Big Snake

[Penny4]

We have cottonmouths this time of year on our River Trail. You have to give them plenty of room. I HATE riding past them, but as long as I see them first I am ok with it. When they strike at me from the grassy edge HEART ATTACK!!

Seriously they strike at you?? OMG, i would die. I'm a scaredy cat.

[lgibster]

Seriously they strike at you?? OMG, i would die. I'm a scaredy cat.

YES!! Spring mating season they like to lay out on the paved path and sun. If a walker/jogger comes by they coil up. If a bike comes by sometimes it is enough to make them strike at you. I have found if you ride faster towards them they don't have time to actually hit you. Of course one of these days I may get a fast one with good aim you never know.

[Dogmama]

Practice your sprints. Lots of them.

[Bike Writer]

YES!! Spring mating season they like to lay out on the paved path and sun. If a walker/jogger comes by they coil up. If a bike comes by sometimes it is enough to make them strike at you. I have found if you ride faster towards them they don't have time to actually hit you. Of course one of these days I may get a fast one with good aim you never know.

YIKES!!!! I have always had a tendency to think of myself as a bit fearless but you are seriously making me reconsider that. YOU ARE the woman!

[TrekDianna]

I just returned from Costa Rica tonight and reading through here while waiting for photos to upload...we actually went out a few times specifically to look for snakes. I saw three Fer de lance's at night and a boa and a green vine snake during the day.

[Owlie]

I'm not sure I'd tangle with a cottonmouth. You're probably not going to die from a bite but it would hurt like a *****.

I have spent way too much time over the past four months talking about snake venom. My thesis is on snake venom. (There are a few species referred to as fer-de-lance; one of them is really commonly studied.) Snakes are pretty cool, but I'm not sure I want to think about them ever again.

[lgibster]

Don't know if I could study snakes! My thesis was in cotton diseases, much safer!