I think this works for screaming green quite well. Literally and figuratively, because most people would probably scream when they see what is green in these photos… 😂 I found it on the path next to my garden spot in 2015.
This green snake isn’t poisonous. I don’t think it even has fangs. So you know I had to get close-up. They say that if a snake has diamond shaped pupils, it’s poisonous. If that is the case, then this is proof that little guy is non-poisonous. XD
I wanted a shot with him up off the ground a bit, so I grabbed a stick, stuck it under the head, and slowly lifted up… (this snake was very tolerant of me for some reason.)
And then I got a close up of that pose…
I am thankful that God bought this little fellow into my path so I could get these photos. I nearly stepped on it; and then I realized that a stick usually isn’t bright green… 😂
What a beautiful specimen!
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Thank you! ♥
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You’re welcome!
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I actually like these little green snakes. They are so colorful and cute. They do not hurt anyone and they are interesting to watch. You captured some great shots of this little critter.
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I like them too. 🙂 Yeah! Though I think this one was a bit too scared of me to move for a while. XD Having them around probably helps with insects as well. Thank you! ♥
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Yes, I saw that fear in that snake’s eyes.Lol This is my favorite little snake. I have not seen one yet this year.
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LOL! Yeah, the poor thing. XD After I took the photos, I gently urged him to go into the fenced in garden area so that my cats wouldn’t find him. (Snake skin is actually not at all what I expected; not slimy and cold. It was really fascinating!)
Mine too, though the ribbon snake is probably my second favorite. 🙂 I haven’t seen one this year yet either; I don’t remember seeing one last year either. (I took these photos in 2015.) I hope to see one this year though!
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Cool find! I’ve never seen a green snake yet, around here we see mostly garter and various species of water snakes.
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Thanks! 🙂 I hope you get to someday; they are really interesting little creatures.
Oh, that’s cool! I’ve seen a garter a few years ago. I’ve also seen ribbon snakes.
Water snakes? Are the water snakes **gulp** poisonous? Like the water moccasin? I hope I never see one of those, unless there is glass between us like at a zoo. XD
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Some of the local ones are. We have cottonmouths and stuff, but for the most part they are non-venomous (at least all the ones I’ve seen and indentified)
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(Sorry for the slight delay; for some reason you ended up in the spam filter.) That’s good! 🙂 Have you identified many? So far since I started to try to identify any I see, I’ve seen (besides the ones I’ve mentioned): rat snakes, king snakes, and a few poisonous copperheads (which I could have done without 😂).
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Not too many. locally I’ve seen green water snakes, diamandback water snakes, eastern ribbon garters, and common garter (which are in fact, the most common, haha!) While visiting family in Arkansas, I remember seeing a couple, but only identified the black rat snake.
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Wow, that is awesome! 🙂 Oh, I live in Arkansas, haha. 😊 What a coincidence. I’ve seen several rat snakes over the years; they like eggs, and while we had chickens, we had several thieves that we had to relocate… 😂
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Cool, I when I saw the rat snake there, I was actually looking at a leopard frog. While busy looking at it, I suddenly realized there was a big black rat snake next to me. I guess I wasn’t the only thing watching the frog, haha!
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Oh wow! That must have been quite a shock, haha! (Also just Googled the leopard frog; what a cool creature!) Hopefully the frog didn’t become lunch… 🙂
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No, I think I spooked both away, haha!
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Aww, haha! XD
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You are brave! I thought the frog picture was pretty adventurous, but this is over the top for me. Lovely picture 🙂 I’m glad you had fun with the snake.
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Aww, thank you! 🙂 ♥ Haha, if it had been poisonous, I wouldn’t have gone near it. XD Although I did get a photo of a King Snake eating a Copperhead once…
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Definitely. XD I actually posted a photo of it last summer here if you want to see it, and if you don’t, I totally understand that too. 😂 https://followinghimbesidestillwaters.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/captured-moments/
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Oh you are a brave one, Grace! Like the old song says…”I don’t like spiders and snakes…” (if you haven’t heard it before, it’s an “oldie”)! You are brave to have stopped to take these pictures!
Steve
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Thanks! 😊 I don’t remember that song, but I actually like a lot of “oldies.” 🙂 Do you remember the name of the song? And LOL, it’s funny the song mentions spiders. I’ve taken photos of those too. My dad said it looked like some of them came out of a horror movie. 😂
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I think the song was from 1974 and called “Spiders & Snakes” by Jim Stafford. You can find it on Youtube.com.
I agree with your dad…some of those creatures look like something from horror movies! 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂 I’ll try to remember to listen to it the next time I’m at a WiFi hot-spot. 🙂
Oh, yes, they do! I still enjoy getting the shots though. XD I may share a few shots of an especially large spider soon… it was so large that I was almost too wary to get close enough to get the macro shots. 😂
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Oh Grace…now my skin is crawling! Be careful with those little guys 🙂 However, I will be looking to see the shots if you put them on…
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LOL; just wait until you see the photo. XD I’ll try to be careful; I didn’t think this one was poisonous so I took the risk, haha. I’ll probably post it next week. 😀 I have some other stuff planned for this week. 🙂
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You know I’ll be watching for it, even with one eye closed!
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Haha! 🙂
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