Snakes on a Sandbar

forrest · Thu May 15, 08 9:43 pm **Snakes on a Sandbar**

There are snakes in the kiddie pool, beware! Besides not kiting in shallow water, don't kite in the kiddie pool if you can't survive a bike from a baby rattle snake.

Nak · Thu May 15, 08 9:53 pm

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 563 Posts Addicted

Mmmmmm, tastes like chewy chicken!

Reaper356 · Since 10 Dec 2006 781 Posts Salem / LC Oregon Opinionated

Cute ...

Pepi · Thu May 15, 08 10:14 pm

Not good. Baby rattlers are way more venomous than adult rattlers due to their inability to control the amount of venom they release when biting.

Forrest - Did the snake have a heart shaped head, or did they just look like a rattler?

Pepi

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

thats no rattle snake Confused

kyle.vh · Since 11 Jul 2007 713 Posts city of angels Addicted

When I was a senior in college, I tracked a bunch of rattlers' for a biology project. Those are not rattlers, just fyi. They look like garter snakes to me. Many snakes will vibrate their tails in imitation. Baby rattlers do have rattles, plus a distinct viper profile, not streamlined. Hope you were nice to them.
I think you were joking Smile

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Snake skin harness would look pretty sweet - or maybe some snake skin board shorts.

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2027 Posts Windward

commomly called Bull snakes
They eat rattlers

wakeup · Since 11 Sep 2005 328 Posts always Obsessed

it did have a diamond shaped head but no rattle
don't recall who said it was a rattler, but i assumed they new what they were talking about

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

bulae99 · Since 12 Jul 2006 1692 Posts XTreme Poster

I'll tell you where you need to be aware of rattles is at 3 mile. I almost got snapped by a baby there last year. Went to set my sail down and the bush started making that very funny and scary sound. Very Happy

forrest · Fri May 16, 08 9:15 am

It was definitely an aggressive snake with a diamond/heart shaped head. I think we all just assumed it was a rattlesnake but didn't have a rattle cause it was young.

We were joking about the kiddie pool thing, and pretty sure this guy had an unlucky swim that brought it out to the river.

DROCK999 · Since 31 May 2007 852 Posts Left Coast Opinionated

I hate snakes

Mark · Fri May 16, 08 9:33 am

Saw a bigger one of those last tuesday on the trail down from the parking lot. Didn't have a rattler. ( I avoid anyway!!)

Except for the rattler we found in Texas... I wanted to see how fast the rattler was. I got a long stick and put it in front of the snake. The game was to see if I could move the stick before he struck. NO WAY. That snake was lightning fast. That's when I decided to move on to the fire ant mound. Gotta love texas!