My encounter with a snake...........

[Nanci]

Most of the time I see snakes, it's on a nice clear path which they are sunning in.

I've run over a snake twice, (MTBing- came up so fast, in long grass, I couldn't see it in time) and both times stopped to make sure it was ok. Mr. Snake, Mr. Snake, are you ok?? Both times they seemed to be moving ok, no squished areas, normal breathing, very angry...

One time I came upon a snake, in the middle of a clear MTB trail, in the middle of a meal of squirrel. I was worried that he would get run over, so I gently lifted him to a safe area with a stick. He just kept on swallowing.

Did you know, BTW, that snakes only have one functioning lung? The other lung is vestigial and does nothing. Everything in them is all elongated. Weird, huh?

[CyclChyk]

This thread is the exact reason my DH and I road bike versus mtn bike.... less snake activity.
(Well that and the fact that 1. road biking is FRICKIN FUN and 2. even tho I suck at road biking; I would get KILLED at mtn biking)

[Nanci]

Wow, I get to catch _way_ more snakes when I'm road riding! They're right out there sunning!! My latest catches, both within minutes of each other, were a juvenile Black Racer, and a Peninsula Ribbon Snake hatchling.

http://tinyurl.com/yfet5x

http://tinyurl.com/yf3v2c

http://tinyurl.com/ymkvz4

And, not seen while biking, but how often do you get to see them hatch?

http://tinyurl.com/yerr5m

[pooks]

Nancy -- I clicked the first couple of URLs and there were no pics?

[Nanci]

Hm, they work for me! They are links to the Cornsnake forum...

[snapdragen]

Probably have to register to see the pix. That's how it is at RBR too.

[Nanci]

They didn't work for you, Snap? I clicked into them from here- how would it know it was me?

[Steph]

Mr. Snake, Mr. Snake, are you ok??

LOL!

Did you know, BTW, that snakes only have one functioning lung? The other lung is vestigial and does nothing. Everything in them is all elongated. Weird, huh?

No, I didn't know that and that is really weird. So you really like snakes? Maybe the snake bite kit my mom had when I was growing up with the razor blade and suction device did some psychological damage to me.

Wow, I get to catch _way_ more snakes when I'm road riding!

You "get" to catch snakes? I have a daughter like you and we have always known she is different than most folks, lol. She wants a pet snake.
I felt safe when we got off the trail onto the road. There goes that illusion! Road biking is not for me. I feel very at home in the woods and will get over this whole snake thing one way or another. I grew up on nearly 30 acres of woods that I practically lived in as a child. We played with black racers. The only time I can remember running from a snake was a cotton mouth in my grandfather's creek. I don't know what has happened to me in my old age.