April 18, 2006
Name That Snake
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I hate snakes. I hate them with a passion. I hate them even more than I hate liberal hippie tree huggers (and I really hate liberal hippie tree huggers).
Saturday when I was in the yard (”from the yard” - 10 points if you get the movie reference) I happened to glance into the woods next to the house. About 5 feet inside the woods was this snake - a bad snake. I know he was a bad snake because he was alive. He was crawling (slithering) his way through the woods.
Following along the edge of the woods, I watched him for several minutes. I doubt he was poisonous, but I suppose he could have been. He was all black, except for yellow triangles on his side. (The base of the triangles was closest to the ground and the top of the triangles went about halfway up his side.) He was about 3 feet long. I’ve looked online to find out what kind he is, but I haven’t found any pictures of him. Can any of you name him based on this description?
Hopefully this issue of seeing snakes in the yard won’t be an issue for long. We’re going to get some cat food to leave outside. Cat food attracts cats. Cats kill snakes. Dead snakes make Ron happy.
Now if only I could find a cat to attack liberal hippie tree huggers, I’d be all set.
10 Comments on Name That Snake »
April 18, 2006
Gaines @ 4:33 pm:
Yeah, but once you attract the cats, you’ll eventually have to dispose of them, too. Of course, that might have been part of your plan all along.
Ron @ 4:47 pm:
You’ve apparently heard the “how Ron kills cats” story…
allison @ 4:49 pm:
Hey Ron, I think it mught be a mud snake. I originally thought it might be a garter, but this seems to be more like what you saw.
Yes, I am a geek.
Do what my mom does– for harmelss ones, thrown the out of your yard with a pitchfork. For the rattlers and mocassins, git yer gun!
allison @ 4:50 pm:
Oops– apparently my link didn’t work. Here it is: http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/faraba.htm
Ron @ 4:56 pm:
I hope it was just a garter snake. Still, it freaks me out.
My rule: if it slithers, it dies.
April 19, 2006
Wulfgar42 @ 8:48 am:
BTW, here’s a cat that would be more than happy to take on those liberal hippie tree huggers: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/misc/im/tigr95.jpg
August 28, 2006
The Spine Doctor @ 8:17 am:
The only question I have is: Which do you hate worse, rats or snakes?
Ron @ 12:57 pm:
I hate snakes worse. Cats can kill the rats for me…and I’m totally cool with them hanging around.
The Spine Doctor @ 3:37 pm:
Come on! Aside from that whole “Genesis” incident, what has a snake ever done to you? Besides, I don’t know about your castle princess, but my two castle princesses would just prefer to have a full food bowl.
Snakes don’t get spoiled. They don’t need litter boxes. They are rarely seen. They are ecologically friendly (something even the best of cats would have a hard time claiming). And no one has ever been killed by a snake by tripping over it in the hall because it wanted “something”. (Like a door opened it had no intention of passing through; a half-full food bowl topped off; or a scratch in that special kitty place RIGHT NOW!)
I think you may have what we refer to as an irrational fear my friend.
Snakes rock!
Ron @ 3:42 pm:
Ok. Here’s what we’ll do:
You come over to the house on Saturday and spend the day capturing the snakes from my property. I’ll grill some lunch (no, not the snakes), and you can take your full stomach and all of those snakes back home with you.