't invite him in.

It's way easier to get good photos of wild snakes when you have two people- it's hard to wrangle a snake with one hand.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
Mike, I see these guys all the time in that area! Mostly big angry adults. I've even seen one in my front yard. I didn't invite him in.
Click to expand...
I know what you mean. I am still in disbelief over MY's attitude, he has none!
Every other yellow rat I've come across was out to ruin my day :grin01:

Again, those pics are awesome! :cool:
 
I'm jealous!! Great find Nanci and beautiful shots. Wish we had yellow rats here we just get the ugly nasty Texas Rats...YUCK!!
 
I know the feeling...

Nanci said:
All my friends except one dread riding with me for this reason- I love catching snakes!

Nanci
Click to expand...
My dad won't visit my house because there are snakes in it.

Nice catch. I always love the reactions of people passing by when I'm catching a snake.
 
I've been thinking about Mike's MY this morning. We have no proof he was ever a wild snake- he was found in a house!

Craig- my mom and dad tolerated or even encouraged my penchant for snake catching. I was brought up to be really outdoorsy.

Nanci
 
Great find Nanci and even better pictures. I wish we had stuff like that up here. I would have loved to see the looks on the faces of the passers-by wondering what this crazy lady with the snake was going to do. Nice snake and get some iodine and Band-Aids on them boo-boos. (ouch!.....ooch!.....aaahhhh!......quit it!) :grin01:
Jay :cool:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top