It sure looks like one.. it's why you always keep your eye on what's around you when kayaking. I don't think its a great move to dump the boat either.. then you are in the water with it. I guess there are no good choices, but this is where you drop the fishing pole, grab the paddle and start urging that little honey to get out of the boat.
*THAT* is what the paddle is really for. Smash that things brains out. As I rule, I kind of like snakes, they eat mice and other pests... but I draw the line what I can't just back up on my feet. When I was grade school, I don't know 3rd or 4th grade, my aunt and uncle took their family and me and my parents to a local large lake that was quite popular and pretty nice for swimming, as far as lakes go. My mother and I had swum fairly far away from the main area and were getting turned around. It was deep enough that I could not touch, although we were close enough to the shore that some trees overhung the lake. There was a large splash right behind me, and I turned around and was looking into the open mouth of (I think) a cotton mouth. Didn't know they could swim. It was probably around 5 feet away, but looked like it was inches. My mother straight up picked me out of the water and threw me a good five feet away from the snake, all of my except my feet cleared the water. I don't think she could touch bottom either. -Just A Chemist
Ran into a corn snake at eye level once out in the old garage/shed-he was wrapped around a low hanging 2x6 cross support and must have been at least 6 feet long. And about 3-4" around-he must have been well fed (there was ground corn stored in burlap bags nearby. Never knew I could run so fast.
My Dad and One of my uncles were floating down a river hunting Squirrels years ago when a water moccasin fell out of one the trees into the boat. Before my Dad knew it, my uncle had shot a hole in the bottom of the boat. Always a subject brought up at family reunions.
Is that a water moccasin?
ReplyDeleteIt sure looks like one.. it's why you always keep your eye on what's around you when kayaking. I don't think its a great move to dump the boat either.. then you are in the water with it. I guess there are no good choices, but this is where you drop the fishing pole, grab the paddle and start urging that little honey to get out of the boat.
ReplyDelete*THAT* is what the paddle is really for. Smash that things brains out. As I rule, I kind of like snakes, they eat mice and other pests... but I draw the line what I can't just back up on my feet.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was grade school, I don't know 3rd or 4th grade, my aunt and uncle took their family and me and my parents to a local large lake that was quite popular and pretty nice for swimming, as far as lakes go. My mother and I had swum fairly far away from the main area and were getting turned around. It was deep enough that I could not touch, although we were close enough to the shore that some trees overhung the lake. There was a large splash right behind me, and I turned around and was looking into the open mouth of (I think) a cotton mouth. Didn't know they could swim. It was probably around 5 feet away, but looked like it was inches. My mother straight up picked me out of the water and threw me a good five feet away from the snake, all of my except my feet cleared the water. I don't think she could touch bottom either.
-Just A Chemist
Ran into a corn snake at eye level once out in the old garage/shed-he was wrapped around a low hanging 2x6 cross support and must have been at least 6 feet long. And about 3-4" around-he must have been well fed (there was ground corn stored in burlap bags nearby. Never knew I could run so fast.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad and One of my uncles were floating down a river hunting Squirrels years ago when a water moccasin fell out of one the trees into the boat. Before my Dad knew it, my uncle had shot a hole in the bottom of the boat. Always a subject brought up at family reunions.
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