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sometimes TPTB get it right (Original Post)
Celebration
May 2012
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Solly Mack
(90,798 posts)1. Yikes!
We have a "Beware of Snakes" sign at our nearby 'pond' that causes me to spend more time looking for snakes than getting a shot. lol
Celebration
(15,812 posts)3. this is the closest encounter to a water moccasin that I remember
It was about five feet long. Pretty creepy! At least the grass is cut there so I could see it pretty plainly, even though it was at daybreak.
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)6. Did you smell it?
I'm told they smell like rotten melons.
Celebration
(15,812 posts)7. really?
No, I don't remember it having an odor. Are you sure that's not a myth or something? I'm going to do a search!
This is what I found--
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090725111334AAEBcGC
Not that definitive. Some say yes, some say no!
bluedigger
(17,088 posts)8. A coworker from Georgia told me about it down in Louisiana.
I can't vouch for it myself.
And I'm OK with that. I hate snakes!
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)2. Do I dare ask what that is?
Celebration
(15,812 posts)4. Water Moccasin, according to my husband n/t
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)5. That was my guess.
Rumor has it that those are very aggressive.